The Invasion of Falgannon Isle
Deborah MacgillivrayContemporary romance
Available from Dorchester Publishing
ISBN: 0505526913
November 2006
| B. A. {BarbaraAnne} Montgomerie is "The Lady" of Falgannon Isle, an under-populated island in the Scottish Hebrides. Falgannon Isle is a lovely scenic location, romantic and appealing. Or so B.A hopes. She intends to entice non-local women to visit for an all-expense-paid two weeks' vacation, all in the hopes of matchmaking. The isle boasts 213 unwed males, all eligible, and one eligible female who isn't really eligible. B.A. is widowed, but as The Lady, she's out of reach for the island males. The Curse of the Isle prevents anything more than passing interest and longing glances from any of the local males toward The Lady, a title and role which has been passed each generation to the eldest female in B.A.'s family since Pictish times many centuries past.
Before B.A.'s new web site can summon in female visitors, three new Outlanders arrive, all male. Two are Viking-descended Norsemen, one is Black Irish and he captures B.A.'s eye immediately, carving through the grief of the unexpected and tragic loss of her husband seven years earlier. In reality, the islanders' theory of the new arrivals is accurate. The three are here to survey the isle for a tourist resort per contracts approved by B.A.'s recently deceased grandfather, not the isle's owner. B.A. finds herself contending with a male her grandmother Maeve, former Lady of the Isle, would immediately have classed as a warlock. He stirs B. A.'s senses as never before and intends to fulfill a contract to develop the isle. The Invasion of Falgannon Isle pokes ticklish fun at natives and outlanders alike with a subtle sense of humor that is both appealing and light-hearted. Readers will feel real empathy with the islanders, male and female alike, in their desperate search for romance, love, marriage, and of course, intimacy. Sensuality lingers about the pages, especially between the invading Irishman and Lady of the Isle, but also among secondary characters as well. Ms. Macgillivray demonstrates a deft hand with the strong characterization of her people, making the islanders a wonderful class unto themselves, very human and realistic. Suspense holds readers to the story and keeps them happily guessing.
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Reviewer: Annie |
