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# McClairen's Isle: The Ravishing One Mass Market Paperback – July 11, 2000

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    4 and 1/2 stars! Worth the Wait: 3rd in Trilogy a Worthy Finish to this Scottish Historical
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2011*

This is the third in Brockway's McClairen's Isle trilogy (THE PASSIONATE ONE, 1999; THE RECKLESS ONE, 2000, and THE RAVISHING ONE, 2001). I loved the first two and gave them 5 stars. This last one is another enduring Scottish historical for the "keeper" shelf.Important backstory for this last in the trilogy:The three books tell the stories of two brothers and a sister, Scottish by their mother, Janet McClairen, and English by their father, the charming, selfish, ruthless Ronald Merrick, now earl of Carr. Many years ago, Merrick fled his debtors in London to come to McClairen's Isle in the Highlands. He came to woo the clan, and gain the Isle, but ended up winning the laird's cousin, Janet. She gave him two sons and a daughter and then mysteriously died falling off a cliff. Later, Merrick gained McClairen's Isle as his own, as well as the title of earl of Carr, by betraying the clan to help the English at Culloden. But his first wife's relatives who survived wanted revenge. Though they wanted to capture Lord Carr, they captured only his sons. The Scots didn't want to kill them (they were Janet's sons and half Scottish), so they were sent off to prison in France. Ash, the oldest son, was freed when his father paid the ransom, but Raine was left there to rot because he looked like his mother and Carr couldn't bear to look at him. Raine was finally freed as a result of a young McClairen woman's help--the same woman who saved his life years earlier. Carr never had much time for his half Scottish sons though he carefully groomed his daughter, Fia, with the idea to marry her off to the suitor who would do Carr the most good.At 15, Fia fell in love with Tom Donne, a Scot who had attached himself to McClairen's Isle, no one aware he was the heir, a McClairen, and a former Jacobite. Tom spurned both Fia and her family, calling them evil. It was a revelation to Fia, but she took it seriously and it changed her view of her father and her life. Fia became a seductress while having no man. She developed a plan to become independent of her father and later, goes to London at the invitation of some friends for her first Season. Without her father knowing, she eloped with an old, wealthy Scot thinking when he died, she'd inherit. But her husband failed to tell her he had two children--heirs. When her old husband dies, she continued to live at his Scottish home, Bramble House, until the day her father showed up and told her he owned it. Ever manipulating her, Lord Carr still intends to wed her to the highest bidder. But Fia will thwart that plan by spreading rumors she is a jezebel. Then Tom Donne comes to London. He loathes Fia and what her family has done to so many and, to remove her influence form his best friend, he decides to abduct her and take her to McClairen's Isle, which he now owns and is rebuilding.You have to feel for poor Fia. She has been played by so many for so long. All of London thinks she's a jaded woman, but inside, she is an innocent girl with a compassionate heart and great passion, as Tom will discover.Brockway writes well, her words, phrases and dialog capturing the time period. She has wonderful tag lines that put you in the moment. She uses wonderfully descriptive language so that you see each shadow cast by the moonlight and hear each cricket. It is a well-woven plot, the story is believable and the passion and conflict between the hero and heroine convincing.Some of the reviewers thought Tom was too weak. I don't agree. He was a strong man who rose to each challenge life threw at him. Once he and Fia go to Scotland, they both change. She drops her mask and becomes more the innocent lass she is; he becomes tender in response. Without giving away too much, While Tom had a weakness for Fia, his weakness was just that of a man in love.While perhaps not quite as good as the first (which I rated 5 stars), I did like this one very much. Tom and Fia are a well matched pair (another Merrick and a McClairen). It ties up a lot of loose ends and truly finishes the story of McClairen's Isle. We see more of Fia's brothers, learn more of Carr's deep perfidy, and finally, all comes right in the end--and with a twist! I recommend it and suggest you read the books in order.

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    The best of the three
  

*by T***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014*

I started this book a bit apprehensive. I didn't really care for Fia in the first two books and wasn't sure what to expect in this book.First, I am so glad Ms. Brockway started with a prologue. It gave me a new view of Fia.  So many of my preconceived notions about her where dispelled.I really came to like and admire Fia.  She was a good person, who due to circumstances beyond her control was judged and found wanting by people who never got to know her. She has gone through life surrounded by people, yet she is very much alone.Thomas was one who judged her and probably one of the only people who ever really hurt her because of it.  He has cause to hate her father, but he directs that hatred to his children instead. A fact he later regrets.The story was dark -but not nearly as dark as the first two. Lord Carr was not as prominent in the book as the others and his dissent into madness actually lightens up the story a bit.I liked that everyone was somehow working a scheme and you really didn't know what they were up to and who was going to win.Watching Fia and Thomas come to respect, like and love each other was pure delight.  I can't remember ever reading a heroine who deserved a happy ending as much as Fia did.I would happily recommend this book. And in case you were wondering - the villain does get his due and the twist was one I never saw coming!  Bravo, Ms. Brockway !!

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    nice romance
  

*by G***I on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2009*

I like The Ravishing One but more for sentimental reasons that are quite divorced from the practical merits of the book itself - it's of that batch of romance books that first came my way around the time of high school and I loved the McClairen Trilogy then.  Rereading them more recently, I still love the books, but have to acknowledge the weaknesses of this last installment.  As always, Connie Brockway writes beautifully, and the atmosphere of the previous two books, haunting, tragic, wild and dramatic, permeates The Ravishing One as well.  I think Lord Carr is a great villain, a big evil spider spinning his webs of manipulation, blackmail, and power plays throughout all three books.  He's a bit over the top, especially in this last book as he slips into madness, but I'm happy to go with it.  As for hero and heroine, even though the set up for their romance was perfect, they still managed to fall a little flat somehow.  Fia Merrick didn't really grab my attention.  She's supposed to be "bad" - she has that evil Merrick blood flowing in her veins, after all. She's Carr's favored daughter, his creation, his (s)pawn.  But it's soon apparent that she really isn't bad at all.  She's just good at pretending, and hides her sweet, shy, mushy interior very well.  But not good enough to keep Thomas Donne from eventually finding it out and falling in love with her.  As for Donne he seemed kind of stiff and one dimensional to me.  A very upstanding, strong type of guy, but not as thrilling or arresting as some other heroes I've come across.  Though when he starts battling all comers in defense of Fia's honor near the end, I admit I was moved and compelled by such dramatics.  All the same though, I would have liked a bit more from their relationship, especially some more development for Fia, and wish the series could have ended on a stronger note.

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