Besieged (Skye's Legacy, #3)

As with the entire Skye O'Malley Series this book is excellent. The author has definitely done an excellent with this second series I have read each and every one from the first Skye O'Malley to Legacy book 4 which I am now reading. I would recommend both series to anyone, once you start you will never stop .

Great read once again!!!!! Have read this series at least 10 times and will probably read again another 10 times

Besieged, set in the 1630's Ulster area of Ireland, is the first of Small's Skye O'Malley series I have read which is a matrilineal historical romance series. It tells the romantic story of Skye's granddaughter Fortune Lindley and Kieran Devers, she a Protestant and he a Catholic, in a very intolerant world. They are faced with the classic "A fish could marry a bird, but where would they live?" While Small does a fairly good job of portraying the conflict between the local Irish Catholics and their new Protestant landlords, Fortune's family is painted as the only tolerant Protestants in the book. The noble Irish under the cruel Protestant yoke makes the story a bit one sided. Kieran's brother William is a nasty, obsessive villain as is his stepmother, Lady Jane Devers, who marries a poor Irish lord for his land and covets Fortune's large estate. It is in romance where Small excels, and Fortune and Kieran are inspiring lovers. Their passion and devotion are well-portrayed. Small's sex scenes are excellent examples of women's erotica, although they are less prominent in this book than they are in works like Love Slave.

I really enjoyed reading her books as she gives great details, showing us the love between man and woman is not always lasting and that we can move on, adapt to different situations to try to make the most out of what life has thrown us. The love of family. the history lessons she throws in. I love it all. Thank you.

Most of Beatrice smalls's books involve some escapade in the Middle East in a harem, separating the main character from her family and love. But not this one. In this book the heroine and hero stay together and battle together for their family, their live, and their homes. I line those the best

Enjoyed the book! Would recommend it to others, especially fans of Beatrice Small and/or her O'Malley saga. Look forward to reading more.

Another Bertrice Small classic! I have reread all of her books countless times, and I always find something new to love!

I don't believe the vivid fragrance of detail and passion is there the same way as her books written in the eighties but I had to try to like it because of Jasmine, Fortune's mother. I have to finish it because there is still a small hint of the Bertrice that I love with the heroine's low necklined gowns (finally) and the sizzle kisses with hands in bodices (finally) and feasts with roasted capons and artichokes steamed in white wine....(againfinally!) If there is even a chance that Bertrice (the real Bertrice) wrote this I have to honor her becauseI loved her..... but it is not the same as the Skye O'Malley original works of those first four books and Adora. How I loved her passion in those days and Adam DeMarisco who was such a real man that he was happy to finally get his chance with sexy multiple-loved Skye who had an oddly similar sister-in-law and niece and daughter and granddaughter (who strangely and humorously enough) all had similar sexy fates. Well this book has passion way scaled down .... but the very detailed and ridiculous war between Protestants and Catholicsis now interesting me and I have come to enjoy tuning back in. It just took a long long time to grab me which angered me because all of the above loved books grabbed me in the first paragraph. If I get even more ensconced I will come back to give it a four.

Another good Bertrice Small read, shall look forward to the next one. Excellent series.

as advertised and fast

Loved it....would like to read skye o'malley on kindle an the other books to this series

Excellent

Excellent as always