Product Description

He was dangerous, infamous, scandalous... and the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.

Fighting for her land, widowed Kerry McKinnon can't believe the handsome Arthur has come to seize her home and leave her to a terrible fate. Yet from the moment they meet, a scandalous passion ignites between them — impossible to resist.

Then a crime will force Kerry to flee with Arthur to England — where a challenge to their love could drive them apart forever...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #255051 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-03
• Released on: 2001-07-03
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 6.83" h x 1.02" w x 4.19" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

From Amazon.co.uk
In Julia London's The Beautiful Stranger a pretty Scottish widow Kerry MacKinnon and Arthur Christian, a rich and powerful peer of the British realm, are thrown together by fate on a deserted Scottish road. Together they travel cross-country to reach her Highland home and although society would never condone a match between them, they fall in love. Arthur knows that he can never offer the lovely widow a future, but in the days he spends at her manor, he becomes increasingly enchanted by Kerry, her beautiful glen, and the quiet rural life she lives.

Kerry is desperate to save her debt-ridden glen home and struggles to find a way to pay the overdue mortgage and outwit the lecherous neighbour determined to foreclose. Too late, Arthur learns the extent of the danger that threatens her. He's determined to rescue her, but before Kerry is truly safe they will have to risk everything, including their very lives.

The Beautiful Stranger has an abundance of twists and turns in an intriguing plot, strong secondary characters that include an unscrupulous villain, and a convincing period setting. Combined with a passionate and indestructible connection between two honourable people, the sum total is a novel with all the elements necessary for a thoroughly absorbing historical romance.--Lois Faye Dyer, Amazon.com

From Publishers Weekly
The final installment of London's Victorian-era Rogues of Regent Street trilogy (following The Ruthless Charmer) explores the consequences of living recklessly. Dashing Lord Arthur Christian, the untitled son of the Duke of Sutherland, is attempting to make reparations for his misspent youth. Consumed with guilt over the untimely death of Phillip Rothembow, his friend and fellow rogue, Arthur determines to go to Scotland to settle a debt accrued by Phillip when he invested in a failing cattle farm. In stead, Arthur finds himself lost in the Highland woods, where he meets Kerry McKinnon, a beautiful and resourceful widow who is struggling to save her farm. Arthur is strongly attracted to Kerry, but he finds that winning her heart is easier than winning her hand; Kerry must wed the dim-witted son of one of her creditors or face eviction. Although Kerry and Arthur are well-drawn and engaging characters, the story is muddled by poorly developed secondary characters and a cumbersome plot involving land-transfer, tenant eviction and villainous aristocratic neighbors who will stop at nothing to resolve a debt. London's writing is smooth, and the sensuality quotient here is high, but the book stumbles to a hasty conclusion.

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From Booklist
Plagued with guilt over the death of his friend Phillip Rothembow, Arthur Christian, one of the Rogues of Regent Street, decides the only way he can atone for not saving Phillip is by saving his friend's reputation. After learning that Phillip invested in a parcel of worthless land in Scotland shortly before his death, Arthur travels to Glenbaden, Scotland, intent on selling Phillip's holdings to clear up his debts and help out his family. Upon arrival, Arthur meets Kerry McKinnon, who is struggling to keep food on the table for the residents of Glenbaden after her late husband left her with substantial debts. When the feisty woman accidentally shoots him, Arthur is immediately captivated, then finds himself torn between his duty to an old friend and his new love for a courageous, beautiful woman. Demonstrating a gift for both characterization and plot, London wraps up her Rogues trilogy with an adventure-packed tale of love on the Scottish highlands. John Charles
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