Tangled Hearts by Heather McCollumMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Tangled Hearts by Heather McCollum is a January 2014 Entangled Pubication. I was provided a copy of the this by the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Pandora Wyatt was raised by pirates, is a witch, and is the daughter of an alleged traitor to the king.
Ewan Brody is a Scottish Highlander on a mission to bring the deceased traitor to Henry the 8th. Along the way he rescues Pandora from certain death, as she was about to be executed for being a witch. Ewan gets more than he bargained for when Dory convinces him and his cousin to help her rescue the pirate captain that raised her, who happens to be imprisioned in the tower.
Passing themselves off as a married couple, things get complicated for the couple as Dory's true parentage is discovered, there is a plot to kill the king, and Ewan could be blamed. Amidst all the drama and intrigued Dory and Ewan fall in love.
This story has a mixture of fantasy, history, the paranormal, and romance but is set against the backdrop of actual history during the Tudor years. The author embellishes history and turns it into speculative fiction and it turns out to be quite a charming story.
Dory is an awesome character with magical abilities and fierce loyalty. Ewan is very honorable and a true gentleman. You will love Dory and Ewan as well as the secondary characters.
The only issue I had with the story was that it was little confusing at times, maybe complicated would be a better word. In other words I had to really slow down and read carefully or I would have lost the thread. A time or two the story lost a little momentum, but not for long.
Although this is the second book in the series, you will not have a problem reading it as a stand alone. If you like pirates, magic, history, highlanders, adventure, and romance you don't want to miss this one.
This one gets an A.
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