I received an e-arc from Netgalley via the publisher though all thoughts are my own.

I enjoyed this book which was a fairly quick read and I love that it was set in Scotland. I loved the concept of a second chance romance about two people who were meant to be together but there were some complications that kept them apart for about a decade until chance and determination reunited them.

I do think that Arabel should have broken things off with her fiancee sooner especially when she realized it just wasn't going to work out though can see why she was reluctant to cause waves.

It was an interesting spin on the miscommunication trope and I'm glad that Arabel and Garrick eventually find a way to explain things from their points of view.

Aunt Matilda is hilarious and I love how she decides to randomly play the bag pipes to get Arabel and Garrick to keep her company in the middle of the night and just her scheming in general to bring them back together.

I'm glad I read this book and hope to read more books by Anna in the future

Trigger warnings: death, suicide, violence, gambling debts, murder, infidelity

I didn’t realize this was a novella when it was initially offered to me. I’m not really into those types of books but I needed something to read while traveling. The book is cute if a bit familiar. Arabel and Garrick seemed more antagonistic in aggressive ways than flirtatious so it was a little hard for me to believe in the HEA. I think if this had been a traditional novel it would have been better because the author could have developed that relationship more.

A wonderful story about a second chance at love. Garrick and Arabel are set to elope until fate intervenes. Separated for 10 years, they come back together through difficult circumstances. As always, Ms Harrington writes a rich, full story. Even though it’s only a novella, she doesn’t take shortcuts or the easy way out of a plot turn. The characters are complex, the plot well written, and the historical details are very well done. Another one of her books you must not miss.I received a complimentary copy of this book. This is my freely given, honest review.

What do you do when you have a second chance at love with the person you thought betrayed you? That is the theme of this sweet novella.
Garrick and Arabel are thrown together when they find themselves co-inheriting Arabel’s family estate. During the time that they are together under one roof they learn the truth about the night that set them on separate paths. Through humor and anger, these finally learn they neither knew the full story of what happened the night they were supposed to elope. Would highly recommend this novella - it is a wonderful intro to Anna Harrington’s amazing story-telling ability.

I like how the heather had a recurring role in this story. It added a layer of romance that was well thought out. I felt this was a very romantic story with good backstory and a little mystery that eventually gets explained. As in all novellas, the pace was fast; but it still had the feel of a complete story, since we were only watching a snippet of their lives.

This is a very beautiful romantic story of a second chance. I enjoyed the main Characters and their love for each other.

This was a great second chance romance. I really was captivated by the main characters. I was able to be enthralled by their story and was rooting for them to figure things out and be together by the end. It was a nice quick read that was everything I could want.

Another good read by Harrington. I loved the characters in this book, as well as the story. This is my honest review of a book I was gifted.

What a remarkable story of two people finding each other again. Lost, but not forgotten. Painful pasts and blossoming future. A love story that stole my heart. Garrick and Arabel were perfect! Book provided by NetGalley.

If you love reading Regency romance, you can't go wrong with Anna Harrington's books!

Arabel & Garrick were young lovers, planning to elope because her family would not approve of her marrying beneath her family. On the day they planned to leave, she refuses to go due to a family problem. Garrick is taken by force to the coast in order to get him out of her life and that is where the problems begin.

Fast forward 10 years and our couple meets again when Arabel's uncle dies and leaves half of Highburn Castle to Arabel and half to Garrick. How long will it take our couple to learn the truth and forget the past in order to have a HEA together?

In the tradition of all Regency romances, this book has misunderstandings, proud and stubborn men and women and meddlesome relatives. Add in some steamy but amazing sex and wonderful writing and you have a thoroughly entertaining book!

Ms. Harrington is a gifted author and if her books do not make you laugh, cry, rage against the circumstances and (finally) cheer, then you don't have a heart! If Regency is your type of book, grab this one and enjoy.

I was given a copy of this book by Net Gallery and chose to review it.

What a great book to read, about second chances. It is Garrick and Arabel's story and everything that happened between them some years before until they meet up again. This story drew me in from the first page until the last one. I received a copy of this book via Net Galley and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

Arabel and Garrick come from two different worlds. They fall in love and plan to elope. On the night of the elopement, Arabel tells Garrick that she can't leave with him. A situation has arisen involving her brother and she feels that she can't abandon her family. She doesn't fully explain the situation to Garrick. Garrick is devastated. After leaving his rendezvous with Arabel, Garrick is attacked and viciously beaten. Ten years pass and the two are reunited under much different circumstances and so the novella continues. I enjoyed reading Arabel and Garrick's story and following along as they find their way back to each other.

Garrick and Arabel's story was great, although I wish it was a longer story. The beginning of this story was heartbreaking, but I love that they got a second chance to find each other and find their HEA.

I've read most of this authors books which are all a part of one series or another so I was glad to have a chance to read a stand-alone story from her.

This is a novella and not a full length novel so the reading went fast and I have to say enjoyable, despite the length.

One of my favorite romance tropes is the second chance in love stories and that's exactly what this was. Arabel and Garrick epitomized a couple with too much baggage and a past neither could help putting it behind them.

If you're a fan of strong and stubborn characters who fight their true feelings and try and overcome some misunderstandings, I think you'll like this story.

Melanie for b2b

In the beginning I thought I know this story/ novel already because the beginning is quite similar to a Highland novel I have read a few years back – young love, they want to run away in secret and get married but one doesn’t show up. And now, years later …
I was not sure if I really want to finish this storyline because it felt so similar over the first 10% I’d say but it turned out to be something completely different. Those two teenage lovers, now – 10 years later - estranged of course and she is about to marry somebody else – inherit a castle together. They must live in it together for quite some time before one or the other can sell his/her part. If one of them leaves early, he/she loses his part of the inheritance.
Do I have to say more?
It was really a lot of fun to read and though it was not easy to get in for me I couldn’t stop in the end!

4.5 helms

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What a lovely second chance at love romance! A satisfying novella which has all the love, passion & drama of a full-length romance!

Garrick McGuiness, a penniless stablehand of the powerful Rowland clan of the highlands, falls in love with the laird's lovely daughter Arabel and she with him. Giving her innocence to him at the tender age of 18, both were madly in love with each other and planned to elope one fateful night together. As Garrick goes to collect Arabel, she begs Garrick to give her more time as her family desperately needed her that night and she couldn't leave them. This decision changes both their lives forever and they are forced to forge their own paths for ten long years without each other.

Garrick is now the Earl of Townsend and Arabel is engaged to another, but a surprising joint inheritance of the Rowland's, crumbling estate of Castle Highburn (Arabel's childhood house) has been bestowed upon Garrick and Arabel and they must live in the estate together for a month if they both want Castle Highburn as part of their assets. Arabel is delighted to be able to live in her childhood house again and requests Garrick to forfeit the estate straight away but Garrick finally has a chance to have his revenge against Arabel and her family and doesn't plan on going anywhere till he gets his share of the estate, his money and finally his revenge on the Rowland clan. But Garrick and Arabel don't plan on their old feelings resurfacing and find themselves desperately fighting their love for one another which was never forgotten by either of them.

This has two of my favourite tropes in romance: a) a second chance at love from childhood b) rich girl, poor boy or vice versa and both rolled into one great book! Loved every minute of it and I'm tempted to re-read it again immediately, just so that I can revisit Garrick and Arabel. The love between the two characters is so palpable and honest, I was completely taken in by their heartbreak and their years of separation from one another. There are a few misunderstandings and secrets between the two, so it was a sigh of relief when they were all out in the open and Garrick and Arabel could at long last have their future together.

Anna Harrington does have a modern voice in her historical romances, noticeable but forgivable as the story had a great pace, wonderful characterization and two of my most loved tropes :D


*Thank-you Anna Harrington, Netgalley & Swerve (St. Martin's Press) for the ARC.

Second chances to see love bloom in this tale about Garrick and Arabel. Enjoyed the setting and story line as these two find their way.

Ebook from netgalley and publishers with thanks. Opinions are entirely my own.

I've read a couple of other books from Anna Harrington and knew that this would not disappoint. Her writing style is engaging and keeps you reading until the last page. This book was no different. It's a second chance love stry between Arabel and Garrick. The story line starts out with a compelling situation where Arabel and Garrick play out what seems like a Romeo and Juliet senario. The young lovers are kept apart but a decade later, fate throws them back together. A home has been bequeathed to both of them with stipulations that they must stay in it together for a certain period of time. Arabel and Garrick have great chemistry while being both stubborn and feeling as they have been wronged by the other in the past. This is a great short read with a beautiful couple at the center of it being offered a second chance.

And so we go to Scotland and all the beauty and magic that setting usually delivers.  I've read a couple of books by Anna Harrington this year, she was one of those great author discoveries I had in 2017.  I wasn't sure how to feel about reading a standalone from her though because I tend to do better with historical romance series.  But then the premise of this is bound to draw you in and the writing will keep you turning the pages.

Arabel was the laird's daughter and Garrick the stable boy.  They loved each other and were supposed to elope until Arabel chose to stay with her family during a trying time and Garrick was given no choice but to disappear from her life.  Neither one of them knows the true story about what happened to the other that night.  Now ten years later, they're set to inherit a family home ... together.  And to claim that inheritance they must live together in it for a period of time.

A MATCH MADE IN HEATHER is the perfect sweet second chance romance.  I'm not usually one for novellas but this one delivered everything that I needed to see to believe in their HEA.  I was rooting for them and wanted to dive in and uncover those secrets that kept them apart.  And, yes, ok, I wanted to throttle them for the lack of communication skills but I mostly overlooked that because it didn't cross over into annoying territory.

If you haven't read this author before, this is a great little standalone taste perfect for the winter months.

I really enjoyed this quick read! Arabel and Garrick's story is a reunion story and those are some of my favorite! If you are looking for a quick, light hearted read, then this is the one for you!