Iain's Plaid

Certainly a unique romance. Interesting plot. I liked how the author was able to bring it all together.

Dani Amico goes sailing alone and lands on a deserted island off the Massachusetts coast. She is an educated woman with a Masters degree in American History. She finds an old dilapidated shed on the island and falls into a space that seems to be a tunnel of some sort. When she awakens, Dani has been transferred into 1775, right before the Revolutionary War. It seems that she is mistaken as a boy by the man who finds her, a handsome, blond Scotsman, Iain MacKail. The plot turns into an enjoyable story of a 21st century woman and a 18th century Scottish merchant. I am a fan of Outlander, so I do enjoy time-traveling romance. I also think that this sweet story was satisfying, it kept me reading and not putting it down til the very end. I give this book 4 stars and highly recommend it to lovers of historical fiction/romance.

Iain's Plaid by Skye Taylor is now available from Bell Bridge Books. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.

Was she sent back in time to change Iain’s fate . . . or share it?

Caught between a job offer she should take and a marriage proposal she doesn’t want, Dani Amico is dying for some adventure. So she takes off to visit some of the places on her bucket list. The first - an abandoned island she read about while researching her American History thesis. While there, she tumbles into an abandoned cellar hole . . . and wakes up more than two centuries in the past.

It’s 1775 and Iain MacKail’s ship is loaded with contraband he is smuggling into Boston. This unknown Dani, the “boy” he found in his cellar, could be a spy for the British customs agents, so Iain is forced to take the boy with him to insure that he and his mission are not compromised. Only he soon finds out that this ”boy” is so much more.

As they travel through pre-revolutionary New England, Dani realizes she’s falling for the rugged Scotsman. But she can’t forget something she came across in her studies—the fate of Iain MacKail. He would be betrayed by someone close to him and suddenly disappear from history. Could this be the reason Dani fell through time—to save Iain? Could they live and love together in this war-torn time?

Then again, if she tries—and fails—to change his fate . . . will she end up sharing it?

Dani has been offered a job that her live-in boyfriend got for her. Even though the job is a great one, she hates the fact that he got it for her. Though she likes her boyfriend a lot she doesn’t love him and is scared about the fact that he’s been hinting about them getting married. Instead of keeping things the same she turns down the job, breaks up with her boyfriend and heads off to do some things that are on her bucket list. One of those things is to explore an island off the coast of Maine that she read about.

Dani heads to the deserted island by herself. She accidently falls into a cellar hole and wakes up in 1775. She thinks at first that it’s all a reenactment but she soon discovers it’s very real. While in 1775 she is with Iain MacKail who she read about in one of her books. In that book she read that at some point he just disappears and she fears he’s killed. She decides that she was sent back in time to save his life. While trying to do that she didn’t expect to fall in love with Iain but it happens anyway. Can she save him though, and if she does what does that mean for his…their future.

I always love a good time travel book but I’m not normally a huge American historical romance fan. Iain’s Plaid was a little different as it had so much to do with the Revolutionary War and that piqued my interest. Obviously Iain MacKail was fictional but everything else was pretty close. I like that Ms. Taylor stuck to facts as it made the romance so much more realistic.

Iain was a great character and one that was well written. He had some serious struggles with what was happening as he was Scottish but loved the Colonies as well. So when a war is imminent, who does he fight for? I liked that the story took the turn so that it showed us a logical decision for Iain’s actions.

Dani was also an engaging heroine and I liked he a lot. She did a couple of stupid things that made me roll my eyes, all under the guise of wanting to save Iain but since even she realized how dumb they were after the fact I couldn’t dislike her.

Overall I found the story worth reading and definitely recommend it.

Rating: 4 out of 5

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Loved this book it was very entertaining. Five ☆☆☆☆☆.

Dani travels back to pre revolutionary war times to find Iain who believes that this person may be a spy. This is a new setting for me to read by this author however found this to be well written, good characters that the reader can engage with and good story line. Hoping to read more in the time period by her.

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Book: Iain’s Plaid by Skye Taylor
Reviewed by: Barb Massabrook of
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The heroine of this story is Dani Amico. An unhappy lass, who is offered a new and job and marriage proposal, but neither excites her. She wants some excitement in her dull and boring life! Dani decides to go through her lists of things she always wanted to do - yet never did. Some call this a bucket list. The first was on her bucket list is to visit an abandoned Island. Dani researched this island while writing her senior thesis paper in college. As she is extremely intelligent and educated with a masters degree in American History.

While visiting this abandoned island - Dani locates a tiny tunnel, then she suddenly stumbles in and wakes up 242 years later! The year now is 1775, Dani is then found by swoon worthy, braw, Scottish merchant, Iain MacKail. He discovers her in his cellar and due to her clothing she is mistaken for a boy. However Iain is also suspicious she is a British spy for the customs agent. So he has no choice, but to take her on his ship. A ship that is stuffed to the gills with illegal contraband!

As time goes on and tides and feelings change with love in the air. Yet in dark dangerous waters this is a pre-nnrevolutionary war time period. A dangerous time to be in Massachusetts.

Dani remembers reading in her time that someone was had betrayed Iain with devastating results for Iain’s future! As all she knows is Iain vanishes forever never to be found or seen again. She starts to wonder is this the reason she was sent here in the past? Is Dani to be Iain's savior or share in his doom and gloom and disappear with him? Now she has to make a devastating decision to find her way back to her time or stay and protect Iain . Which will she choose? Try to save the man she
loves or go home in the protection and safety of her own modern times? Will she stand beside him or runaway?

I suggest you read this delightful book to find the answers. This is the first time I read a book by Skye Taylor. I must add I was absolutely blown away by this fast paced page turning novel. It weaves together all the elements time-travel romance readers could possibly want. Filled with riveting adventure, mystery, suspense, treachery, villain, danger, betrayal passion, heartbreak and love.

I received this book from the Bell Bridge Books publishers for a fair and honest review. I voluntarily promised to read, review and blog through netgalley. All words, thoughts and ideas are my own.

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