I also found, especially toward the end, this to be a very emotional tale that had my heart spinning with exhaustion wondering how this would turn into a happy ending. But one would think she would be more understanding of his situation, so that was really my only problem with the way she treats him after she finds out the whole truth, when its obvious that he truly loves her.

She doesn't believe that she is really attractive or desirable, but Patrick is the one man that makes her feel that one and the one man she finds herself falling in love with him.I think the one problem that I had, is that when the truth is revealed, Lizzie has a hard time accepting it. Lizzie is a charming yet sweet willed woman, who is innocent really in every way you can imagine. Having watched his parents be murdered and the rest of his people driven out of their lands at threat of extinction, he has found a way to make sure that they will survive, but it will take sacrificing the happiness of the one woman he loves more than life itself. I just fell in love with Patrick and his duty to his people. He knows that if he doesn't succeed soon, that he is bound to fall in love with his worst enemy's daughter.I found this to be such a captivating love story, and its filled with such delicate matters that at times it just breaks your heart. What he didn't plan on was the enchanting woman that he finds his cold heart softening for.

He knows that it is necessary for both him and all that is left of his clan to survive. He desires his people's land that have been taken from them, so he comes up with a plan, to fall into Lizzie's good graces, to woo her, marry her so that he can obtain the land. Patrick, is the Laird of the MacGregors that are constantly hunted down and his people outcasts, barely able to survive. Admist the attack, they are rescued by a band of fierce warriors, their leader claims to be Patrick Murray. So she goes to travel to visit him, on the way however they are severely attacked by outlaws, the MacGregors. She then hears word of her cousin that has land for her, but she knows that there is another man that her cousin desires for her to marry. Lizzie has felt that she is less, that maybe there is some things that are wrong with her.

Both men thought her not up to their standards and so they left her high and dry. She has had three past engagements, but neither pulled through to a marriage, of course the blame was not on her side. She dedicated her life to her family, even though most of the time they don't take notice much of all that she does for them.

Elizabeth Campbell has a sweet tempered nature, but has a inner obligation to her family: duty which she lives every day and every night of her life.

Highland Outlaw by Monica McCarty