A book that reveals the true heart of the reader

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	• Fair is the Rose (Lowlands of Scotland Series #2) Liz Curtis Higgs WaterBrook Press, 2004 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Highly recommend

This book follows A Thorn In My Heart which I loved and quickly ordered the next two in the series. There is no way that the plot can be called predictable and it has such character since it is written around the 18th century in Scotland. If you enjoy Higgs writing or even Irish type stories, then you will love this book. The first book leaves you amazed at the events but this book is not boring and a sudden turn of events keeps the reader guessing and entranced. I give it 5 stars because I couldn't put the first book down once I got going and couldn't wait to buy the second two.

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A book that reveals the true heart of the reader

WHAT A STORY!!! I was so caught up in the characters being frustrated with Jamie and tempted to judge Rose by criticizing and condemning her, that I nearly missed the whole point of the story - do I love like Rose, or like Leana? As I began to examine myself and my thoughts about each character more closely, I realized how tempted I was to pity Leana, and condemn Rose. The truth is that Leana is to be admired. She did wrong, owned up to it, faced the consequences, and ends up paying dearly for her mistake (her deception costs her her family just as Jaime's deception costs him his family). She learns to loves as Christ does - completely, no matter what the cost to herself.

Rose and Jamie are to be pitied. Rose lives life with both hands open - not in offering, but in taking. In serving only herself, she has an empty heart and has nothing to give to anyone.

True, Jamie was clearly deceived on his wedding night. But he then uses this to justify his behavior and punishes his wife - for the very thing he did to his own brother. It's easy to judge them all, but the Bible says to judge ourselves, and love others. Bravo to the author for writing a fictional story that does exactly what God's word does - it reveals the true heart of the reader.

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Excellent Bible re-telling

This whole series is amazing! I love how it turns the story a bit to make you fall in love with Leana (Leah) instead of the normal hero Rose (Rachel).

Second book is better than the first

Rose Mcbride wants what her sister Leana McKie has, a loving husband and child to call her own. After coming home sick from school though she finds out that her dream is to come true.

There had been a mix up when Leana and James McKie got married and as far as the kirk (church) is concered Jamie is still married to Rose and Ian, his son by Leana is illegitimate.

Rose and Jamie are married and Leana goes to visit her aunt several miles away.

The three try to get their lives back to normal after what has happened to them will anything be normal again? Read Fair is the Rose.

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The Scottish Lowlands, October 1789.

A year has come and gone since Jamie McKie fled for his life, arriving at Auchengray in search of sanctuary and a bonny wife. Young Rose McBride, as fair a lass as any in Scotland, dearly loves her handsome cousin?but so does her older sister, Leana.

Determined to have Jamie all to herself, Rose puts in motion one desperate plan after another, enlisting the aid of Lillias Brown, a wise woman?a wutch, some say?still keen on the old ways. Impetuous Rose ignores the cruel whispers that travel up and down the parish hills, never dreaming of the tragic consequences that await her.

Her sister, Leana, clings to her hard-won sense of peace and assurance by a slender thread of faith. Day and night, Leana?s hours are apent caring for wee Ian and praying that her future will hold more promise than her past.

Jamie McKie is busy making his own plans to return home to Glentrool and claim his inheritance. To do so means facing Evan, the brother whose blessing he stole, and Alec, the father whom he ruthlessly deceived. It is a perilous journey that will test the depth of his courage, the strength of his sword, and the tenacity of his vow to honor Almighty God, no matter the cost.

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