BookReview: How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins

Hey guys,
I've been on vacation and the WiFi in the room is terrible so I started reading a quick easy book: How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins. It's in the genre of romantic novels and it's a part of a series consisting of six books in total.

GoodReads Summary:

It’s hardly the type of wedding Fiona MacLean dreamed of. No family, no guests, just a groom who’s been dragged—literally—to the altar. But if marriage to Black Jack Kincaid, the handsome wastrel she’d sworn never to see again, will avert a bloody war between their clans, so be it. Surely she can share his bed without losing her heart…

Known throughout Scotland and London as a wild rogue, Jack is accustomed to waking in dire situations, but…married? Long ago, he and Fiona reveled in a youthful passion. Now, the fiery, sensual lass is his once more. And though their marriage is in name only, Jack is determined to win her forever—body and soul… 

My opinion:
The book started as a very promising one. I usually don't willingly admit to this but I love romantic novels, especially the story line of an unwanted marriage. The fact that I thought the plot was going to be set in Scotland was also a bonus. So I had hopes for this one. But sadly it didn't deliver. Fiona is a strong willed woman, probably over 30 although her age isn't mentioned anywhere in the book, who sacrifices herself into a marriage with her ex-lover, in order to save both of their families from a long lasting feud. Jack is a man whore. 

After the marriage they go to Jack's London house, which was the first let down for me, as I was expecting the Scottish setting, language and atmosphere to be more present. Now, this is where my problems with the book started. Fiona is supposed to be this amazing woman who by her sheer will manages to deal with difficult situations, but honestly I perceived her as, for the lack of a better word, a brat. She tricks Jack into marrying her and then gets angry that he doesn't respect their marriage and goes out without her as if he owns her something. For the most of the book her inner monologue is something like this:

"Oh, Jack does whatever he pleases, so I'll do the same, he doesn't want to be married, the bastard!!! Oh, wait I guess I had it coming by dragging him to the alter. But still HOW DARE HE!!!"

It was exhausting. I get that they were past lovers but this fact doesn't really add anything to the story. They were together for 2 weeks, he asked her to marry him, she didn't show up when they had to run away together. We got no explanation as to why she had decided not to marry him at that time. I don't really remember that they had a serious discussion of this fact. Their whole relationship is based on sex. With that said the sex scenes in the book aren't that many, so it doesn't read like erotica if someone was wondering. But for me it lacked the authenticity of a true relationship. 

The other thing that was over the top for me was the theatrically and the dramatics of the ending. I won't go into details but there is a plot of someone getting killed. I rarely do this but I had to skim till the very end. 

And I really don't know why I still decided to read the second book in the series, which I'm going to write a review on sometimes this week.