
Her initial meeting with large, dark and gruff Gabriel McBain does not go well.

Her brother, Nicholas, knowing that her reprieve cannot last long, manages to ultimately save her from the king’s clutches, and persuades her to move to the Highlands to wed the recently appointed laird of a burnt-out castle. Through clever manipulation, Johanna manages to delay the unwanted marriage.

Johanna, a young, golden-haired English Lady, had been married to a cruel, abusive man while barely out of her teens, and while her self-confidence and spirit were nearly beaten out of her during the loveless marriage, she retains enough of both to defy her king when he tries to wed her to another unworthy baron. Saving Grace is a wonderful example of Ms. The stories were as refreshing and funny as the first (and even second and third times) that I read them, and I was as sorry to see them end as the first time around. During my reading marathon in this month of January (I’m making up for my lost reading time during the busy month of December!), I paused in between new books to revisit some of my favorite novels by Julie Garwood.
