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Fair is the Rose (Lowlands of Scotland Series #2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Liz Curtis Higgs
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 145132
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 1
ISBN: 1578561272
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781578561278
ASIN: 1578561272
Publication Date: March 16, 2004
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Haste ye back to eighteenth-century Scotland, to a pastoral Lowland village where envy and heartache grow thick as hedgrows. A year has come and gone since Jamie McKie fled for his life and arrived at Auchengray in search of sanctuary and a bonny wife. Young Rose McBride, as fair as any lass in Scotland, dearly loves her handsome cousin, Jamiebut so does her older sister, Leana. Desperate to have Jamie all to herself, Rose is unwittingly aided by Lillias Brown, a wise womana wutch, some saystill keen on the old ways. Leana cherishes her newborn son and clings to her hard-won sense of peace by a slender thread of faith. And Jamie longs to return home to Glentrool, yet is thwarted at every turn by his uncle Lachlans deceitful ways. All three points of this thorny triangle soon grow as sharp as a Scottish dirk. No one is prepared for the shocking turn of events that will test the limits of love and sacrifice.
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 Excellent Bible re-telling July 14, 2008
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).
A book that reveals the true heart of the reader January 8, 2008
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.
Second book is better than the first November 20, 2007
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.
 Rose turned into a Weed... July 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading the first book "Thorn in my Heart", I was so excited to read the rest of the series. I was so sickened by Rose from the first chapter. Her character was terribly self-serving and horrid. I was disgusted by the end of the book with her. I have never felt so strongly about a fictional character before! I found myself sobbing for Leana during her trials. I was very tempted to put the book aside, as it was making me feel such emotions. I am in total agreement with other reviewers who had negative feelings towards Rose. Although she did try to better herself, she continuously made herself out to be a poor, pathetic victim. ICK!! The book in itself was very well written, but I felt myself just wanting the story to end already. There was just entirely too much suffering for Leana in this book.
Highly recommend April 1, 2007
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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