Claimed by the Laird

Claimed by the Laird by Nicola Cornick

An old maid—that's all Lady Christina McMorlan, daughter to the Duke of Forres, is to society now that she's past thirty. She hosts her father's parties and cares for her siblings, knowing she'll never have her own home and family. She has no time to pine, however. By night, she's The Lady, head of a notorious whiskey-smuggling gang that supports her impoverished clan. They're always one step ahead of the revenue man—until Lucas Black shows up.

Rejecting his title and the proper society that disparaged his mother, Lucas earns his living running a successful gambling house. He's also a spy, charged with bringing down the Forres Gang. He thinks The Lady's just a bored society spinster. She thinks he's a lost child playing at rebellion. And when the truth comes out, it's not just their love on the line…

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Lady Christina is considered a old maid, she's well in to her thirties and is not married. She runs her fathers house hold and raised her brothers and sisters after her mother died. Now that all of them are married she's still stuck running her father's home, so she knows she'll never marry or have a family of her own. Her life during the day may be boring but at night it's fast and dangerous because she runs a gang of whiskey smugglers. She's The Lady and she is trying to do the best she can to take care of the people that are in her clan. She was doing well with all of it until a stranger shows up.

Lucas Black needed to know what happened to his brother. He went on a tour and never came home. His tutor didn't know what happened and no one seemed to care about it. So Lucas Black became Lucas Ross and went undercover in the home of Lady Christina to find out what happened and who was responsible for his brother's murder. 

Along the way Lucas becomes attached to Lady Christina and he has a hard time keeping his distance. Lady Christina fights him at every turn, but he's persistent. 

I truly enjoyed this book. I loved Lucas and his flirtatious attitude. He saw Christina for who she was just as she did him. The author left enough out that you really didn't know who was the murderer, but kept you hanging on to find out who it was! The others in this series were great reads and I think you'll love them! Leave the author some love in the form of a review!