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I downloaded this as a freebie and I won't be reading more of this author. The story is set in 12th century Scotland and so the author decides to write in "olde Scots", whatever that is, it is certainly not what was the language of that era. Thus it makes for ponderous, stilted reading. There is a bare bones plot of treachery and contaminated water supply but the pace is excruciatingly slow making it overall a very boring read. I skimmed most of the last third. There is very little characterization of the MCs and a lot of internal dialog. I cannot warm up to either of the MCs, especially the heroine, who spends most of the book being frightened. SPOILERS. Her mission is to murder her new husband and throw his clan into chaos and when she decides she couldn't possibly murder him in cold blood (this decision came by almost at the 2/3 point), she decides to betray her husband and his clan by trading information the clan has guarded for centuries in return for her son. At no time does she contemplate being up front with her husband who she loves and who loves her in return, rather trusting her evil brother-in-law to do her bidding. Do her decisions make sense to anyone??