Narrated in the omniscient third-person perspective, the story begins eight years after the events in The Secret. Ransom follows The Secret and precedes Shadow Music in Garwood’s trilogy. Ransom became a New York Times bestseller that has been called “an enthralling tale” by Romantic Times, as well as “wonderful…provides suspense, passion, and humor” by All About Romance. Along the way, Gillian enlists handsome Scottish warriors Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan to help her find love and the courage to fight back and defeat Baron Alford. Years later, when Alford goes in search of a golden jewelry box on behalf of the tyrannical King John, Gillian takes the opportunity to find her missing sister and avenge her father’s death. Set in London and Scotland in the thirteenth century, the story follows Lady Gillian, a powerless child whose world is upended when the ruthless Baron Alford slays her father and rips her family asunder. Book two in the Highlands’ Lairds trilogy, Ransom is the 1999 historical romance novel written by American author Julie Garwood.
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