Suzanne Enoch Follow

This book was so darn cute and fun! I absolutely loved Michael and Bitsy!

A grumpy - sunshine trope is one of my favorite tropes. The fact that Michael was a science nerd and a hermit added to my enjoyment of this story. I loved that he could be grumpy and still likable. He was actually a real sweetheart.

Bitsy was exactly what Michael needed to get out of the lab. Well, her and a crazy twisted dognapping scheme that just kept getting more and more twisted.

I found myself smiling and laughing through the whole book. This also has a sweet little love story for the dognapper that I adored! And I couldn't believe it when I reached the end and realized this is extremely low steam. And I never missed it!!! Now THAT'S how romance is done.

I absolutely LOVED this story!!!

Emmeline and Will had a partnership rather than a marriage and yet with the temporary addition of George and Rose to the household they began to see each other in a whole new light. I began to fall in love with each of them even as their eyes opened up to the uniqueness that they saw in each other. I couldn’t help but cheer them on along the way.

The children were definitely “the darlings” of the story. They pretty much stole every scene they were in. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the antics and reactions to the world around them. However, there were times when things were not humorous and my heart hurt for them, especially George as his understanding of the world was much more jaded than Rose’s.

I was surprised how things turned out as I never saw it happening in quite that way. While the romance element does not consume the storyline and the heat level is non-existent, I never missed the steam nor the fact that this story is not about this couple alone. I was enthralled from the beginning and could not stop reading it once I started.

Hit Me With Your Best Scot (Wild Wicked Highlanders #3). By Suzanne Enoch. 2021. St. Martin’s Press. (ARC eBook).

I have really enjoyed this series of burly highlander brothers looking for wives in London. Coll, Viscount Glendarril and oldest MacTaggert brother, finds himself backstage of a theater in an attempt to escape his estranged mother’s matchmaking schemes. There he meets an enchanting actress, Persephone Jones, and learns that there are threats being made against her. With the future prosperity of his home, Aldriss Park, dependent on him finding a “suitable” wife before his engaged sister Eloise weds, Coll is now more determined to have Persephone safe and as his bride, commoner or not; than fulfilling his mother’s wishes.

Coll is gruff, but also intelligent and charming when he so desires. And Persephone holds her own well as the two thwart danger and investigate the threat. Only thing missing was an epilogue and I think the ending would have benefited from that. As with the other two books in the series, Hit Me With Your Best Scot is a fun title and has a great cover.

*St. Martin’s Press ARC via NetGalley

What an action filled read! This had so much going on from the very beginning. There were family issues, mysteries inside mysteries, and the romance between the hero and heroine. The divide that was automatically between Coll and Persephone made the development of their relationship much more angsty than I anticipated.

I loved Coll and his big growly ways. He did attempt to do what was requested of him but through it all he couldn’t stop thinking about Persephone. That made him even more amazing to me. His character was written in such a way that I couldn’t help but fall in love with him. I did not read the previous book(s) so I missed whatever had him running down the street naked, but I loved him for it, whatever it was.

Persephone was an interesting heroine, especially for the time. She was dependent but in a way I was expecting. She also has a secret that I never saw coming and which had me turning pages faster.

I liked that there were no games between Persephone and Coll. They might have recognized their feelings and continued on with the charade of their relationship but even then they were still open and honest in every other way with each other.

This is filled with lots of friends and plenty of MacTaggerts and their wild but loyal ways, which I loved. The steam level is pretty intense and the heroine is pretty bold. I do wish there had been an epilogue but I suspect the author will give an update on them in a future book. Not my favorite, but at least we get Persephone’s and Coll’s happy ever after.