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    The Scot Beds His Wife
    The Scot Beds His Wife
    The Scot Beds His Wife
    Audiobook12 hours

    The Scot Beds His Wife

    Written by Kerrigan Byrne

    Narrated by Derek Perkins

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    They're rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards-dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster.

    Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, is a notorious Highlander and an unrelenting Lothario who uses his slightly menacing charm to get what he wants-including too many women married to other men. But now, Gavin wants to put his shady past behind him . . . more or less. When a fiery lass who is the heiress to the land he wishes to possess drops into his lap, he sees a perfectly delicious opportunity.

    A marriage most convenient

    Samantha Masters has come back to Scotland, in a pair of trousers, and with a whole world of dangerous secrets from her time spent in the Wild West trailing behind her. Her only hope of protection is to marry-and to do so quickly. Gavin is only too willing to provide that service for someone he finds so disturbingly irresistible. But even as danger approaches, what begins as a scandalous proposition slowly turns into an all-consuming passion. And Gavin discovers that he will do whatever is necessary to keep the woman he has claimed as his own.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 3, 2017
    ISBN9781515982944
    The Scot Beds His Wife
    Author

    Kerrigan Byrne

    Kerrigan Byrne has done many things to pay the bills, from law enforcement to belly dance instructor. Now she's finally able to have the career she'd decided upon at thirteen when she announced to her very skeptical family that she was going to "grow up to be a romance novelist." Whether she's writing about Celtic Druids, Victorian bad boys, or brash Irish FBI Agents, Kerrigan uses her borderline-obsessive passion for history, her extensive Celtic ancestry, and her love of Shakespeare in almost every story. Kerrigan lives with her husband on the coast of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula in a Victorian-era town almost frozen in time. When she's not writing, you might find her on the beach with her dogs, lounging at a local vineyard or brewery, or buying things she doesn't need at antique stores. Her novels with St. Martin's Press include the Victorian Rebels series (starting with The Highwayman) and Devil You Know series (which begins with How To Love A Duke in Ten Days).

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    • 3/5
      Being relieved there was no dubious consent is probably a good sign to take a break from this series for a bit.

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    • 3/5
      3.5 ⭐️
      Eh, I think this is my least favourite of the series so far. And the biggest disappointment.

      I just wasn’t invested in the romance. I probably wouldn’t have cared if the MMC and FMC didn’t get together at the end. Don’t get me wrong, I love the MMC - I just couldn’t get on board with the FMC.

      I found the FMC to be abrasive as a character. Maybe because she’s an American in. British setting, but I didn’t feel like she ‘belonged’ in this world.

      I also noticed in this book the excessive internalised descriptions of the MMC by the FMC. It reminded me of when I had to boost my word count for an essay in high school so I’d add a bunch of superfluous ‘filler’ words.

      My favourite part of the story was the MMC’s relationship with his mother. He was so gentle with her and it made my heart melt.

      The brief introduction of the Rook was fun and I’m looking forward to seeing him again. He seems like he’ll be a fun character. And I have a pretty good idea of where he fits into this world. It’ll be interesting to se that play out.

      Once again Derek Perkins does a masterful job at marrying the story showing his ear for accents by doing English, Scottish, American and Irish (though this was a tad similar to his Scottish accent, I’ll forgive it because the Irish character had lived in Scotland for years).

      Content warnings:
      ⚠️mention of torture
      ⚠️child abuse
      ⚠️violence
      ⚠️murder
      ⚠️mention of rape
      ⚠️mention/implication of domestic violence
    • 4/5
      Really enjoying this series! Well written and wonderfully narrated by Derek Perkins!
    • 5/5
      Fun, fast, flirty, amazing VO talent with consistent dialect work
    • 3/5
      Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. I disliked this book. This was a historical, yet the heroine Samantha really did not act the part to me, all she did was curse and lie, yeah not a good person. Then we have hero, who was just in lust, wasn't romantic to me. Story dragged, I will probably not read anymore books by this authors. Sorry folks.
    • 5/5
      My favorite of the series so far. I can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out in August.
    • 3/5
      The Scot Beds His Wife
      3 Stars

      Unfortunately, this one falls short in the romance department.

      While Sam and Gavin have excellent banter and her ability to stand up to his domineering attitude is entertaining, their romance contains several problematic tropes that diminished my enjoyment of the book.

      To begin with, Sam's masquerade requires a great deal of suspension of disbelief and her actions, while understandable given the circumstances, portray her as deceitful and manipulative. The fact that she is pregnant with another man's child and lies to Gavin about it with all that entails also undermine the romance.

      The secondary storylines in the book are much more satisfying. Whether it be the sweetness of Eleanor and Eammon's long denied love or the intrigue surrounding Callum's self-imposed isolation or the developments in Liam and Gavin's relationship, they more than make up for the lackluster primary plot.

      Overall, not the best installment, but Byrne's writing is excellent and her hints at Rook's mysterious past make me eager to read his book.
    • 3/5
      I dislike the trope of huge secrets kept for too long, so this is probably a 2.5 rounded up to 3.

      2nd read- I think perhaps I enjoyed this more as a reread. I still disliked all the same things, but already knowing about them going in helped me come to terms with them somewhat. There's sort of a ridiculous amount of cursing in this one, I'm not even offended by curses, but whereas the other books in the series have a smattering, these are laid on eye-rolling thick. They lose whatever weight they might have carried otherwise. It's like Byrne had a swear jar but instead of having to pay in, she was given money per curse. =D One aspect I did enjoy was the hero's development after he starts to have feelings for her. Up to that point he's super full of himself and not appealing to me, but it was fun to watch him start to creep out of his shell of protection from feelings.
    • 3/5
      I don't know what to call this. (Well this, below, is a terrible review. I know what to call THAT)

      I'm not the best reader for consistency. I don't even tend to be a consistent person. So I was surprised to note an inconsistency or three. This might not be a big deal, but at least one was fairly material in the marriage of convenience. I'm honestly wracking my brain for the other one, so maybe that wasn't a huge deal...but I noticed and I thought "wait a minute," and now I'm feeling awful for all you detailed types.

      So...there were points that the heroine was definitely not sympathetic. Gavin St James is basically a sweet gooey thing. I loved the characters' banter, not to mention the characters in general in this book The story itself was fun too. In a lot of ways, I guess I had a lot of fun reading this. I'm not sure how well it will stick with me at the end though, and I think that all rests on that mistaken identity part. After Sam's terrible backstory, I still didn't find it a compelling foundation on which to rest her survival tactics and lies simply because it didn't seem part of of her character. Too many times I pitied Gavin, which is not my favorite emotion during reading.

      This review is so hard to write. It's one of "those" 3s. Lots to love, some to say WTH, and things that definitely didn't land for me.

      Sidenote: I'm not feeling Callum & Allison. I'm curious how that will be handled if it becomes book which is SO borderline yucky to me. (Too bad, Callum seemed really interesting until that 13/22 year old confession bit.)
      Eamon &Eleanor on the other hand, I ship that hard.

      I apologize for this terrible review. I'll be back with a better one. Someday. Maybe.
    • 2/5
      2.5 stars

      ***Full Review***

      I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

      Samantha has always had it rough growing up in America's Wild West but when the man she married to escape a worse fate turns out to be in an outlaw gang with his brothers, she realizes she may have made a mistake. When she makes a fatal decision to save another life, she gets the opportunity to start fresh in a new country.
      Gavin has wanted nothing more than to separate himself from his brutish dead father's name and buying the Ross land gives him that chance. When Alison Ross finally comes back to Scotland from America, he makes it his mission to woo her land from her.
      Samantha and Gavin have tough pasts but also deep feelings developing, their held secrets and lies will have to be overcome if they're to survive.
       
      "I don't think I believe in villains. Heroes either. Just people. People with agendas and the things they're willing to do to get what they want."
       
      Fifth in the Victorian Rebels series, Gavin Thorne is the middle brother of villainous Hamish MacKenzie's sons. It's possible to pick this book up without reading the others in the series as the author does a pretty good job of explaining the animosity between him and his brother Liam (hero from #3 The Highlander) and Samantha is a new character not previous mentioned in the other books. Even knowing the background between the two brothers, Gavin's arguing with his brother came off a bit immature as it seemed an adult in his late thirties should have figured out that the blame towards his brother was a bit misplaced. The relationship between Gavin and Liam fell into the pitfall of not feeling fleshed out enough, along with other relationships in the book.
       
      She was little better than a banshee with a sidearm.
       
      While Gavin had a tendency to come off a bit immature, his bed hopping and general rogue actions are supposed to be cover for his pain, Samantha was our hard as nails, mouth like a sailor, and stubborn heroine. There is seriously a lot of cursing in this story and most of it done by Samantha. This being a historical, I have to say, it threw me a bit. Obviously, women cursed in the 1800s but the frequency with which Samantha threw out the f word and ease of saying sh*t, couldn't help but give it an awkward modern feel; a personal dislike. I don't want to get into spoilers because this is an ARC review, but the secrets and lies Samantha holds until very close to the end of the story, made it very hard for me to ever warm up to her. In fact, the very bottom heavy feel of this book, was one of the biggest problems I had with it.
       
      "I'm not asking ye to like me, lass, only to marry me."
       
      If you've read the other books in the series, you'll know the author's writing can veer towards almost purple prose. The wordiness, flowery, and waxing poetic descriptive writing needed to be edited down; it kept the story from furthering along while making it drag. It wasn't until around the 70% mark that I felt the author started to get down to business of building a relationship between our hero and heroine; previously felt completely based on lust. The last 30% was full of reasons why I'm a big fan of this author, the hero and heroine engage in conversations that were witty, funny, and moving while all the secondary characters and side plot lines were coming together to create an intriguing and interesting story. Unfortunately, with some pretty heavy secrets not getting revealed until the 90% point, there just wasn't enough time to resolve and build a believable and emotionally satisfying romantic relationship for me. There was a slight secondary romance between the hero's mother and pseudo-father figure that I felt had more emotion and romance than the main couple.
       
      With a heroine that holds onto her secrets for far too long and a hero whose emotions felt based on lust, I was disappointed in the romance. The majority of the story focused on needless over descriptive dreamy writing while ignoring to the very end the building blocks of emotion. I have a feeling the next two heroes are introduced here, Gavin's friend Callum seems to have quite the backstory with the real Alison Ross and our secretive pirate The Rook mentioned in previous books makes an upfront appearance here. The author has created a dark and intriguing world for this series, I'm going to treat this installment as a one off and be back for the next.
       
      "Who knew being married was such fun," he panted, pressing a kiss to her temple and swatting her backside simultaneously.
      She pulled back to look at him, one of her rare, reluctant smiles tugging at the corner of her kiss-reddened mouth. "You probably should have done it years ago."
      "Nay, lass," he said suddenly feeling very serious. "Then it wouldna have been ye."
    • 4/5
      'He was no barbarian. And certainly no gentleman.'Complex situations, begat by desperation, lies, bad choices, childhood abuse and oh so many other factors dog the pages in this very different story in the Victorian Rebels series. I keep thinking Annie Oakley meets a Scots Celtic god, whose soul holds close hidden horrors a la Dorian Gray. Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne's emotional burdens weigh him down. Although there is no painting in the attic, Gavin has suppressed regrets and terrible memories, that he's spent a life time attempting to forget by cutting a path through the bedrooms of the rich and needy using his exceptional charm.Samantha Masters was part of a gang including her husband and his brother who are train robbers. This time the robbery goes awry and in the ensuing confusion and aftermath Sam commits murder and exchanges places with an heiress, Alison Ross, and flees to the Highlands, having taken on Alison's persona.Well of course this cattle herding, fast shooting Amaerican gal comes as a complete shock to Gavin who had plans of frightening her into selling her lands to him ... or marrying her. Whichever will work.Naturally both of their pasts manage to catch up with them, not before a last resort wedding, unexpected attacks from angry westerners pursuing Sam, sexually charged situations, and a whirlwind of emotional angst.I loved the secondary characters, the gruff shepherds and other members of the clan who take Sam into their hearts.Certainly a highland historical Victorian era novel with a difference. I am still unsure about the Wild West confrontation with the Highland Warriors but if anyone can pull it off its Kerrigan Byrne.A NetGalley ARC
    • 4/5
      The Scot Beds His Bride by Kerrigan BryneVictorian Rebels #5Brash, bold and beautiful but is the heroine believable…not in the beginning but perhaps a bit more toward the end of the book…maybe. I wanted to put this book down in the first pages and even at the halfway point because no matter how untamed the United States Wild West might have been in 1880 the heroine did not ring true to me. Raised as a Mormon would her language, attire and behavior be as they were described? At times I felt like this was the story of Annie Oakley (with a bit of Bonnie from Bonnie & Clyde) going to the Scottish Highlands incognito. I persisted in reading because I looked back and realized that the three other books I have read in this series all rated highly and my comments reminded me that I had loved the stories. So…I continued to read…and glad that I did. I never really found the story believable but did find it entertaining. AND since this is fiction first and not necessarily based on fact…I let those niggling thoughts go by the side and immersed myself in the story.The book begins with a horrific scene from Gavin’s childhood in which he is forced to watch something then experience something no child should ever encounter. His story picks up nearly a quarter of a century later. He is gorgeous, hates his family name, works part-time in a distillery, dislikes his brother, wants independence and sees his future as owner of a piece of land he will raise cattle on…land that belongs to someone else. Samantha “Sam” Masters’ story begins on a train. She saves a woman’s life by killing a man but then her life is in danger for other reasons and Alison Ross, the woman she saved, offers her identity to Sam in exchange for living on land in Scotland for a year to keep it from returning to the MacKenzie family. Needing a place to hide she takes Alison’s offer and heads to Scotland where the first persons she meets and falls into the arms of (literally) is Gavin. He wants “her” land and she won’t sell it. With two people both wanting the same land and both willing to do what it takes to keep it the tussle begins. Sam and Gavin have secrets and scars and are damaged souls but they also are more than they appear to be upon first introduction. As the reader gets to know them both better and they get to know one another more intimately the story begins to heat up. When the past arrives to interfere with what seems to be a happily ever after in the making all bets are off and the future less secure – for everyone. Ultimately I came away glad I had persevered with reading this story. I was satisfied with the ending. I still found this book, in many ways, to be unbelievable. BUT…I enjoyed it thoroughly. And, I would love to know more about Allison, Callum and…The Rook! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC – This is my honest review. 4 Stars
    • 3/5
      Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. I disliked this book. This was a historical, yet the heroine Samantha really did not act the part to me, all she did was curse and lie, yeah not a good person. Then we have hero, who was just in lust, wasn't romantic to me. Story dragged, I will probably not read anymore books by this authors. Sorry folks.