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The Scot Beds His Wife

(Victorian Rebels #5)

Kerrigan Byrne (Goodreads Author)

3.88 · Rating details · 2,805 ratings · 600 reviews

The Scot Beds His Wife is the next lush, captivating Victorian romance in the Victorian Rebels series by Kerrigan Byrne.

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 unrelenti ...more

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Jul 30, 2020 Anne rated it liked it

Shelves: kilts, trashy-romance-novel, libby-app, read-in-2020, audio, cowboys

This book has the dubious honor of having a sex scene that made my girl parts go all dry and itchy. There was this whole thing where she was in a tub and he was using a bar of soap to stimulate her.
You know where you don't want a bar of soap? In your twat, that's where.

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Then whilst she bathes, he put his 'clever fingers' in her cooch.
In the dirty, soapy water.
And he's just plunging that shit all up inside of her.
Ohmyfuckinggod.
I have a sympathy UTI just from reading that.
It burns. I feel it ...more

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Oct 12, 2017 Jessica's Totally Over The Top Book Obsession rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-romance, arc, meh-reads, read-in-2017

3 O, what a tangled web we weave Stars

The Scot Beds His Wife, the 5th book in the Victorian Rebels series, was an okay read for me. It was slow going. I didn't start to really enjoy it until right after they were married, and that was 200 pages into the book. So for 200 pages I was zoning out, and kinda bored. My problems with this read was the overly flowery words that felt like filler, the crazy amount of the word FUCK in this book, and the ridiculous over the top one upping of the hero. H ...more

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Aug 04, 2017 Stacey is Sassy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, historical-series, intrigue, audible-plus-escape-original, net-galley, steamy, there-will-be-blood, wee-bit-dark, audio

Not my favourite Rebel...

I get why it seems easier to lie but it really does end up biting you on the bum. While I enjoyed my revisit with The Scot Beds His Wife it really is not my favourite of the series. There are so many lies and secrets kept, that I spent a lot of time frustrated with both Gavin and Samantha. Most of the fault lies with Samantha, but Gavin really does not help.

The thing that made listening a little better than just satisfactory is the chance to catch up with the gang. I am ...more

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Jan 02, 2017 Bubu rated it did not like it

Shelves: awful, read-2017, hr, 1-star, dnf

DNF @ 78

For a more concise and level headed summary, I'll have to refer to Kyraraker's excellent review. My review might end up a wee bit ranty.

To steal from the author's often used technique in this book: Oh. My. God.

Is this the same author who wrote The Highwayman? And did I call Tessa Dare's The Duchess Deal a 'veritable clusterfuck'? Really? Okay, I take it back.

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To say I cringed my way through the 78% would not be accurate. Sometimes I simply stared at my Kindle in disbelief. Sometimes I w ...more

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Oct 03, 2017 Penny Reid rated it it was amazing

Shelves: regency

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Kerrigan Byrne writes with a distinctive voice, and she writes a very specific kind of historical romance (or maybe this series is just a very specific kind of historical romance). I enjoyed Gavin just fine, but I liked Samantha/Alison a whole heckavalot. She had a terrible temper (for REALS) and it was fun to watch her wield it. She was far from perfect, making bad choices out of fear and other human reasons, which only caused me to like her even more. I have a soft spot for imperf ...more

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Aug 06, 2017 WhiskeyintheJar rated it it was ok

Shelves: series, historical, scottish

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 wa ...more

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May 14, 2020 EmBibliophile rated it it was ok

2 stars

I don’t know what went wrong here, maybe it’s because this one doesn’t have the same title naming theme as the other books. Maybe that’s why i should’ve known it was doomed from the start? Or maybe that’s just the shallow me speaking.

I had my ups and downs moments with this series, but overall, I can say that I enjoyed every book I read so far. I tuned a blind eye on some things. I tried to understand that this is a different era. I didn’t judge it so harshly because it’s a historical rom 2 stars

I don’t know what went wrong here, maybe it’s because this one doesn’t have the same title naming theme as the other books. Maybe that’s why i should’ve known it was doomed from the start? Or maybe that’s just the shallow me speaking.

I had my ups and downs moments with this series, but overall, I can say that I enjoyed every book I read so far. I tuned a blind eye on some things. I tried to understand that this is a different era. I didn’t judge it so harshly because it’s a historical romance after all. But this book pushed me so hard to the point of almost DNFing it! Which is making me sad because I was really excited for Gavin’s book!!

Normally, i find myself annoyed with the main male characters in historical romances which is always diluted by my love to the female ones. However, in this book. I hated them both!!! They’re definitely my least favorite characters in the series! They were both manipulative and opportunists. Samantha made many horrible decisions. I just couldn’t ignore that! She’s pretending to be someone else, (view spoiler) Then she did the worst in my opinion! She lied!! I hate when people lie about big things in books. I just couldn’t accept that! Maybe it’s just me, but this was so unforgivable. Gavin wasn’t a great man. He was opportunist as well, but no one deserves that.

(view spoiler)

Reading this book, I felt cheated. I didn’t know that it would take that direction, that’s why I think the synopsis is a little misleading. This was so disappointing! ...more

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Aug 07, 2018 Robin (Bridge Four) rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-reads, awesome-audio, historical-happiness, chocolate-pms-day-reads, cotton-candy, kick-ass-heroines, sexy

This started out great!

We have a totally traumatized Gavin St. James (the prologue is a bit brutal) and then we have Sam. I immediately loved her. She is such a breath of fresh air in a historical romance. She is pretending to be someone else but she has so much fight in her and goes against all the norms with her less than delicate sensibilities. I love her frank manner and that she doesn’t swoon at the first Duke to catch her in is arms. In the early stages I thought this would be one of my fa This started out great!

We have a totally traumatized Gavin St. James (the prologue is a bit brutal) and then we have Sam. I immediately loved her. She is such a breath of fresh air in a historical romance. She is pretending to be someone else but she has so much fight in her and goes against all the norms with her less than delicate sensibilities. I love her frank manner and that she doesn’t swoon at the first Duke to catch her in is arms. In the early stages I thought this would be one of my favorite HRs ever.

Gavin is so discombobulated by Sam he just isn’t sure what to do, I mean the woman wore britches and it seems like seeing the definition of a woman’s legs sends all the blood to the wrong locations and makes it incredibly hard to think. Then there is also the dilemma that she keeps shooting in his general direction. Sam is not some naïve twit and isn’t going to fall for anything that he is dishing out.

“I’ve had enemies before.” Her pistol remained locked level with his heart. “And you know what I’ve learned, Lord Thorne?” He was beginning to hate the way she said his name. “That it’s those closest to you that you have to beware of,” she continued. “Along with those looking to be your friend when they have no cause but their own.”

But then a trope pops up and Sam makes some choices and turns into a character that I really struggle with.

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It made me really upset with Sam and after that I struggled a little with the story. In the end it all worked out like it normally does but this trope made Sam’s choices seem desperate and see turned from this strong woman who could take on the world to a desperate woman full of secrets and trickery.

There are some bright shining funny moments in the story that did make me laugh out loud. The couple that works on the land were hilarious and their dialogue with Sam cracked me up more than once. Also Gavin’s brother and he are on shaky ground and so the wedding vows had some extra panache to them as well.

“What about ye, lass? Knowing what ye do about the Lord Thorne’s infamous value—or lack thereof—for wedding vows, do ye, Alison Ross, take this … man … to be yer lawful husband? To have and to hold from this day until his interest wanes, for better, or likely worse, for richer or until he squanders yer fortune, in syphilis—pardon me—sickness and in health, until his death blessedly parts ye?”

Brothers…

This isn’t my favorite of the Victorian Rebels. That still is held by The Highwayman but it did get me excited for the next book in the series involving a bastard Pirate with A Dragon Tattoo. On to the next book it seems. ...more

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Mar 19, 2020 Jonetta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, 2020-library-love, 2020-in-2020, historical-romance, 2020-historical-fiction, nc-br-digital-library, 5000-2020, group-read, 2020-audiobook-challenge, 2020-beat-the-backlist-challenge

What Gavin St. James wants most in life is to be emancipated from the Mackenzie name and family and he sees the way to do that is through acquiring the Erradale property currently owned by absent heir Alison Ross. She’s lived in America since her father was killed by Hamish Mackenzie the elder and Gavin has found a loophole where he can get the land if she doesn’t return and live in Scotland for a year. Samantha Masters meets Alison in the most unusual and dangerous circumstances that created tr What Gavin St. James wants most in life is to be emancipated from the Mackenzie name and family and he sees the way to do that is through acquiring the Erradale property currently owned by absent heir Alison Ross. She’s lived in America since her father was killed by Hamish Mackenzie the elder and Gavin has found a loophole where he can get the land if she doesn’t return and live in Scotland for a year. Samantha Masters meets Alison in the most unusual and dangerous circumstances that created trust in a matter of moments. Samantha needs to quickly leave America to escape her past and as Alison has no interest in going back to Scotland, she engages her to assume her identity and return in her stead. That sets the stage for even more interesting events to come.

Have I said lately how much I love this series? Only every month when I read another book with our group. This time it’s Gavin at the center, Liam Mackenzie’s half brother who diddled with his first wife. So, we already know he’s no saint but, as with the other Victorian Rebels, we know he has other redeeming qualities that has us rooting on his behalf. Samantha lands in Scotland with Gavin putting on the pressure for her to sell her land to him but he was unprepared to be so utterly captivated by the coarse but resourceful young woman.

There’s so much more that happens in this story but rather than have me tell it, you should read it for yourself. I adored both Gavin and Samantha but loved them even more when they were together. Both have private agendas but Samantha’s are pretty explosive. Their encounters are lively and they are surrounded by a host of even more colorful and interesting characters that provide humor, intrigue, heartbreak and excitement. The narrator just continues to nail these stories and characters and I am still in awe of how well Derek Perkins captures the nuances of them all. I’m thrilled my library has all of the audiobooks because listening to these stories is a delicious experience, making great stories fantastic. Word of caution though...Samantha’s salty language adds quite a lot surprising spice. 4.5 stars ...more

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Oct 05, 2017 Ursula rated it liked it

Shelves: not-my-cup-of-tea, independent-woman, too-modern-for-hr, lots-of-sexytime, cruelty-brutality, hard-to-like-hero

So I am a bit of a KB fan. I have read the rest of this series, and enjoyed them to a varying degree. They certainly kept me turning the pages. But this one was just so OTT- even for her!

The first comment I have to make is about the language. Specifically the word fuck and variations thereof. There was a lot of it. I began highlighting and bookmarking the bits where either the hero or the heroine used it, and leaving out anyone else who used the word- there was a lot more - and ended up with 41 So I am a bit of a KB fan. I have read the rest of this series, and enjoyed them to a varying degree. They certainly kept me turning the pages. But this one was just so OTT- even for her!

The first comment I have to make is about the language. Specifically the word fuck and variations thereof. There was a lot of it. I began highlighting and bookmarking the bits where either the hero or the heroine used it, and leaving out anyone else who used the word- there was a lot more - and ended up with 41 pages bookmarked. This is not a deal-breaker per se. I swear. I use it. I live in the 21st century western world. I use it if I hurt myself or get a fright or if I get mad. Not all the time. But I do use it. I have never used it to mean sex. (I don't fuck my husband, and I don't talk about people fucking each other. It is not a turn-on for me.) When it is used by the hero or heroine AT each other in what is ostensibly a HISTORICAL ROMANCE, I have to ask myself whether the book still qualifies as a romance. A love story, sure. Love is expressed in different ways by people. But this is meant to be HR. A potty-mouthed girl and a promiscuous foul-mouthed man do not a romance make.

Secondly, if I were American I would have to wonder what kind of picture this book painted of American women. Sam was a gun-toting ranch-girl along the lines of Annie Oakley, but one who was a criminal (armed robber in a gang of armed robbers) and a murderer, and who had indirectly been responsible for many deaths in a train robbery gone wrong. She was crude, swore all the time and lied straight out to the man she married, (view spoiler). I am not forgetting the hard childhood she had etc. But while I approved of her spirit and the way she stood up to Gavin, their passionate sexual encounters (and KB knows how to burn up the page!) were spoilt by internal and external dialogue that was all about fucking.

It was also the weirdest culture clash ever- Scottish Highland men and Wild West woman. I just found it unbelievable. It did excuse the Americanisms that sometimes creep into KB's writing, but kept me disconnected and from the story and disengaged from the characters in a way that I hadn't been when reading the previous books in the series. The fact that I started highlighting and bookmarking should have been a warning about that. I know that Scots can be just as crude as everyone else, but I don't need to hear it when it is part of the interaction between the H and the h. Is it ok to forgive every kind of behaviour just because someone has had a tortured past? Is it too much to hope they can rise above it and that love helps them become better people? I am clearly an idealist- and forgive me, but I am a romantic. On the other hand, maybe that was what this book was all about- how they would ultimately heal each other. I just couldn't stop flinching every time a version of fuck spat at me from the page as they spat it at each other (And Sam told him to fuck himself in a variety of ways. Charming.)

Was also surprised at how the villain brothers were able to find Sam AND get to her in the freaking Highlands, when they had been living and hiding in America. How long did a ship take? It was a matter of a few weeks- 5 at most- before their henchmen had got to her. Those baddies were like SUPER-villains. With SUPER powers, maybe hidden in their COWBOY HATS, which they wore in SCOTLAND. A li'l bit of ole Texas in the Highlands. Yup.

I wasn't expecting Julia Quinn- we are talking about Kerrigan Byrne, here :)
I guess it just wasn't romantic enough for me. But the writing is always good and the story is never boring, so still a solid 3 stars. Because it wasn't shite. It was just a bit disappointing.

I am looking forward to Callum and Alison's story, though. That one will be beautiful!! ...more

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Sep 10, 2017 Lover of Romance rated it it was amazing

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May Contain Few Spoilers

The Scot Beds His Wife is the fifth installment in this wonderful and riveting Victorian Rebels series that this author has brought to us. I would like to point our first and foremost, that this author has a very unique style. A writing style in romance that has died the past few years. Her writing voice is tough, emotional and packed with characters that are flawed, but so very realistic. Each character you can see ...more

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Sep 12, 2017 h o l l i s rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017-reads, hist-romance, romance, heroes-to-root-for, sexytimes, all-the-feels, alphamales-i-want, arc, all-the-lols, ebook

She'd never expected that the chains threatening her freedom would be made of velvet instead of steel. That the one place that truly never belonged to her was the one place she'd never want to let go of.

So I did a bad thing that turned into a good thing. Can GR now be a confessional? Forgive me, Byrne, for I have sinned.. I saw reviews written by people I don't know (should've been a clue) before reading your latest and as a result I had some low expectations going into this one. Except THE SCOT ...more

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Aug 01, 2017 ❤️ Dorsey aka Wrath Lover Reviews ❤️ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, audio_books, historical, kerrigan-bryne

4.5 Scottish Rogue Stars!!

Gavin St. James (Mackenzie), Earl of Thorn, is a beautiful but troubled and broken man, he’s trapped in a life he hates, struggling to get things that he thinks will bring him the happiness and status he craves. He is the youngest son of the hated and loathed Laird Hamish Mackenzie. The former Laird was a cruel and evil man who damaged everyone within his path including his children (as we learned in The Highlander, VR book #3). Gavin and his beloved mother were dam 4.5 Scottish Rogue Stars!!

Gavin St. James (Mackenzie), Earl of Thorn, is a beautiful but troubled and broken man, he’s trapped in a life he hates, struggling to get things that he thinks will bring him the happiness and status he craves. He is the youngest son of the hated and loathed Laird Hamish Mackenzie. The former Laird was a cruel and evil man who damaged everyone within his path including his children (as we learned in The Highlander, VR book #3). Gavin and his beloved mother were damaged deeply at his father’s hand and sadly he has troubled relationships with his half-brothers.

Samantha Masters is a woman who was orphaned at an early age and suffered from neglect. Sam made the bad decision to marry young a man she barely knew to escape the life her guardians had mapped out for her. She married a outlaw who robs trains, during their latest train robbery, things go terribly wrong and to save an innocent woman she kills her husband. Now she must flee from the law and her husband’s vengeance seeking brothers.

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The women she saves turns out to be a Scottish heiress and offers her a way out. She sends her to Scotland to act as the heiress and claim the land she herself doesn’t want, but, if she doesn’t claim what is rightfully hers it will end up in Mackenzie hands, which is unacceptable since Hamish Mackenzie killed her father when she was a child.

Gavin & Sam both have demon’s and need to learn how to trust. It was fun watching them skirt around each other, butt heads, and try to avoid their growing attraction. They are very suspicious of each other yet their relationship just flowed so effortlessly from enemies to friends to lovers in love.

We get a great cast of secondary characters you're going to fall in love with. They fill the story with warmth, good humor, companionship, friendship, and love. Kerrigan Byrne gave us a glimpse to what may be the next couple of books in the series and I can’t wait for more Victorian Rebels!!!

This book can be read as a stand-alone but I highly recommend reading prior books in the series, since previous characters are part of the story, you'll understand the dynamics and have a better understanding having read the others. Plus, their all excellent reads so you’ll not be disappointed.

* ARC kindly provided by publisher via Netgalley for an honest review ...more

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Aug 10, 2017 Esther rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley, arc

ARC provided by NetGalley and Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 Rating.

Well I seemed to have regressed in this series. It started off with great promise, but unfortunately it's become a disappointment.

This is the second historical romance I've read that has more of a modern feel to it then a Historical Romance novel. I also found it very difficult to like the heroine or hero, as some of the actions and dialogue of both bothered me and didn't sit well. Also another issue is the langu ...more

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Nov 12, 2017 Ginger rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, romance

So, this is the 5th book in the Victorian Rebels series.

This book is about Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne who uses his charm and good looks to get what he wants. And he wants Erradale Estate to start a cattle business and get away from the Mackenzie Clan. He wants nothing to do with the clan because his Dad was evil, Satan evil.

Erradale Estate is owned by Alison Ross, a Scottish heiress and while on a train one day in America, the train was robbed by the Masters Brothers. Samantha Masters saves ...more

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Aug 20, 2018 Sam (AMNReader) rated it liked it

Shelves: marriage-of-convenience, hrbc-mad-about-series, historical, read-in-2018, 3s-are-the-weirdest-rating

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 ...more

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Sep 30, 2019 Somia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, highlander-hotness

Wishing for a new start and to escape the men hunting her Samantha Masters travels to Scotland, what she doesn’t expect is Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne. The Earl is a notorious and fierce Highlander and an unrelenting Lothario, whose womanising is well known throughout the England and Scotland. Gavin desires the land Samantha claims and refuses to relinquish no matter how much money he offers, and so they find themselves battling wits and wills.

I did want the author to have spent more time de ...more

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Jul 23, 2018 h o l l i s rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: hist-romance, ebook, sexytimes, romance, family-focused, finished-in-july-2018, when-you-want-to-round-up-but-can-t, not-a-bunch-of-twenty-somethings, 2018-reads, a-smattering-of-lols

Well this reread was definitely a surprise. After a downright glowy ecstactic first go, round two of THE SCOT BEDS HIS WIFE was a decidedly tepid experience for the first sixty percent or so. I just really wasn't loving this -- so maybe it really was those low expectations the first time around. Whoops.

Anyway, the end of this one is definitely strong and the last 30% is satisfying both for emotional content, sweetness, and juicy reveals. But I still think for all that THE HIGHLANDER earned the r ...more

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Jul 19, 2017 Jennifer rated it liked it

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Sep 19, 2017 Stacie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: wish-list

4 1/3 "Tit for Tat" Stars!

Man... This one had me stressed the entire time! Why? Because I cannot stand this kind of secret. I wanted to love and understand Samantha - I did actually, but This kind of secret always leads to disaster. But I suppose that was the whole point of the plot. To keep me on pins and needles until all is revealed. Success! I loved Sam and Gavin and all the side characters. Sam and Gavin had an explosive relationship! Whew! 🔥
Love this series can't wait for The Duke with th ...more

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Sep 24, 2017 Sissy's Romance Book Review rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-netgalley, trt, series, 5-star, 100-stars

'The Scot Beds His Wife' by Kerrigan Byrne is Book Five in The "Victorian Rebels" series. This is the story of Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne and Samantha Masters. Gavin has issue with people getting close to him and does allot of things to break bonds that might build. When he sets his site on getting a piece of land that is Alison Ross, he goes to forward with trying to get it from her. Sam happens to meet Alison Ross on a train that Sam's husband and his gang were robbing. When Sam saves Ali ...more

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Mar 02, 2019 Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ rated it really liked it

Shelves: highlanders-are-hot-in-kilts, 2019, historical

I liked it, but I didn’t love it. 3.5 stars.

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Aug 26, 2020 Anna lost in stories *A* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, books-i-own, 2020-audiobooks

I’ve read all seven books available in this series in seven days… yep, you read that correctly… it matched my reading mood perfectly and I just couldn’t put them down… and now I think I might have fried my brain a bit… because once I finished the last one, I fell into a mother of all reading slumps… I don’t want to pick up anything… so I will finish writing all the reviews and then just take a break from reading in general for a while… :)

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Dec 30, 2016 Lynsey A rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: made-me-cry, 2017-reads, historical-heroine-non-virgin, recommended-to-library, angsty-goodness, historical-romance, highlander, part-of-a-series, kindle-library-book, coming-2017

Prior to reading:
Gavin's book!!! Woot! Woot! But, man what a wait!!!!!

After reading:

Let me start out by saying that yes, this did not have the best historical feel to it. The heroine was too brash and the "f" word came out of her mouth way too often. At times it felt like a historical and other times, well, not so much.

However, despite that I loved this book. I would put it right up there the first book in this series The Highwayman, especially with its emotional intensity. It was a bit frustrat ...more

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Sep 17, 2017 Bookphenomena (Micky) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: strong-woman, arc-read, historical, anti-hero, 2017-read, netgalley

3.5 - 4 stars

As you can see I'm a little undecided on the rating. This is because it had a fantastic early part, some lulling in the middle where my attention wandered and a great final 30%. Overall this is a good read but it didn't hit the spot quite as much as some of her others.

Lord Gavin Thorne is something of an arrogant, conceited lead male. He's got the kind of childhood you recoil reading about so there is some rationale for his distance from most connections and his hedonistic and deter ...more

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Oct 04, 2017 ♥ WishfulMiss ♥ rated it it was ok

Shelves: epilogue-with-1-plus-babies, jerk-hero, arc, marriage-of-convenience, triggers, historical, slow-start, dead-spouse-partner-gf-bf

Usually marriage of convenience tropes follow the same recipe. A deal is struck so H or h (or sometimes both) get something out of their marriage in name only deal. Then the h starts to fall for the H and drama and angst and sometimes tears and accusations happen before H admits his own feelings and it’s all wrapped up in a HEA.

The Scot Beds His Wife differs in that both MCs are experienced and mature and go in literally with their eyes wide open about their business deal. There is instant lust ...more

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Sep 29, 2017 Barbara Rogers rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley

Series: Victorian Rebels
Publication Date: 10/3/17

If I were able, I’d actually give it 3.5 stars because I really liked the premise of this story and was so excited to get to read it – but – once I started I was really disappointed. The story itself is good, but, in my opinion, it is a contemporary romance with horses instead of cars. I don’t know, nor have I ever known, anyone who is as foul-mouthed as the heroine in this story and I truly cannot believe you’d have found anyone in that time – ma Series: Victorian Rebels
Publication Date: 10/3/17

If I were able, I’d actually give it 3.5 stars because I really liked the premise of this story and was so excited to get to read it – but – once I started I was really disappointed. The story itself is good, but, in my opinion, it is a contemporary romance with horses instead of cars. I don’t know, nor have I ever known, anyone who is as foul-mouthed as the heroine in this story and I truly cannot believe you’d have found anyone in that time – male or female – who cussed like that. I think that the author might be trying to appeal to a newer, younger audience, but I don’t know about that. So, I’ll say that while I like the storyline itself, I don’t care for the characters – especially the heroine -- or their language. It took me a week to read this book, and I usually read one in a day – two at most.

Both characters in this book had bad and sad beginnings, his much, much more so than hers. Her parents died and she was raised by a foster family who worked her hard, but they didn’t treat her any differently than they did their own children. It didn’t sound like she was starved or physically abused, just required to work hard. I don’t think that was particularly unusual for the time. He was born to a cruel, evil, abusive father who used his children as punching bags, whipped them (literally) and tried to make them as hateful and abusive as himself.

Both characters handled the pitfalls life threw at them very differently also. When her foster family arranged a marriage for her with someone she didn’t want to marry, she ran off with a handsome ranch hand. She loved him (at least she thought she did) and she thought he loved her. Turns out that he was a bank robber – and she went along with him and his brothers robbing banks. She was a part of the gang – she didn’t like it, but she did still go along with it. She could have left and made her own way at any time. No, it wouldn’t have been easy – but it wasn’t impossible – and she didn’t even try. Seems she made lots of poor choices for herself rather than life dealing her an impossible hand. She just floated along until lives were lost and she ended up shooting her husband between the eyes. Because of his father’s cruel and abusive treatment, Thorne learned to hide his real thoughts and feelings and to deny any emotion. He became a lothario constantly bedding different women – hundreds (maybe thousands) of them. He didn’t beat anyone, he didn’t rob anyone, he just didn’t allow himself to feel anything other than lust.

Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne wants nothing more than to distance himself from the legacy of his family name, MacKenzie. His father was a brute of a man who terrorized his family and his entire clan. He brutally beat Gavin and even threw him out a second story window of the castle and left him outside in the cold all night. Gavin managed to survive, but his mother ended up blinded. In order to emancipate himself from the MacKenzie name and clan, he has to have a way to earn income. So, he wants to purchase Erradale an abandoned neighboring estate, but the owner has told him very bluntly that she will never sell to him because his father killed her father. He is determined to challenge her however he can to win the estate.

Samantha Masters met Alison Ross during a train robbery. Samantha, her husband and his two brothers were going to rob the train, but not the passengers – and nobody was supposed to get hurt. Suddenly, there was gunfire – and then her husband was in the car with her and he’d just shot the male passenger in the car and had taken Alison hostage. He was going to murder Alison – so Samantha shot him between the eyes. Samantha and Alison had become friends during the train ride – so Alison came up with a plan to save Samantha in gratitude for saving her life. That meant Samantha had to travel to Scotland.

Samantha meets Thorne as soon as she steps off the train in Scotland and she’s determined NOT to have anything to do with him. He’s amazed that there is a female that can resist him. Thus begins a battle of wits, lust, and determination! Then you add in two brothers bent on revenge and you have quite a tale.

I can’t enthusiastically recommend the book, but I will tell you that the premise of the story is a good one. If you don’t mind that a historical ‘feels’ like a contemporary read, and having two foul-mouthed main characters, you might enjoy it – I do see many 5-star reviews.

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Feb 03, 2017 Caz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I've given this an A for narration and a B- for content at AudioGals

In The Scot Beds His Wife, author Kerrigan Byrne returns to the Scottish Highlands and the Mackenzie clan, this time focusing on Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, brother of Liam, the Marquess Ravenscroft (The Highlander) and half-brother of Dorian Blackwell (The Highwayman). [His mother was the old Marquess’ second wife and Gavin’s title comes through her side of the family, for anyone who is wondering (because it’s the sort of ...more

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Oct 03, 2017 Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews rated it really liked it

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I truly enjoyed The Scot beds His Wife. I found the booK to be an interesting dynamic between the past and the future.

Gavin, The Earl of Thorne , was indoctrinated in hate and abuse at a young age. He knew he was a better man and vowed to make a new start for him and his mother. He's been successful but to be completely removed from his father he needs something from his neighbor.

Political hierarchy is still prevalent in Scotland but Samantha has a different set of rules. She's a women whose fa ...more

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Aug 04, 2017 Maida rated it it was amazing

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4.5 stars. The Scot Beds His Wife, despite its unfortunate title, reinforces my love of the Victorian Rebels series. It has all the elements that I adored in the four earlier books - loads of angst, electric chemistry between hero and heroine, sizzling lovemaking, heart-pounding action, and most especially, the far-from-perfect and diverse characters.
What Scot has more of that the others don't is the lightness of humor balancing the heaviness caused by all the tragedies that are constantly befal ...more

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If you're anything like me, the best night is one spent with a brawny highlander, a mysterious werewolf, a conflicted vampire, or a hot-headed Irishman. My stories span the spectrum of romantic fiction from historical, to paranormal, to romantic suspense. But I can always promise my readers one thing: memorable and sexy Celtic heroes who are guaranteed to heat your blood before they steal your hea ...more