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Never Seduce a Scot (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #1)

Maya Banks

Start date: December 27, 2016

Finish date: January 5, 2017

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Sep 25, 2012 Michele ~ la Smoocherina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: strong-heroine, all-time-favorites, alpha-male, highlander, marriage-farce-blooms-into-love

Great, great book. I was surprised by Eveline's condition, and it made for such an interesting and refreshing read. Loved it! She was a heoine with pluck, spirit, incredible courage and heart. I adored her. Graeme was such an amazing hero and leader. Not perfect, but perfect for Eveline. There's a scene in the end that brought tears to my eyes. I can't wait for the next book. ...more

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Oct 07, 2016 Christina rated it it was amazing

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I think this is one of my favorite Scottish Highland books. I wish Maya Banks wrote more from this time period because she kicks ass.

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May 30, 2019 Laura Elizabeth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Oh there’s nothing like a good historical and discovering there’s more books in the series 🤗

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Oct 09, 2015 Rosebud rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: abduction, action-adventure, erotica-content, m-f, romance, historical, disability, scotland-kilts

King Alexander II is determined to have peace though two of his biggest allies, The Montgomery's & Armstrongs's, won't agree to end their ongoing feud, not for country or king. As a last resort the King decrees that Eveline of the Armstrong clan and Laird Graeme of the Montgomery clan are to wed. A marriage that will for all practical purposes ends the warring between the two strongest clans in Scotland.

Laird Graeme has taken a blood oath to rid the world of Armstrongs. How can he now marry his King Alexander II is determined to have peace though two of his biggest allies, The Montgomery's & Armstrongs's, won't agree to end their ongoing feud, not for country or king. As a last resort the King decrees that Eveline of the Armstrong clan and Laird Graeme of the Montgomery clan are to wed. A marriage that will for all practical purposes ends the warring between the two strongest clans in Scotland.

Laird Graeme has taken a blood oath to rid the world of Armstrongs. How can he now marry his enemy especially when word has it that Eveline is daft and not of sound mind. Marrying her would end any chance of heirs for Graeme as he is not one to take advantage of a lass who is not able to be a wife in all ways. For the wellbeing of his clan he'll have to abide by the king's decree, though after meeting Eveline he has to wonder what form of trickery the Armstrongs are playing at.

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Chose this book for a reading challenge. I'll admit I went in dragging my feet and ready to take one for the team until.....

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. With the recent popularity of Game Of Thrones I guess it fed into my medieval love of manly men and strong women characteristic of that day and era. The maneuvering and intrigue that resembles a chess match of sorts with each move resulting in different consequences for the actual people involved.

Loved the storyline and loved the interaction between the differing characters. Being forced by the king to marry. Ya, neither side wanted that but to defy the King is to be declared an outlaw so basically a powder keg waiting to explode scenario is set. Which side would break first and who would draw first blood. The suspense was just that. Suspenseful.

Yet, in the midst of all that a romance started between Eveline & Graeme. An interesting twist introducing a disability to the mix. I do feel the author handled that extremely well including the rationale surrounding the who/what/when/why for Eveline's character related to this. I did have a few concerns from a personal standpoint but to each their own so what I consider an issue, someone else might now.

The end result of reading this book is that it's revitalized my interest in historical romance which I thought would never happen. It might be due to the fact that the author did include a number of adult content scenes between the characters or it might be that the author is that good. Either way. Loved this book and plan to check out more installments in the series. cough, cough... Bowen

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Oct 15, 2012 Marcy ayala rated it it was amazing

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Amazing!!!!!!!!!! I recieved a copy of this book for free through FIRST READS.

Eveline Armstrong a beautiful gifted young woman forced to marry her clan's worst enemy Greame Montgomery. She only wants to be happy but her future husband's clan dislikes her and will do anything to humiliate and mock her. They say she is "touched, daft, and mad" but in reality she has more than what everyone in her new clan thinks she has.

Greame Montgomery is trying to grasp the idea of being married to his sworn ...more

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