Forgetting the Scot
The Highlanders of Balforss Book 3
Jennifer Trethewey
Historical Romance, serial
Entangled
released October 22, 2018
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About
the Book:
Virginia Whitebridge is trapped in a
loveless, abusive marriage. The law says her husband can have whatever he wants
from her—so he's taken her inheritance. And he tried to kill her. After a close
escape, Virginia feels protected for the first time in forever, thanks to the
Scottish Highlands and the Highlander Magnus Sinclair. But she must go back to
England, regardless of the danger, to reclaim what's hers. Even if it means
leaving her heart in Scotland.
It's just Magnus's luck that he's
fallen for a woman he can't have. Virginia is rich and titled... and English.
To keep her safe, he must follow her to the one place he loathes—England. Where
the bowing, preening London Society has a secret language of manners unknown to
him. Where he is too large, too uncivilized, too everything.
Despite omens that death awaits him
there, Magnus vows to help Virginia go to London and restore her fortune. Get
in. Get out. Or die trying.
My
review:
The Sinclair clan Highland Scots
save a pirate crew’s captured women, one of them Declan Sinclair’s bride.
Another Sinclair is about to fall. Magnus, a cousin raised in part by clan
patriarch, Laird John, respects his uncle, but when Magnus, the least tamed of
the Sinclairs, does more than make passes at a lass in glasses, even Laird John
can’t talk sense or manners into his nephew. Especially since the lass is so
inviting.
In the most bawdy tale in the
series, Magnus and Virginia, the much-abused wife of a truly evil English
viscount and who has no support from her greedy father and equally despicable
aunt, find true lust and impossible love. Magnus might have trouble keeping his
kilt in check, but his heart and sense of nobility are truly in the right place
as he vows to do anything, even disobeying his uncle, to ensure his soulmate’s
safety and her heart’s desire to benefit the needy.
I enjoyed returning to this unruly
but talented and dedicated clan with their high dreams, camaraderie and work
ethic. A few loose ends with story elements introduced then left drifting kept
me noodling over them after I’d finished the book. I don’t want to give
anything away by mentioning them, and perhaps most readers won’t be bothered.
Told from Magnus’s and Virginia’s perspectives, this highland adventure is full
of chases, fellowship, angst, and charm. It also includes pretty hot sensuality
which is a little different from the first two books.
About
the Author:
Hi, I'm Jennifer Trethewey and I
write about men in kilts because, hey, what's not to love about a man in a
kilt? I was lucky enough to travel to Scotland twice. I'm planning a third trip
next year. I have fallen in love with the Highlands and all things Scottish:
the people, their language, cuisine, customs, idioms, humor, history, intense
sense of pride, and, most of all, the land--the perfect setting for sweeping
romantic tales of love, strife, and glory. As they say, Scotland is pure dead
brilliant!
As for more personal stuff, I'm an actress, former co-artistic director of a
professional theater company, and my husband and I operate an improv comedy
club. I live with my comedian husband in the Midwest where I've been ever since
college.
I write both contemporary and historical fiction full time. I like to read
romance, mystery, fantasy, and paranormal, as well as literary fiction and
non-fiction. As you can imagine, I'm a big fan of Outlander and Herself. I
adore traveling to new places (but I hate flying). I love movies and music and
dogs and good wine and I love to enjoy them all with my friends.
