Saving the Scot
Book 4 of the Highlanders of
Balfourss historical romance series
Jennifer Trethewey
Entangled books
March, 2019
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About the Book:
Louisa
Robertson’s father is furious when he finds her acting on stage. Now, she’s
being shipped off to America to marry some stranger her father thinks will
bring out the “lady” in her. Luckily, Louisa’s maid agrees to switch places
with her! Her maid will marry the American and get the wealthy lifestyle she’s
always wanted, and Louisa can do whatever she damn well pleases––for the first
time in her life.
Highlander Ian Sinclair needs an army
commission, and the only way he can get one is to safely deliver the general’s
Daughter-from-Hell to her intended in America. Easy, right? It would be if the
lady’s companion Louisa didn’t wear breeches and do everything the exact
opposite of what he orders. It’ll be a miracle if the sparks flying between Ian
and Louisa don’t set the bloody ship afire before they arrive in America.
But just when Louisa thinks her plan is going to
give her the acting career she wants and a Highlander to boot...Ian discovers
her secret.
My Review:
Saving the Scot
is a hijinks tale of mistaken identity, secrets, and outright lies that make
the reader wonder which Scot needs to be saved most. Louisa is the spoiled motherless
little sister who terrorizes her father with her refusal to do anything
conventional. Since he spends so much time away either on the battlefield or in
military training, she’s been left to her own devices, which has led her to the
debauched life of play-acting. On the public stage. Ian’s battle scars are more
than skin deep, and after five years of attempting to heal as captain of a
family merchant ship, he’s ready to leap back into the regimentation of
military life. A major hitch in his plans arrives with the news of his
fatherhood, a young lad being cared for by an ailing grandmother.
Framed by the
false identities of Shakespeare’s Twelfth
Night, Trethewey, who’s an actress turned author, finally pens a story of
what she knows best. Louisa lives as though she’s preparing for a role and uses
the behavior as an excuse to cover her deepest fears of abandonment and
closed-in spaces. When her father sends her away to marry her brother’s
acquaintance in America, Ian is tasked with seeing her safely there. But Louisa
has other plans and gets her maid to exchange identities. Feeling free to act
on his attraction to the supposed lady’s maid, the two allow themselves to get
carried away. Through various events involving pirates, thieves, sex
traffickers, and another acquaintance with a false identity, the two sort out
their future goals and wishes.
Although this
story is part of a series of familial characters, it can be read on its own.
Other characters are mentioned, and the allusion to the portent dream
concluding the previous story, that of Ian marrying a woman in trousers, are
the only ties to the other books. Told in opposing points of view from Louis
and Ian, readers of romantic fiction will appreciate the research and attention
to detail, along with the lusty relationship sparking the adventure.
About the Author:
Jennifer
Trethewey is an actor-turned-writer who has moved her performances from the
stage to the page. In 2013 she traveled to Scotland for the first time, where
she instantly fell for the language, humor, intense sense of pride, and
breathtaking landscape. Her love for Scotland was translated into her first
series of historical romance novels, the Highlanders of Balforss.
Trethewey’s primary experience in bringing the imaginary
to life was working for one of the oldest women’s theaters in the nation, where
she was the co-founder and co-artistic director. Today she continues to act,
but writes contemporary and historical fiction full-time. Her other loves
include dogs, movies, music and good wine. She lives in Milwaukee with her
husband.
