The Scot Beds His Wife (Victorian Rebels, 5) Mass Market Paperback – October 3, 2017

The Scot Beds His WifeIf you love a good historical Scottish romance, then this is the book for you. This book has it all.....adventure, action, passion, romance and a HEA. I have been waiting anxiously for this book release and it did not disappoint.Gavin St. James, the hero, is trying to distance himself from his wicked father’s reputation and legacy by whatever means necessary. He believes that the only way to be happy and independent is to purchase the land adjoining his to make his own way as a rancher. So when the “owner” of the land returns to Scotland Gavin thinks that a mere seduction will help him obtain his objective. Gavin is plagued by his sadistic and troubled childhood. He is willing to do whatever needs to be done in order to separate himself from the past. He is described as “beautiful” in appearance. He has a notorious reputation as a womanizer and rogue. He knows he must eventually marry and is not afraid to do so to achieve his goals, but when he meets Samantha he plans are thrown into disarray.Samantha Masters is a tough and gritty American from the Wild West who flees to Scotland to start a new life. She takes over someone’s identity and moves to the land offered to her. She is excited to make a new way for herself and proud of what she has been given. She is determined that Gavin St. James will not get her land, and she truly believes that she is immune to his charms. She is thrown off guard by her reaction to Gavin and her heart begins to make her decisions for her.This is an excellent romantic read. I read it in one sitting. It is a definite page turner. Characters are well developed and relatable. I was definitely drawn into the emotional aspects of the story. I had laugh out loud moments especially with the interaction between Gavin and his older brother. Dialogue was wonderfully written and easy to navigate and understand. The sexual tension is palpable and strong. There is awesome chemistry between the protagonists.Author Kerrigan Byrne is a masterful storyteller. This is the fifth book in her Victorian Rebels series. She has made a name for herself through her truly dark, tormented alpha heroes. Gavin fits the bill because he is traumatized by his past. But Gavin is not as broken and dangerous as the previous heroes in the series. The prologue details graphically what happened in Gavin’s childhood and may be a little hard to read due to the abuse depicted, but it does not last long.I thoroughly recommend starting from the beginning of the series and reading in order. You will not be disappointed.

What’s it About? Gavin St. James, the Earl of Thorne has done everything he possibly can to erase his past and he presently lives a shady but profitable life that he wants to put aside. When he meets the woman who owns the land he has his eye on, Gavin sees the chance to do just that. However, Samantha Masters isn’t just another woman. She’s from America, on the run, in hiding, and she needs a husband so that she can have some kind of protection for when trouble finds her. Gavin and Sam’s marriage will be one of convenience but with the attraction between them and the danger coming for her, they may need to rely on each other for more than just convenience.Overall reaction to the story? Kerrigan Byrne does it again and this time I think she’s written the best book of the series! She doesn’t waste time creating a dangerous, challenging, and powerful atmosphere for her characters to grow and develop in. The set up took off like a shot and didn’t let up until the end. I loved the complex nature of the characters, they’re not completely good and they’re not completely bad but they have had to do bad things that have changed them. All together, The Scot Beds His Wife is an enthralling tale of revenge, passion, survival, and recovery.Describe the hero in five words: Charming. Deadly. Wounded. Protective. Lost.Did you like him? Yes.Why? Gavin hid his dark, ruthless side behind a wall of charm, affability, and seduction but at the same time he was so broken, lonely, and in need of the softer emotions in life that he was dangerously close to becoming like the one person he hated most: His father. Which can I say that it’s a wonder Hamish Mackenzie only had one son that became a monster like him. That cruel monster fathered so many kids and some of them with unwilling women that I wasn’t exactly surprised at the violence that lived in Gavin. I was just waiting for him to completely lose it and come to grips with his lineage and the fact that his hatred of his father was ruining his life and his hatred of his elder brother was misplaced. I enjoyed Gavin’s growth and how he was born into a violent life, shaped by it, and then brought to his knees by love in a way that also helped him really see his life as it was instead of how he perceived it to be.Describe the heroine in five words: Scrappy. Intelligent. Brave. Vulnerable. Caring.Did you like her? Yes.Why? Sam was just so much fun. She had to fight and claw her way through some tough situations but she was so determined to survive and I admired that about her. She was so terrified to be in a strange country with no one to lean on yet she didn’t throw herself into Gavin’s arms even when it would have saved her a lot of hardships. I loved that she could back up her words with actions. She was a crack shot and not afraid to use those skills to protect herself or to warn Gavin that she wasn’t messing around when she said to get off her land. She could cuss like a sailor and ride a horse like a champ. I just loved her because she was so brash and honest and had a way of saying things that made me smile. Out of all the heroines in this series, Sam is the most entertaining, most capable, and most likable.Let’s talk about the romance: Gavin and Sam don’t get off to a good start. He thought he could charm her out of the land and she basically told him where to shove his charm. Multiple times. And some of those times with a gun. But while these two locked horns so to speak, they were also aware of the simmering attraction that was building between them. What really made them a superb couple was how Sam carried her weight as a partner and a capable woman. She worked the land just like Gavin, she could ride better than Gavin, and when it came to their physical relationship these two were equals. Gavin never made her feel like a silly girl who didn’t know anything, he gave and she surprised him a few times by her blunt approach to life. I would definitely describe them as a power couple.How about that supporting cast? One thing I was wanting to see in The Scot Beds His Wife was Gavin’s reconciliation with his brother Liam. These two were just like two wolves fighting over who was top dog with Gavin hating Liam for things that weren’t his fault and Liam ham-handedly trying to turn Gavin from adversary into his brother. I got that reconciliation and a lot more by way of Gavin’s friend Callum, who was super mysterious and pining for someone, and an elderly couple that just loved to bicker and had a taste for stating the obvious in a blunt way.Click It or Skip It? Click It. The Scot Beds His Wife has everything that makes up a dangerously delicious romance between a tortured Scot and a lady gunslinger from America.

The interaction between the characters is sexy and perfect. The supporting characters have good bylines. 👍 I cant wait to read her next book.

This one might be my favourite yet, which is saying something in this wonderful series. Two wonderful characters with secrets and fabulous development of other characters met previously. Sam is a great female lead strong, knowledgeable and determined and absolutely wipes the floor with the charming Gavin. She’s everything he never knew he wanted and needed. LOVED IT!!

Toll, wie alle Bücher dieser Reihe. Ein wenig Unglaubwürdigkeit stört mich dabei nicht, der Roman, ist, wie alle Bücher dieser Serie, eher ein Liebes-Märchen in historischem Setting.

É um romance de época, mas a sensação é que os personagens achem que estão no século XXI, pois o linguajar e o comportamento está mais para contemporâneo. Isso fez o livro não ser tão agradável. Além disso o epílogo faz você pensar que é uma história obscura, densa, mas quando lê o livro, é apenas um bando de gente desbocada. Tinha potencial para ser muita mais, se a autora fosse mais coerente ao escrever os diálogos com a época em que a história se situa.

Loved this installment just as much as the rest of the Victorian Rebels series! Amazingly flawed characters, an action-packed storyline, a darker edge than what you'd usually find in historicals, and a swoon worthy romance!

. . . was allerdings nichts damit zu tun hat das es sich bei The Scot Beds His Wife um ein wirklich schlechtes Buch handelt, denn, seien wir doch mal ehrlich, schlechte Bücher schreibt Kerrigan Byrne einfach nicht.Mein Probem mit diesem Buch besteht einfach darin, das ich die Figur des Gavin in The Highlander wirklich nicht mochte, während ich ein großer Fan von Liam war, und während auch das nicht unbedingt ein Hinderungsgrund seien muss diese Geschichte zu mögen, hat mich das selbstgerechte Herziehen von Gavin über seinen ach so "bösen" Bruder einfach genevt. Wie gesagt, ich mochte Liam von seinem ersten Auftritt an und konnte Gavin auf gleiche Weise von seiner ersten Szene an nichts abgewinnen, und in den Seiten dieses Buches hat sich daran leider nicht viel geändert. Denn während Gavin in der Manier einer verletzten Seele nicht sieht das sein älterer Bruder genauso Opfer des brutalen Vaters war wie er selbst, hat der Leser das in Liams Geschichte schon herzzereißend emotional erfahren und Sympathie für eben jenen Helden aufgebaut. Hätte man die Beiden Geschichten in der endgegen gesetzten Reihenfolge veröffentlicht wäre ich möglicherweise nicht ganz so kritisch, da ich Gavin als Gegenpart zu Sam wirklich gerne gelesen habe und finde, die beiden haben eine gut erzählte, solide Geschichte bekommen. Die Anti - Liam - Kampagne hat mir das Geniesen dieser speziellen Geschichte aber wirklich sehr schwer gemacht, und das Ende des ganzen war für Kerrigan Byrne eher untypisch ein fast belangloses "Vergeben und Vergessen Schema" das sie besser kann. Alles in allem ist dies in meinen Augen einfach nicht ihre beste Arbeit, aber trotzdem mit viel Talent und Wortgewalt verfasst, und um zu wissen wie es in der Reihe weiter geht war es das lesen wert.