I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

Conan has plans for his life and it doesn't include a wife. Mhairi wants freedom but her only real choices are to marry or become a nun.

Conan is asked by a Priest, one close to his family, to help move someone and their possessions to his brothers home, where she will stay until her father receives a message telling him what happened (a fire) and to come get her.

Mhairi and Conan butt heads right away, over her possessions. He is impressed with her collection of books but tells her she can't bring it all...Mhairi finds a way. He also thinks she is a nun since she was staying at a Priory but he soon finds out she isn't.

Both of these characters are very smart, educated. Conan doesn't get along with most people because he is blunt and to the point and they just don't like him. Mhairi gets along with all. During the trip back to his brothers home Conan is discovers that Mhairi is well educated too and they spent a lot of time talking.

Once there and settled, Mhairi learns that Conan will be going off to draw maps of Scotland, mapping is his passion. Mhairi is a talented artist, which he envies, and he asks here if she can help him with his "vision" of the land. So almost everyday they meet while she tries to help him.
A friendship grows as does their attraction.

Will Conan leave her behind? Will they both lose their hearts?

I loved this story! Conan is really hard to get along with and people are shocked when they find he and Mhairi get along so well. He can't let himself get attached though because a wife could never live the life he plans. Once Mhairi realizes her feelings for him, she plans on proving him wrong.

I loved Mhairi's father! He is quite the character and I loved the faith and trust he had in Mhairi. In my head, I truly picture him looking like the Wizard of Oz! LOL He just had such a wisdom for life.
I would like to read about the rest of the brothers and how they got together with their wives. This is a standalone story though. I have read this author's stories before and she certainly didn't disappoint me. If you love your highlanders, you will enjoy this book.

This could have been a very good book, however, the linguistics are incorrect! The story drags, then we have the now typical feminist running roughshod over huge men, and they supposedly love it! Not mutual respect, not a woman understanding how hard her husband has to keep her, her children, his Clan safe. The ending is incredible! It is the only reason that I would read the first pages of the next book.
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I was given a copy by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

DNF.

I just could not get into this book no matter how I tried. I made it a quarter of the way into the book and I found myself wondering about the price of maple syrup, the real stuff not that disgusting corn syrup passing itself off as maple syrup. And then, I was thankful that I didn't live in Scotland (for the first time ever) because the customs price tag would kill me.
The description for EVERYTHING was overly wordy and the characters were more bipolar than I am during an a roller coaster mental health day, up down mad sad happy. I loved the premise of the book but what I read just put me to sleep. Literally.

As promised, I am giving a fair and honest review in return for this ARC. What a lush tale! A story of the love and laughter of a warm clan. Great characters, great writing. All around enthralling story.

Seven boys in a family, Scotish, and only one left to marry. It is like the whole of Scotland has come to witness Conan McTiernay's wedding. His bride is Mhairi , a lovely dark haired, green eyed beauty. She is very intelligent, speaks several languages and collects scrolls and books. .Conan has a bad reputation, all the girls love him until they talk to him, he also speaks several languages, collect scrolls and books but his favorite is mapping the Scotish countryside.
There seems to be a lot going on, but it keeps your interest and attention. This is very hard to put down, you are always being pulled along.. The descriptions are very good, as is the dialogue. The characters seem to be full bodied and very full of life. I am looking forward to the next book.

Conan McTiernay is one of seven brothers in the McTiernay clan. He has vowed to never marry and spend his life traveling the country, drawing maps of all the clan lands for King Robert. Mhàiri Mayboill promises to never marry and to travel the countryside while capturing her surroundings by drawing. The two meet, are tossed together and shaken up while everyone who knows them, wonders if either one will change their mind. An enjoyable story but a little too much "chase" for me.

The Most Eligible Highlander in Scotland by Michele Sinclair will be available January 30, 2018 from Zebra, in imprint of Kensington Books. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.

I loved this book. Not sure why the end was considered and epilogue though since it has to do with the next book (I assume) more than this one. I liked our heroine very much. She was strong and yet naive but not so naive that you couldn't relate to her. Our hero was interesting to say the least. He was knocked off his plans by her and I loved their banter!

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This Highland Romance was not a bad read
The story’s good , and the use of the Gaelic language adds to the Scottish feel .
But I felt it was just another highland romance , nothing to separate it from many others .

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Having read book 6, Never Kiss a Highlander, I can see this author still tends to take a very leisurely pace when telling a romantic tale. There is quite a bit of time spent on several different types of commentary (from the scenery, to the heroine’s first impression/introduction to the hero’s family castle/inhabitants, to drawing lessons, to sub-characters gossiping/trying to intervene/get the main couple to become a romantic couple, even details about the building of bookshelves). It will be up to you to decide if you feel it adds to the story line or makes it feel overly drawn out.

Be prepared to see the spotlight also shared with others (i.e., Maegan/Seamus), which was another sub-romantic plot in and of itself. I did love how Seamus had fallen for this sweet side character, who clearly needed to get over a McTiernay lad she had not seen in three years.

I must confess I stopped reading at 33%, out of frustration and boredom, but was glad I continued as Conan and Mhairi, the main couple, started to become the main focus. With Conan convinced he would not be swayed into taking a wife and refusal to deviate one step from his mapping career plans, I at times found myself wishing he would just pack up and leave and find out the hard way how miserable he was going to be without her. I did enjoy seeing her go toe to toe/nose to nose with him as they tried to prove their points and didn’t want to back down.

It is assumed Conan is a good guy at heart, but he sure had some knucklehead moments and lashed out with some hurtful words/actions, aimed at pushing Mhairi away, even after eventually being intimate with her. No, it doesn’t sit well with this avid romantic at heart to see the hero actively avoiding the heroine, leaving her to fight for their future happiness/prove they would make a great couple, especially after her declarations of affection. Sure, she proved she had grit, determination, survival skills, but more than once I wanted her to tell him off and make him beg for her attention. It did help to see him at one point scared out of his mind when he thought she had come to harm and may have disappeared from his life forever.

With an epilogue that seemed to meander, I was quite shocked it wrapped up with such a violent, brutal ending involving a somewhat central character. It obviously set the stage for the next sequel for a character up to this point had not even been introduced. I was just surprised of the finality of the heartbreak/ramifications now to come.

Title: The Most Eligible Highlander in Scotland, Series: The McTiernays (Book 7), Author: Michele Sinclair, Pages: 400, stand-alone but part of a series, determined not to wed hero, sassy heroine, hurtful at times hero, some eventual very graphic steamy scenes, finally comes to his senses, slow paced, back and forth confrontational banter.

(I received an advanced reader copy via NetGalley. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)

A good edition to the series. Readers will definitely want to read the entire series, who doesn't want to continue to live in the wild world Sinclair created. Her descriptions, not only those of the sexy highlanders, but of place will put the reader right there in the wilds of Scotland.