I loved Niall and Amy's story!! They are thrown together because of Niall's knuckle-headed brother, but end up falling for each other. I loved watching these two fall for one another. They had certain expectation of each other before they met and were quickly disabused of them. Then when they started to learn what the other was truly like, they didn't think they had a chance of a life together. What an enjoyable journey Enoch gave us!! I can't wait to read the next book in the series!!

This is about a mother's determination to reunite with her children who unfortunately have their own agendas, one of which is to rebel.

Niall, together with his two brothers travel all the way from Scotland to honour an agreement made between their parents who have lived separately for seventeen years.

Amelia's parents are desperate to climb up the social ladder and what better way to arrange a wedding with an aristocrat.

Niall's mother has made an agreement with Niall's mother for a wedding between his older brother Coll and Amelia. Unfortunately, when they first meet, the wrong kind of sparks fly. As much as Amelia tries to behave properly as demanded by her mother, her other side where she speaks her mind tends to come out quite regularly. Of course, this is unacceptable in society. She is a woman after all! Coll doesn't hide his dislike of English ladies and Niall ends up keeping the peace. Is this match made in heaven or will they fall for different people?

I like Niall's protectiveness and his sense of loyalty. I admire Amelia's backbone even if she is worn down by her ambitious mother. The relationship between the brothers is admirable, even when they are brawling. This is an easy to read, entertaining and interesting romance.

I was kindly issued with an eARC from Netgalley and the views expressed are my personal opinion.

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

Synopsis
Miss Amelia-Rose Baxter is getting rather tired of being a pawn in her parent's never-ending quest to climb the hierarchy of London society. She just can't manage to play the part of empty-headed socialite no matter how hard she tries...though, let's be honest, she's not trying all that hard. All Amelia-Rose wants is a man who can appreciate her quick wit and sharp mind.

The last place in the world Niall MacTaggart and his brothers want to be is London. And yet if each of them don't find themselves a refined English girl to marry their estranged mother will withdraw her financial support and they will lose their beloved Highland estate. Amelia-Rose was supposed to be his brother's bride. But despite himself, Niall can't help but long for smart, spirited Amelia-Rose to be his instead.


My Thoughts
It's Getting Scot in Here is just delightful. You're never going to disappoint me with a band of brawny, brutish brothers from the Highlands who have to somehow navigate the stuffy ballrooms of London. Good stuff. The MacTaggerts are so much fun and the slow-but-steady way that Niall falls for Amelia-Rose is thoroughly charming and wonderful.

I wouldn't have minded a little more heat from this book but Suzanne Enoch is a master, obviously, and she writes such glorious witty banter. And while it's somewhat lacking in excitement and action, It's Getting Scot in Here is bursting with colorful, full-bodied characters who share complicated, emotional relationships. I dug it. I actually cannot wait for Coll's story because he's much more hot-tempered and ridiculous than Niall. You just know it's gonna be great.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy.

Overall this was a very fun book to read. There were a few spots where it dragged a little, but the rest more than made up for it. The three MacTaggert brothers have grown up in Scotland without the benefit of their mother's presence. Seventeen years earlier, Francesca had had enough of the isolation and left her husband and three sons behind, taking only her infant daughter with her to London. There had been no contact in all that time, until a letter arrived, informing them of their sister's upcoming wedding. At that point, an agreement made between their parents came to light. The three sons must marry before their sister, and they must marry English brides, or lose the funds that Francesca provides to keep the estate running.

I enjoyed the introduction to the boys. Coll is the oldest, heir to the earldom, and the most taciturn of the trio. Aden is the one in the middle, the free-spirited one. Niall is the youngest and the family peacemaker. He is the one who watches out for everyone and tries to find a solution for any problems. To say that they are not happy about the agreement would be putting it mildly, but they know that they have no choice if they want to protect their people. They decided that they would find their meek, empty-headed English brides, marry them, and leave them in England while they returned to their lives in Scotland. After all, it had worked for their parents, hadn't it? Their arrival in London was pretty amusing, especially the inclusion of their "friend" Rory. Their meeting with Francesca made it clear that they were there under protest.

Amelia-Rose is the girl that their mother has picked for Coll. She is smart and sassy and knows what she wants. Unfortunately for her, her mother is fixated on Amelia-Rose marrying a title, and nothing else matters. Victoria made it clear that Amelia-Rose was to tone down her attitude and not create trouble. Amelia-Rose wants to marry and get away from her overbearing mother, but she also wants a husband that will appreciate who she is and give her the life she wants in London.

The first meeting between Coll and Amelia-Rose did not go well. He was surly and resentful and managed to tick off Amelia-Rose in the first five minutes he was there. Then he got offended by her response and walked out of the theater, leaving her there to face Society gossips on her own. I liked how Niall stepped in to try to smooth things over. He is determined to show Coll in the best light possible and keep the agreement viable. What he didn't expect was to be drawn to her himself.

I enjoyed the development of the relationship between Niall and Amelia-Rose. It started as more of a friendship, as Niall attempted to cover for his brother, and Amelia-Rose just wanted away from her mother. Because Niall wasn't the one that she needed to impress, Amelia- Rose found it easy to be herself when she was with him. It didn't take long for Niall to discover that he wanted her for himself, and picturing her with Coll was painful. Meanwhile, Amelia-Rose began to realize that bowing to her mother's wishes was becoming more difficult. I loved the interactions between Niall and Amelia-Rose. They were fun and honest. When Coll made a particularly obnoxious scene at a ball, it was Niall who stepped in to prevent a scandal. I loved watching him stand up to both mothers and insist that Amelia-Rose is given a choice and that he would win her on his own actions. Things got a bit complicated when her mother made her own plans for Amelia-Rose's future. Amelia-Rose had to take a good look at what she really wanted and make some decisions. I loved Niall's solution to the whole issue and laughed and cheered as he and his brothers put it in motion. I was on the edge of my seat until Niall and Amelia-Rose were successful in their endeavor. There was an unexpected twist at the end that made for an even happier ending.

There were plenty of secondary characters to liven up the action. Niall's brother Coll, as Amelia-Rose's supposed intended, was a royal pain. He was surly to the point of rudeness and treated Amelia-Rose very badly. His motivation was made clear later in the book, but he could have handled things much better. He is also a bit on the arrogant side, and I am looking forward to seeing him meet his match. He did redeem himself somewhat at the end of the book. I didn't get much of an impression of Aden, other than his willingness to support his brothers. Their mother Francesca was something of a force of nature. I didn't like her much at the beginning, because of the way she abandoned her sons, with no contact in the intervening years. Her method of getting them to London was manipulative and seemed to show a lack of caring about their happiness. However, she grew on me a little bit as the book progressed. While I don't consider her redeemed, she did make progress toward it with her actions at the end of the book. Amelia-Rose's mother was a straight-out stinker. I hated the way she treated Amelia-Rose, never satisfied with her no matter what she did. Her fixation on gaining a titled husband for her daughter had nothing to do with Amelia-Rose's happiness, only with her own ambitions. I did like Amelia-Rose's cousin/chaperone, Jane. She was uptight and critical at the beginning, but she really did look out for Amelia-Rose's best interests. She was plain-spoken and gave Amelia-Rose some good points to think about. I loved her part at the end and suspect that we haven't seen the last of her.

Oh wow, I loved this new story. Watching and hoping fences would start mending among Niall’s family, although, I did want to punch Coll most of the time. I hope that changes in the books to follow.

It’s a shame how women had no rights back then. I’m proud of what Amy finally decided. I’m sure it took a lot of guts, when she knew the most likely outcome would be because of her choice. I’m extremely glad it turned out differently.

Sorry but I could not finish this book. It was slow and predictable. I tried to get into it but just could not.

This was a wonderful introduction to a new series. The writing was excellent and the main characters were very likable. While I love the title of the book, I think a more appropriate title would have been ‘The Mothers From Hell’. I’m sure I was supposed to start out disliking Francesca and then soften toward her as the book moves on. That didn’t happen, because, bottom line, she abandoned three little boys and never contacted them again until she wanted to demand that they meet her demands or lose the support for their estate. In seventeen years, she didn’t write to them, she didn’t go visit them, nothing – nada, zip. Then, she demands – yes demands – that they do her bidding. Yes, she did help our hero out, but – well – as far as I was concerned, it was too little too late and not enough to make up for what she’d done.

Amelia-Rose Hyacinth Baxter was raised to know that she had one purpose and one purpose only. She was to marry a title. It didn’t matter which title, but her mother wanted a title and would accept absolutely nothing else. Amelia-Rose tried to be the dutiful, meek, mild, docile, opinionless young woman her mother wanted her to be, but it was hard – so very hard because she was none of those things. She found out in her first season that if she wanted any marriage proposals, she really was going to have to ratchet down her true self because nobody wanted that. This season, she’s received proposals, but none of them had a title, so her mother has declined all of them (yes, evidently the father agrees). Now, her parents have signed a betrothal agreement between her and a wild, uncouth, uncivilized Highlander who is the heir to an earldom. She’ll try to be what she’s supposed to be, but she’s really unsure about this whole thing.

The MacTaggert brothers, Coll, Aden, and Niall, have lived the last seventeen years without their mother - Niall was only seven when she left. She got tired of the Highlands lack of social life and left with their newborn sister, Emily. They haven’t heard a word from her in all that time and now, she’s demanding that they travel to London and marry English brides. Yes, she can enforce that because she holds the purse strings that provide support to their estate, Aldriss Park. They have to think of the estate and their crofters and villagers. Plus, she also holds a paper signed by their father stating that in return for her support of Aldriss, each son must marry an English bride AND that their mother gets to choose the bride for one of them. To say that the three brothers aren’t happy would be a gross understatement.

Upon arrival in London, they learn that their mother has already arranged a betrothal for Coll who is heir to his father’s earldom. Coll is the most belligerent and argumentative of the lot and he has absolutely no intention of marrying anyone his mother has chosen. He’ll just annoy and outrage the prospective bride until she calls it off.

Coll is as good as his word and does whatever he can to enrage Amelia-Rose. Niall, the peacemaker of the brothers, steps in and smooths things over as much as he can to save the betrothal. Except, as he interacts with Amelia-Rose, he comes to like her better and better and comes to care for her. So, what will he do about that? Maybe nothing because his mother has said it has to be Coll who marries her.

I really, really, really disliked Amelia-Rose’s mother. She cared absolutely nothing about her daughter and basically told her as much. She was bound and determined that Amelia-rose would marry a title – and she even locked her in her room to assure that happened.

I loved seeing Niall and Amber-Rose learn to love each other. They are both loving, caring and funny. Niall gives her a nickname and tells her that it means Rose in Gaelic. Well, it doesn’t. I also loved the boy’s arrival at their mother’s home. It was priceless and you’ll love reading it.

What I didn’t love was how quickly the boys came to sort of have a peace treaty with Francesca. They had a legitimate, well-earned grievance with her and she never asks for forgiveness. Just expects that they should understand and capitulate. I’m guessing that we’ll learn more about her in future books, but still, the bottom line will always be – SHE left, SHE didn’t write, SHE didn’t visit – not once in seventeen years. For me, no forgiveness there. I am betting that there will be a book for the father and mother to reunite. I hope they get a HEA, but – it will still be too little, too late in my mind.

Great read! I absolutely love Niall and Amelia-Rose. I wonder who will be featured in the next book. Can’t wait to find out.

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This is the first a new series in which the Scottish Earl marries an English Heiress and they have 4 children. The wife goes back to England and refuses to give the Earl more money unless all the boys marry ENGLISH ladies! This book is the first story and I LOVE IT. The world and writing are amazing and I read it way to quickly! The humor and sense of family and society of the time is interesting. I couldn't put it down!

I’ve read tons of Historical Romances in my years of reading. It’s Getting Scot In Here, the first book in the Wild Wicked Highlanders, written by Suzanne Enoch, just didn’t rack up with any of them, nor with her others titles in this genre. I didn’t find it at all entertaining. It was slow throughout and praying while reading the tempo would pick up.

The book began with manipulation. When Lady Aldriss wanted to take her daughter to London to live. Lord Aldriss, didn’t mind, on the condition that she continued providing for the maintenance of the estate. Lady Aldriss had a condition of her own. She would continue financing the estate, as long as, her sons marry before the daughter, and the brides to be must be of her own choosing. The sons grew up the daughter Is engaged and now the hunt is on for the sons to marry.

I seriously wanted to enjoy this story, I couldn’t really find anything I liked about this book. I couldn’t relate to the characters and didn’t find them at all likable. Based on the synopsis I was expecting much better.

Funny and romantic and very entertaining with characters I can't wait to meet again. This is a story about love and family and I'm rooting for everyone's happily ever after.

“I’ve fallen for ye, Amelia-Rose. Hard. I want ye to have nae a bigger life than the one ye imagined for yerself, but a more satisfying one. I love ye.”

Laird Angus McTaggart and Lady Francesca Aldiss started their life together with a fierce passion. But over time, Lady Aldiss can no longer tolerate the lifestyle of the Highlands and longs for her days in society living in London. After the birth of their daughter, Lady Aldiss tells her husband that he may keep their sons and raise them in the wilds, but she is taking their daughter to be raised amongst the cultured. Laird McTaggart, in great need of his wife’s large coffers, agrees to her terms—their three sons must all wed an English lass before their sister or she will cut off funding Clan Ross.

Fast forward 17 years, and the MacTaggert brothers find themselves at a loss when their father tells them of the agreement made with their mother. Coll, Aden, and Naill MacTaggert are determined no mother that abandoned them will dictate how they will live their lives, and descend upon Lady Aldiss with plans of their own. Alas, their mother will not budge, and she has already found a bride for her oldest, Coll. Ever the peacemaker in the family, Naill goes with Coll to meet his betrothed, Amelia-Rose Baxter. But Amelia-Rose is nothing that Coll wants in a bride, and everything Naill desires. Quick witted and sharp tongued with a beauty not to be compared, Naill finds himself falling hard and fast for his brother’s intended.

Amelia-Rose has spent the past 19 years doing everything to please her mother and always coming up short. When she meets Naill MacTaggert, she is pulled towards his honesty and charm…as well as his exceptional good looks. But what really calls to her heart is that he seems to care for her and all the quirks that London’s society shuns.

Naill and Ameila-Rose find themselves caught up in quite a tangle, and they both must decide if what they are feeling for each other is worth fighting for or if they will do their families bidding and forever wonder what could have been…

Suzanne Enoch’s It’s Getting Scot in Here is a fun fast paced romance that I enjoyed and would recommend to lovers of this genre. I did have a wee bit of a problem with the mother abandoning her children at such a young age, but I imagine that for the times, it was quite common, and this story does resolve some of the conflict and give us a happily ever after. I’m kinda rooting for Jane, Amelia-Rose’s cousin, to be paired with one of the other brothers in the next installment of the Wild Wicked Highlanders series.

She's been trying to be the person everyone wants her to be and failing. He's trying to save his family home because of an agreement between his separated parents. Their lives will never be the same once they meet. Can he keep the family peace to save their Scottish home? Will she be able to curb her ways and marry a man she doesn't want to marry?

Niall McTaggart and his 2 brothers are coming to London to put a stop somehow to the agreement their parents made 17 years ago. Amelia-Rose Baxter (Amy) is an English beauty who is outspoken and it's always getting her in trouble. She's had 4 proposals in two seasons. Her mother is always harping on her to be the perfect English lady so that the mother can be part of the aristocracy. Amy gets another chance to show everyone she can be very proper when her parents make an agreement with Niall's mother to marry his oldest brother. A night at the theater is a disaster when her groom to be walks out 5 minutes after meeting her. Niall being the family peacemaker steps in and saves the day and keeps saving the day so that they can keep their family home in Scotland. He builds up his brother's attributes to Amelia-Rose. The problem is that they're falling for each other. When Amelia-Rose is almost ruined at a ball it's Niall to the rescue. Her parents aren't happy that a 3rd son is wanting to court their daughter. Niall has made his feelings known to Amelia-Rose and she's not sure what to believe, but hopes that his feelings are real. They meet in secret with her cousin the chaperon. One night Niall sneaks into her room and they make love. He's determined to win over her parents but doesn't get the chance when her mother makes an engagement with a man Amelia-Rose had a crush on last season. Niall is devastated when he learns the truth. He has a confrontation with the fiance'. Amelia-Rose is kept out of his reach. A plan is hatched to bring Niall and Amelia-Rose back together. Niall's mother wants to help and is trying to get back into her three son's lives. She comes up with a plan to help with the gossip. Niall's brothers help with his plan. The plan goes off with out a hitch and they declare their feelings for each other and a proposal is made and accepted. The plan is to head to Gretna Green to get married and head back to Ardliss Park to live. They reach their destination only to have company. Amelia-Rose's fiance' has followed them along with his brothers. A deal is made and a trip back to London is taken. A very furious mother makes her feelings known. A party is held and two brothers need to still find English wives.

Susanne Enoch weaves a tale of love and passion with a little humor thrown in. Lives are turned upside down by the past. The past needs to be overcome to bring strangers together and make their family whole again. And that descriptions are different than what you've been told. I'm looking forward to the next Wild Wicked Highlander book. Which brother will take the plunge to save the family and their home in Scotland. Will they come to love the mother who left them behind when she left. Will their sister get a story as well. I can't wait to find out.

Quite a lovely highland/ englisher story. Niall and Amy were great together. Collum needed to be smacked up side the head.

I love Suzanne Enoch! I already read her Lessons in Love and With This Ring series and adore them both! For a long time, they were the only two series translated in my language…

When I saw this book on NetGalley and saw who wrote it, I immediately requested it. I was so excited when I got approved!

And I have to say I love this kind of book when the main character wants to help get another main character with a third person and then in the process, he/she falls for the other person. Some sort of matchmaking or something.

Niall knew since the beginning that he liked Amelia-Rose but he also knew that acting on his feelings is wrong. So he ”helped” his brother by accompanying Amelia to events.

Amelia lived with a very strict mother. She knew that her mother wanted a title to be worth more in the eyes of Society and that she can’t risk falling in love with a handsome Scot no matter what. It bothered her that he didn’t have a title because he was the third son. Through the story, she realizes what she wanted and is ready to risk it all…

I love reading about Scots. Ah, the kilts, the dialect! Unfortunately, I can’t rate it more than 4 stars because

a) the story mentioned like every three pages how ”impossibly green” Niall’s eyes were. I got it the first time, thanks

b) the heroine sounded like a doormat in the first half of the book. She was always mentioning that Niall’s without a title and therefore not a match for her. Obviously, her mother’s saying was a huge impact but honestly, even though she was a spitfire to everyone around her, she just couldn’t stand up to her own mother.

At first, I thought both her parents are the same but at the end, I got the feeling that his father is much more down-to-earth than the mother.
I’m also so excited for Coll’s book – I think it would be great!

4 Stars!! I love a good Historical Scottish Romance! This was a great read! I love the main characters, Niall & Lady Amelia-Rose! They were perfect together. I felt bad for Amelia-Rose & the way her parents & the oldest MacTaggert brother, Coll, treated her! I thought it was funny how she said what she was thinking even if she got in trouble! The MacTaggert brothers and how they argued, fought or just talked to each other were funny & I loved their ‘friend’ Rory too!! The only thing I didn’t like was how their mother just left Scotland, and them, with the baby sister when they were just kids. How could a mother leave, never visit or write to her sons?! That was the only part I found hard to believe & I wish it was different. Other than that, it was a great read & I highly recommend it!
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It's getting Scot in here is an absolute joy to read with its characters (even Rory), plot and the situations that sometimes seem hopeless. Suzanne Enoch always works some sort of magic into her books. I have read her previous books and those series were absolutely enjoyable. One can't help but want to read the other instalments of the Wild Wicked Highlanders series asap!

This book is an engaging romp of a book which pulls you in to the fun immediately.

Francesca, Lady Aldiss, and her Scottish husband Laird Angus McTaggart, have been estranged and living apart; Francesca in London, Angus in Scotland; for seventeen years. Francesca could not stomach the highlands any more, but was only permitted to take her daughter Eloise with her. She had to leave her 3 sons in Scotland, Coll, Aden and Niall have always believed that their mother abonadoned them, and are full of resentment about it.

Their father has brought them up to be fierce highlanders, with contempt for what they see as namby pamby Sassenachs, however, their mother holds the purse strings. They discover, when Coll is thirty and Niall twenty four, that their father has signed an agreement with their mother, if their sister weds, they must all marry English Ladies, one of whom will be their mother’s choice, otherwise Clan Ross will lose his Francesca’s money. Incensed by this, they are heading to London to comply with the letter of the agreement, and all intending to leave their Sassenach wives in England, and continue on in their rowdy bachelor lifestyle in the Highlands.

Coll, the oldest, is the one who has to marry the woman selected by his mother. Francesca has brokered an agreement between the Baxter’s daughter Amelia-Rose and Coll, if they suit. Amelia-Rose has been very outspoken in her previous seasons, and her mother is very keen for her to marry a title.

Coll’s resentment at his situation cuses him to disappear for days, shortly after they first meet and Niall steps into the breach, being the nearest one to a peacemaker in his family. Increasingly desperate to locate Coll, he convinces Amelia-Rose to play along with the fiction that he is escorting her to Coll, for a number of outings. As they get to know each other, Niall recognises he is falling for Amelia Rose, but he knows that the agreement is important, and must happen, if Coll and Amelia-Rose will accept each other.

Eventually Niall decides he loves Amelia-Rose, for her intelligence and outspokenness, and once they have accepted each other, he has to find a way to get them married, win the Baxter’s over, and find a way to ensure A-R can share her time out between her beloved London, and the highlands. Throw in 2 rowdy elder brothers, a strict chaperone, a social climbing mother, and a namby pamby English Lord, and plenty of mayhem ensues.

I loved this book, apart from the “sunlight hair, and cornflower eyes” bits. Suzanne Enoch always writes a well paced and interesting story, and she doesn’t let us down here. I loved the way that Amelia-Rose comes to realise that society entertainments arn’t everything, how Niall respects and honours her wishes, and admires her intelligence and character. I also liked the way that the prickly relationship between the brothers and Francesca slowly begins to be teased out, and how they find some common ground. The resolutions to obstacles are well handled and satisfyingly resolved, rather than rushing to sort everything out swiftly. My favourite part was the way that Niall strove to find a way to give AmeliaRose everything she wanted: rime in London, maintaining a relationship with her parents, the space to be herself, avoiding too much scandal, and so on.

I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series, hopefully we get to find out what happens to Coll and Aden, whether Eloise gets her HEA with Matthew, and what happens to Jane Burniss, the companion!

Just fab.

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Just let me get this out of my chest first: the Earl and Countess of Aldriss shared the responsibility of the precariousness of their marriage. Granted, this serves as the base of how the series came about - there wouldn’t be stories if not for this weird couple - but really, how hard was it to write letters if not to your estranged spouse then to your sons/daughter??? The scarcity of them just boggled the mind; and they dared to resent their spouse for the way their children turned up to be??!!

Oookay, now that I had it off my chest, “It’s Getting Scot in Here” is a bang-on start to the “Wild Wicked Highlanders” series. Considering how miffed I was over the opening pages - see the rants above - it’s almost magical how I turned to love this book! But then again, I shouldn’t be so surprise that this author once again came up with such a cheeky, lively, and romantic Highlander/Sassenach saga. And introducing a meshed of characters, too - some you just love-to-hate or hate-to-love.

The saga is centered on the Laird MacTaggert’s family, starting with the flaming romance between Angus and English heiress Francesca that had soon lost its magic and broken up their family, the sons lived with their father in Scotland and the baby daughter with her mother in England. Fast-forward seventeen years later, the Countess wrote to inform the daughter’s engagement and to call on the Laird’s promise to send her sons to England and find wives before their sister’s wedding, or she’d cut the funding to the Laird’s estate.

“It’s Getting Scot in Here” found the MacTaggert lads in London, reuniting with their sister but resenting their mother over her abandonment and moreover her high-handedness in ordering them to wed English girl. It was a kaleidoscope of emotion for me following one shenanigans to another; I couldn’t but get drawn into the characters - feel their predicaments and reservations. Initially, their mother pushed Coll toward Amelia-Rose, only to have Niall interceded when hell almost broke loose; and the two ended up fell for each other. In true Enoch’s style, even though this first entry focusing on the romance between Niall and Amy the story evolving the MacTaggerts as a whole, introducing each individual in their distinctive characteristics and as the story goes portraying them more clearly in my head. Amy’s notoriously title-chasing mother made matters more complicated for our protagonists. The following fiasco got each camps hatching for new outcome that added more spin to the story.

Told in fast-pacing and constant rumpus from start to end in multiple POVs, “It’s Getting Scot in Here” is an entertaining and enjoyable read. I couldn’t help fall for the loud and wild MacTaggerts, even when they sometimes acted like overgrown children or high and mighty matriarch. The fierce loyalty and tight familial unit despite the feeling they bore for one particular member of the family got to me, it was not unlike what we saw in regular - even real life - family, and that lent that commonality vibe to the story.

In case it wasn’t clear with all the rambling I have going on: I can’t recommend this book enough! It brought up conflicting feelings warring up with each other, true but it’s so worth the roller-coaster of emotion. I just can’t wait to find what uproars the following installments the author would bring to this series!!


Advanced copy of this book is given by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars rounded up

When a seventeen year old agreement between their estranged parents comes to light the three MacTaggert brothers, Coll, Aden, and Niall, must journey from the Scottish Highlands to the London home of the English mother they don't even remember. In order to ensure continued use of their mother's funds, which support their estate, Aldriss Park, and all of its dependents, they must play by Francesca's rules. The daughter of an English viscount herself, Francesca has determined that her sons will marry English women and at least one of them will marry a lady of her choosing, although she also determines that this will be Coll, the eldest and titled Viscount Glendarril, heir to the Earl of Aldriss. Naturally the brothers balk at being dictated to, by a stranger no less, but they must do what is necessary for their people, so they determine to go through with quick marriages and leave the ladies in London. This arrangement worked for their father, so it will do for his sons; whatever gets them back to the Highlands as quickly as possible and away from the hell that is London.

Miss Amelia-Rose Baxter is no simpering miss, she's quite the opposite in fact and her quick wit and sharp tongue often get her into trouble with potential suitors. This one is no exception when she quickly judges the highlanders to be slow and stupid brutes. When she almost immediately angers Coll, Niall steps in to save face with her before Francesca can find out. As he covers for his brother, Niall finds himself having not so proper thoughts about his brother's betrothed. Amelia-Rose and her family, especially her mother, are determined to have a title, so Niall would never do, even if Francesca would agree to substitute him for his brother. Niall has always been the peacemaker of the trio and especially with so much at stake now, he knows he must step in when Coll makes himself scarce. But as Niall winds up filling in more and more for Coll and getting to know Amelia-Rose, he begins to wonder how he'll ever step aside and let his brother have her. These two have a ton of issues to overcome, some created by their own behavior, and it's clear their happy ending will be hard won indeed.

These two meet with preconceived notions of what the other should be and both are fed up with their mother's machinations. For me Amelia-Rose's sharp wit just came off as rudeness much of the time. She is determined that Niall and his brother are barbarians and is surprised by the simplest courtesies. She may be thrilled to be able to be herself and not hide her quick with with Niall, but she is consistent in trying to change and mold Niall into her expectation of a proper gentleman. Amelia-Rose complains of being manipulated by her mother and yet she engages in the same sort of manipulation with Niall and his brother. She also claims to want someone who she can converse with about important topics but really she's mostly concerned with having freedom from her overbearing mother while still being able to enjoy London society. Even admitting her attraction to Niall, she still doesn't think he's good enough for her since he's still a highlander with no title, plus she hates the Highlands and knows she could never be happy there, even though she's never actually been there.

I absolutely hated Francesca and her constant attempts to shirk any responsibility for the situation she put them all in. She was nothing but rude and high-handed to her sons, the had the gall to be offended when they didn't react well to her scheming. She takes no responsibility for their seventeen year separation and lack of communication even though she's the one who instigated it, then she doesn't understand why her sons won't call her mother, and somehow thinks she should get credit for trying to have a relationship with them now. Nevermind that this relationship comes about through manipulation. Much of this for me was just a farce of unlikable female characters, right down to the chaperone. Of course, Francesca improved a bit towards the end, like most of the characters, but it was a bit too late for me to develop any liking for her.

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. I finally got into it about four chapters from the end, but by then it was like Amelia-Rose had done a total 180 from her behavior and thinking for the first half of the book; not exactly believable perhaps, but it made me like her more. I was much more a fan of the three brothers and their antics and banter, as well as their loyalty toward each other.

Even with all the things that annoyed me with this one, I found the three brothers to be delightfully charming and will look forward to the others' stories. This book was humerus and well-written, though it took me a long time to get into it. This was my first from this author, but the quality of this writing, even if it some of the characters weren't my favorite, makes me want to read the rest of the series.

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

En It’s getting Scot in Here, Suzanne Enoch da comienzo a esta nueva serie protagonizada por los hermanos MacTaggert y he de decir que es un muy buen comienzo.

La vida de Niall y sus dos hermanos da un vuelco cuando reciben una carta de su madre en la cual les informa que su hermana pequeña, Eloise, se ha prometido y por lo tanto los tres tienen de plazo límite hasta la boda para casarse con una novia inglesa. De no hacerlo se les retirará su asignación mensual y por lo tanto acabaran arruinados, ellos y todos los arrendatarios del clan Ross. Todo esto se debe a un acuerdo firmado entre ambos progenitores antes de que la madre abandonase las Highlands con su hija pequeña para instalarse permanentemente en Londres. Los hermanos viajan a la ciudad inglesa con el claro propósito de “escaquearse” del compromiso y convencer a su madre de que desista en su alocado plan. Pero Francesca es una mujer de armas tomar y ya lo ha organizado todo. El mayor de los hermanos, Coll deberá casarse con una mujer elegida por ella, así lo estipula el acuerdo, y Niall y Aden con cualquier inglesa que ellos elijan. Aquí entra en escena Amelia-Rose, nuestra protagonista, cuyos padres han acordado con Francesca el matrimonio entre ella y Coll. Pero el primer encuentro dejará bien claro que el mayor de los MacTaggert no está por la labor, es un bruto maleducado que desprecia a Amy nada más conocerla. En cambio su hermano menor, Niall, es todo lo que Amelia-Rose busca en un marido...todo menos el pequeño problema de que Niall carece de título y los Baxter no van a consentir que su hija se case con un don nadie. Y aquí empiezan los problemas…

Hace bastante tiempo que no leía a Enoch, al leer la sinopsis de este libro me picó la curiosidad y no pude evitar darle una oportunidad. La novela es muy tierna, como decía al principio es un muy buen comienzo de serie, nos presenta la situación en la que se han visto envueltos los hermanos MacTaggert a la vez que nos cuenta la historia de amor de Niall y Amelia-Rose. Los dos protas me han gustado muchísimo. De ella me ha encantado ver ese cambio, esa progresión de madurez, de ser una jovencita que no consigue ver del todo más allá de los designios de sus padres a ser una mujer de ideas propias, que elige su destino pensando en sí misma por encima de todo. Él es muy dulce, supongo que también porque se supone que al ser ambos más jóvenes que el resto de personajes la autora ha querido marcar bastante la diferencia, es refrescante dar con protagonistas así tan alejados de los cánones que suelen predominar en los personajes escoceses de histórica. It’s getting Scot in here se divide en 18 capítulos, cada uno de ellos bastante extenso, ya sabéis que me suelen gustar más las novelas con muchos capítulos cortos, pero no ha sido hasta los dos últimos capítulos que no se me ha hecho pesado, creo que porque sobretodo el último capítulo me ha resultado más un epílogo que otra cosa y ya había poco que aportar a la historia.

En definitiva, una nueva serie a la que me he enganchado y de la que estoy deseando recibir nuevas noticias, porque algo curioso de este libro es que al ser el primero y ser tan introductorio no ha habido lugar a dejar entrever nada de la siguiente historia ¿Será de Coll? ¿Será de Aden? Ains, la espera se hará larga.