Always love Hannah Howell books, she doesn't dissapoint, I look forward to reading more of her books

The third installment in the Seven Brides for Seven Scotsman series by Hannah Howell.

A historical fiction novel of Geordie MacEnroy, a Scots ex-patriot in America at the end of the civil war, who wants to travel. He sets out with his injured brother and a family friend and they come across a fierce woman named Belle, a strong, and self-reliant woman. Belle has a doctor’s skills at healing so is able to tend to Geordie's brother, and while doing so Geordie and Belle become friends to lovers.

A sweet historical fiction, but slow.

If you never read any books by this author. Give it a try! Romance, twisted turns in plot and of course hot highlander all combined into one wonderful romantic adventure. You will get a lot of good vibes from this book and you will want to read more by this author if you like historical romance books.

Sent in the Americas during the 1860's, is a bit of a twist from the typical Hannah Howell book, but besides the setting the characters and plot were similar to her style. Two people who starts as adversaries (kind of) end uo in a passionate romance.

The book was a slow read, and left me wanting to DNF it.
I just couldn't feel the empathy towards the characters or their circumstances.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was difficult to stay engaged with and understanding. While the language seemed realistic for the time period and place, I had a hard time following the characters. The pace was slow and the characters uninteresting. Just not my type of novel.

The Scotsman Who Swept Me Away (Seven Brides/Seven Scotsmen Book 3) by Hannah Howell
I’m a big fan of Hannah Howell’s novels and I have read over 20 of her novels and enjoyed them. Unfortunately, this book isn’t anything like her signature writings. This is a review I did not enjoy writing.
The Scottish MacEnroy family came to America because their landlord turned them out deciding he could make more money with sheep rather than with tenets. After the Civil War some of the 7 brothers were starting to settle but, Geordie had a growing desire drawing him to see the ocean again. So, he and his brother who was wounded by a severe beating and incorrectly set bones in the war went with him along with a family friend who was returning to his family home on the coast. We meet the heroine, Mehitabel or Bella for short, a quarter of the book in, when a neighbor and his minions come to harass her because he wants her land. Geordie sees several men with guns against one woman and her gun and decides to intervene on her behalf.
The story from page one is painstakingly slow and drawn out with little happening to keep your attention nor to encourage a reader to continue on for something exciting to come. The men are from Scotland but they sound and behave as if they were native born cowboys in the American west. There’s nothing Scottish left but their accents on occasion and the romance was sedate and lacking of any transferable emotion to tie me to the couple. Sadly, I can not recommend this read, however, I haven’t given up on other and future novels by Ms. Howell.

I was looking for a light, easy, entertaining story to fit in between some of my blogging commitments and this book fit the bill nicely. This is the third book in a series, but don't worry if you haven't read the previous books, I had no problem following and enjoying this uplifting romance. The McEnroy family left Scotland years before and after living in Boston for a few years, the whole family moved west. Geordie craves the ocean and wants to see it again. On the way east, he and his youngest brother meet up with courageous Mehitabel Ampleford wields a rifle to protect her home from a brutish band of men who are after her land. They end up renting rooms from her and help her protect her land from the man who is trying to destroy her and steal her land.

This was a well-written and plotted romance with a happily ever after. There are a couple of side stories regarding orphaned children and some nursing/doctoring that Belle does to help Geordie's brother that added much to the story. I enjoyed this quickly moving story, at 352 pages, it seemed much shorter than that. I read this one in one day, wanting to find out what was going to happen. I found myself rooting for Belle in her many situations. She was a strong, smart, courageous and persistent woman who was also vulnerable due to the time the story was set. Geordie made a great hero, as well as love interest for Belle. He has no desire to settle down, but feelings have a mind of their own. I recommend this romance to lovers of historical fiction with a strong Scottish leading man.

Hannah Howell tells a story like no other. This author has been one of my favorites now for over 15 years and she hasn't let me down yet in her historical romances! Great job and keep the books coming please. I highly recommend!!!

I am on the fence with this story from Hannah Howell. It's well written, with great world building and character development. But. It. Is, So. Very, Slow. I personally like a story that hooks you in from the very beginning, and that isn't hard work. Unfortunately, this book, while worth it for some at the end, wasn't really what I am looking for in a romance. However eloquent.

I love Hannah Howell so I'm not at all surprised I enjoyed this book. Plus a Scotsman in America? Heck yeah, sign me up! Some American history with Scottish chivalry. mmmmhmmm
I love historical romance, but this was a nice change from balls and parties of the ton.

Off the New England coast, courageous Mehitabel Ampleford wields a rifle to protect her home from a brutish band of men who are after her land. She will not be intimidated, but their attacks are growing fiercer, and just as their latest confrontation threatens violence, a bold stranger appears out of the ocean mists to send the raiders packing. Geordie MacEnroy has seen the ravages of war in his mountain town—and in the injuries suffered by his youngest brother; now, his restless soul is calling him to find sanctuary by the sea. His long journey to the beautiful coastline of his adopted homeland feels like a new beginning as lovely Mehitabel, so wise and self-sufficient, offers blessed hope for healing his brother’s wounds. Geordie envisions a beautiful life with her as his bride, but a woman who has fought so fearlessly for her home may not willingly surrender all for his love .
I don’t know what it was about this book, but it just didn't work for me. I found myself disinterested in the characters and the story. I used to love this author, but for some reason her last few books were hard for me to finish.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

not bad.
I somehow missed book 2, that made it a little difficult with some things. Missing book 2 did make me not understand a few things but Can still enjoy the book.
I liked the characters, and how things played out.
at some points it felt as if it skipped over time from one paragraph to the next without saying. that was a bit confusing.

*I received my copy for review from netgalley

Well, I struggled at the beginning...but I should have known that Ms Howell would make it beautiful. Geordie is such a good man with a big heart. Belle is so capable, the way women had to be to survive. I enjoyed the extended family members, the story line, the locations...everything. sure hope Robbie's story is next.

I have voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this title given to me via NetGalley. This book was just amazing. I just lost myself in this story and didn’t want it to end. It was really well written and just drew in you into these characters lives. I look forward to seeing what’s next from this author.

Nice central couple in this book, but the pacing was a little disjointed and some of the plot points were a little unbelievable or confusingly resolved.

Geordie MacEnroy emigrated from Scotland with his parents and his 6 brothers at the time of the Scottish clearances. He and his brothers have settled in the Ozarks on a huge farm, but Geordie is restless and longing to see the ocean. He decides to travel east to Maine, and his younger brother Robbie, who has been badly injured in the civil war travels with him, and their friend James comes part of the way with them too.

The book introduces a huge cast of characters because of the size of the family, and the two books that have come before, and this was a little confusing as I had not read them. The journey to Maine is described in great detail, and the men rescue a woman and her young daughter from a group of predatory men en-route.

When they get to Maine they take rooms in a ocean front boarding house run by Mehitabel Ampleforth. Belle is a very capable woman, she runs the boarding house, digs and sells clams, has learnt a lot from her doctor father and tends to the townspeople as necessary, she also has a much younger brother and an aunt and cousins who live nearby. When Robbie and Geordie arrive, Belle has to deal with her aggressive neighbour Bennett and his farmhand. Bennet wants Belle’s land and woods, to build a hotel to cater for tourists, and he is getting increasingly bold and threatening as she continues to refuse him.

Geordie and Belle sort of fall into lust and then bed with each other, there is little or no build up to their relationship which was a little disappointing, and mostly Belle is quite capable of dealing with her problems and does so. She manages to reset Robbie badly healed leg and improve his mobility, and Geordie grows closer to her and her family, especially her brother and her Aunt Mary.

There are a couple of odd side plots, for example, the woman they only met once on the train is killed and her will sends her daughter to Geordie to be her guardian. There is also the dilemma of if Belle and Geordie want to make a life together, will they settle in the Ozarks or remain by the sea.

All in all I thought the two main characters were easy to root for, but I felt that I would have liked a little more romance between them and the pacing to be a little quicker generally.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book and all opinions are my own.

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I have loved every other book in this series however I don't know what is was about the main character I could not get myself to finish it. I wish it was as good as the others in the series.

Hannah Howell's book three in the series, Seven Brides / Seven Scotsmen, The Scotsman who swept me away was an entertaining read. In this third installment we get the story Geordie and Mehitabel. Geordie’s adventure all starts because he has gotten the urge to travel to see the ocean again and his brother Robbie and friend James decides to join him on this journey. After traveling on the train and meeting a widow and her daughter who’s initial meeting is made clearer as the readers read on they meet Mehitabel (Belle) as she is being harassed near the ocean who runs a bed and breakfast. Though she seems to be handling her nagging problems quite ok rifle and all, they can see problems unfolding and in true keeping with his MacEnroy instincts Geordie decides to stay awhile at Belle’s Bed and Breakfast. The story is full of comedy and cute romance and thus very entertaining. I did not give this book a five start due to some quite obvious editing mistakes and my view that the pace was rather sluggish for what I’ve come to expect from Hannah Howell. Otherwise it was a great read filled with the connections made by sacrifices, love and dedication that one feels with the characters that Ms Howell builds when she writes. You get to revisit the other brothers and their spouses as well as her a synapse of the compound where the stories first started so you can read this as a stand-alone book. You will feel the little girl’s loss when you get to that part and see her strength burgeoning. She may perhaps get her own story as you can even see her character development peeking in this work. Overall it’s a good read that makes you want to find out about the other brothers and their stories so it hits the mark of bringing the reader in, so I’d recommend it.
I received a complimentary download of this book from Kensington Publishers through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed here are completely my own and sincerely given.

When Georgie gets the urge to see the ocean again, him along with a friend and his brother set out East together. When they arrive we meet Belle, her and Geordie seemed to be made for each other. This book was pretty good overall but here's the bad part, I wish I had read the first books in this series, at times I felt a little lost. Also at times the book seemed to just drag on and on but then pick up later. Overall I enjoyed it.

After seeing the outcome of the war and what it did to his family, Geordie is ready for a change of scenery. Taking his injured brother along for the journey, they and a family friend make their way to the east coast. Once there, they stay at a boarding house run by Mehitabel, whom they meet while she is being confronted by a man wanting her land. The trio help to run him off and they soon learn that Mehitabel grew up helping her father, who was a doctor, and might have some things that could make Geordie's brother a lot less uncomfortable. Spending so much time together, Mehitabel and Geordie start to have feeling s for one another. Mehitabel isn't about to give up her home and business, but Geordie never had plans to stay. Can these two find a way to make it work?

I really enjoyed this story, but it took way too long for the H/H to meet! I think because of this, I didn't enjoy this story as much as I have the others in the series. Even having said this, I've been a fan of Howell's for many years and I do look forward to the next book in the series!