What an action filled read! This had so much going on from the very beginning. There were family issues, mysteries inside mysteries, and the romance between the hero and heroine. The divide that was automatically between Coll and Persephone made the development of their relationship much more angsty than I anticipated.

I loved Coll and his big growly ways. He did attempt to do what was requested of him but through it all he couldn’t stop thinking about Persephone. That made him even more amazing to me. His character was written in such a way that I couldn’t help but fall in love with him. I did not read the previous book(s) so I missed whatever had him running down the street naked, but I loved him for it, whatever it was.

Persephone was an interesting heroine, especially for the time. She was dependent but in a way I was expecting. She also has a secret that I never saw coming and which had me turning pages faster.

I liked that there were no games between Persephone and Coll. They might have recognized their feelings and continued on with the charade of their relationship but even then they were still open and honest in every other way with each other.

This is filled with lots of friends and plenty of MacTaggerts and their wild but loyal ways, which I loved. The steam level is pretty intense and the heroine is pretty bold. I do wish there had been an epilogue but I suspect the author will give an update on them in a future book. Not my favorite, but at least we get Persephone’s and Coll’s happy ever after.

I have loved this series of three Scottish brothers who have to find English wives in 1 month. Coll Mactaggert, the eldest brother finally gets his HEA with Persephone Jones, a smart, independent lady with a secret. This book was a great conclusion to the series. I highly recommend reading each of the brothers stories as I think it helps build momentum for the final book. Cant wait to read more by this author!

I was so excited to read Coll’s story that this book made my list of Most Anticipated Romance Books of 2021 and it did not disappoint!

I first met Coll in the second book of the Wild Wicked Highlanders series, Scot Under the Covers, and he almost stole the show for me. There was just something about this burly, rugged Scot who was like a fish out of water among the ton in England that I instantly liked.

This series follows three Scottish brothers who are forced to London to find English wives in mere weeks in order to save their family’s land from ruin.

The kicker is that the deal forcing them into these marriages was struck between their father and their mother (whom they haven’t seen in 17 years since she fled Scotland).

With both his brothers wed or betrothed, it’s now on Coll’s shoulders to find an English lass and marry her in 27 days!

Right off the bat I was instantly taken with this surly man who is NOT happy with the predicament he’s in.

I could just picture this rugged, TALL Scotsman in a kilt parading around balls trying to fit in and searching for a wife while trying not to scare them off with his approach and demeanor. And he was failing…

Then one night he hides backstage at the playhouse to escape the latest set up by his mother and runs into actress, Persephone Jones and is instantly taken with her.

The problem – she’s an actress, a commoner not suited to the titled Scotlander, and one who has no interest in marriage in the first place.

A Scottish Book Boyfriend to Fall For
If you couldn’t already tell, I loved Coll.

I have a soft spot for rugged Highlanders who are more than meets the eye and that is exactly what you get with Coll. He may be an intimidating sort who uses fists more than words but there is so much more to this man.

It only took a moment in Persephone’s company to become her protector when she was in trouble and he did not rest until she was safe.

There were so many lines he spoke that just gave me all the feels which is honestly why I gave this historical romance 5 stars. I just loved this man.

Persephone was equally appealing. I’m a fan of strong heroines no matter the genre but I especially love feisty women in historical romance books.

Persephone is no wallflower but is a woman who knows her worth, can speak her mind and is just overall extremely likeable.

As an actress, men often fall for the characters she plays but Coll saw straight to the woman herself.

This book also gives you a bit more face time with Lady Aldriss, Coll’s mother, and a look into her feelings for the boys she left. She’s another strong woman to love and she captivated me in her limited appearances all the same.

I found this book to have great character development, smooth pacing and a great story that was equal parts romance and a bit of suspense.

I’m not usually a fan of romantic suspense but it didn’t overpower the underlying romance but added to their relationship development and time together.

I highly recommend this book to all historical romance lovers!

*Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

I hadn't read the 1t 2 books but this book did well on it's own in setting up the series plot of the brothers needing an English bride before a deadline date. I will admit, for me, the reason for the deadline was a little stretch. Also I didn't find Coll to be a particularly likable or appealing hero early in the book. I did like Persie -- she was bright, friendly, smart, practical and fun. it wasn't till almost half way into the book that I could feel the two as a couple (even though there was attraction btwn the two early on) and as Persie softened some of the sharper edges of Coll that he felt more like a hero I could enjoy and see the romance working btwn the two. the book was well written with witty dialogue, a touch of humor, good supporting cast, action and a bit of mystery as well. the 2nd half+ was better than the start and made me glad I had stuck it out.

DNF at 35%, at which point I was so perplexed and bored that I gave up.

There are people this book might work for: those who enjoyed the earlier books in the series, maybe those who easily decipher thick Scottish accents. I had not read the first two books and found myself falling behind almost from the first page. I might have more affection for the MacTaggert family if I had met them in the first two books, and this installment relies on that assumed, preexisting affection rather than building it. The author did try to catch her readers up through expository exchanges between characters about what happened in previous books, but that almost made that worse. We learn in the first few pages that the male lead ran naked through the streets with a broadsword in a prior installment. I'm all for playing with the bounds of this historical period, but this is too much. He's on the hunt for a wife, and mothers are still throwing their titled daughters at him (to the point that the daughters are weeping in public when he ducks out of sitting next to them at the theater)? It just feels too untethered from reality, even the enhanced reality of historical romances.

Some of this might have been forgiven had the main couple had any chemistry. They didn't. She seems to like him because he's huge, or so we're told, although she has no apparent attraction to anything but his height. He likes her because...not quite sure. I think it's because every time he sees her, she's wearing a different wig; it keeps him on his toes, I guess. Again, we're told they like each other, but never really see it. And after two short conversations and a "business" picnic, they have perfunctory sex in a rundown wheelbarrow in an overgrown park. It was a criminally unsexy sex scene, and nothing in the events leading up to this made this seem like a logical plot development.

Maybe this book would work for me if I cared about the MacTaggerts through prior introduction to them, or got more interior access to Persephone. As it was, it just wasn't a compelling enough read to make me want to experience their HEA.

Received in exchange for a honest review.

I think what I like the most about this book is that the two main characters are not your typical man and woman from this time. Coll is a stubborn, independent Scot who has respect for woman and listens to their thoughts and opinions. He doesn’t care about there station in life but in who they are as a person. Persephone is independent and caring and has survived on her own. She doesn’t have anyone taking care of her and instead have those that rely on her for their income. She is strong and smart and caring.

When these two first meet it is fun and flirtatious. He is fascinated by her but does distinguish her from the part she plays on stage and she finds him to be intriguing. Then he helps her and becomes her protector. To him this is a very serious position. But he also tells her how he feels and sees things. For her his honesty and straightforwardness is refreshing but she holds back since she is an actress and he a viscount. Not that he cares about his title. He doesn’t. All he knows is that she fascinates him and he is attracted to her.

But he is in a bind and his mother is pushing him. His situation with Persephone he uses to his advantage while protecting her from the danger that is out there and the one wanting to hurt her. As they get to know each other, their attraction and feelings grow. So does her danger. I love how Coll is when he learns her secrets. He doesn’t change how he is around her and still treats her like an equal. He is a special man that she shouldn’t let go of.

The story is steamy and sweet. Fun and flirty and I love these two together. their attraction is through the roof. The family closeness of Coll and his brothers is like no other. They would do anything for each other and do watch each other’s backs and help one another no matter what. Each brother finds a strong, smart woman to be by their side as a partner and equal and Coll is no exception with Persephone. their story keeps you in the tale and has you root for that Scot to get her to see him as more than a viscount and that they end up together. A great story of family, love, respect and friends.

I'm a big fan of Suzanne Enoch and this book doesn't disappoint. Coll and Persephone’s book was energetic, exciting, and wholly entertaining. Persephone's secret was a great reveal and her profession was original for this type of novel. The steam level is pretty intense and the heroine is pretty bold.

I am a historical romance junkie, so for me, this story "checked all the boxes". I loved the characters and the setting of an off-main theater was brilliant. Mrs Persephone (Persie) Jones, is an incomparable actress, that brings the masses into the Saint Genesius theater in each of her performances. Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, and his brothers are being held to a seventeen year-old agreement between his estranged mother and their father; to that end, his mother keeps throwing him together with prospective young ladies. Coll, decides to simply leave their box at the theater, one evening, to remove himself from the stilted and uncomfortable atmosphere during a play. He finds himself backstage; and becomes intrigued by a cheeky young lady as she is doing a costume change for "As You Like It" and watches not only her clothing change; but, a transformation of her person/character that totally entrances him. Thus, Persie and Coll make their first acquaintance; from this auspicious beginning a tale of intrigue and mystery surrounds our hero and heroine. We learn "the measure of a man" in Coll and the stiff backbone of a woman, taking matters into her own hands, in Persie. Quite a delightful tale that I most definitely recommend to anyone that enjoys the historical romance genre. I applaud Ms Enoch for her story telling skill and for delivering such three-dimensional characters that the reader can't help but rout for.

Will their differences be too much for a future together ...

This story began as a lark, the big bad wolf hiding from London’s debutantes.
I thought Coll would be quite brawny but outside that, I had not much ideas, looking for a bit of fun on his side, all the while on a quest to find the one woman he could tolerate to marry to fulfill his part in the silly pact his parents signed some two decades ago.
I early decided I was not fond of him. Sure he is fun to listen to but his view is rather one sided, with all the sassenachs he wants to send to hell. But I believe it was my own garbled opinion, as I had been a bit disappointed after the last book, I did not want to put my hopes too high.
It was very wrong from me. Because I quickly saw how great Coll he is.
Whether I thought him only after a bit of a skirt just for fun, his straightforward personality redeemed him quickly in my opinion as not once did he lie nor force his way. He is what he presents to the world plus many more thing like loyal, honorable, heroic, educated and smart not the lout London’s society sees in this man who plays no game. He is no predator waiting to pounce on its prey, he is a protector, he fights to defend, not to attack.

Persephone is a character full of shadows and secrets. Why she is unsettled, she senses he can be her downfall when she longs for salvation.
While I did not like that because the heroine is an actress, she appears as game for more, a little better than a prostitute, it was how things were for very long.
Yet while she keeps her past skeletons well hidden, the more she gets to know Coll, the more she falls for this man who tells no lie, who does as he says and who sees her despite her mask. She achieved a great task for a woman alone in the world, harmed only with her talent, she dug her way on top of the scale. She learned whom to associate with, how to navigate among the crowd and how to protect herself.
Until it is not enough because someone is after her and she might need some outside her close circle help. Maybe a sincere highlander. This how she finds herself entangled with a determined mountain man who will crumble the walls she has built around her.

Oh my, the courting rehearsal scene, hilarious!

I so loved they discuss and say what they think and believe, there is no game between them. They voice their feelings and do not cheat.

I have one bad thing to say, Where Is The Epilogue!!!!
If it is the last in the series, there should have been one last scene to tie all the knots.
Thus the 4.75 stars.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 online detailed lovemaking scenes.

I have been granted an advance copy by the publisher St Martin’s Paperbacks. Here is my true and unbiased opinion.

Hit Me With Your Best Scot is fantastic. Loved Coll and Persephone/Temperance. The old idiom, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall” definitely pertains to Coll. Ms. Enoch brings a superb ending to a superb series, Wild Wicked Highlanders. Stand-alone, but better read in sequence!

Loved the way the MacTaggerts stand up for and protect each other and their loves. The family/characters from the previous books maintain their personalities, yet evolve when finding love and they to continue to support each other when needed. These brothers all ended up with strong, independent women – perfect!

p.s. I love that Coll lets Matthew Harris know he is still keeping an eye on him!

Saving the Best for Last!

Coll is, without a doubt, the Best Scot! I swooned for Aden and absolutely adored Niall, but their elder brother is hands-down the sexiest, swooniest Highlander of them all! After his "nothing but a sword" chase that ended the last book, we knew we were getting an "act now, think later" kind of hero in Coll and believe me, he doesn't disappoint.

That he becomes the protector of an actress, Persephone, is just about the one thing his formidable mother cannot bring herself to accept. Persephone is equally convinced their attraction can never become anything lasting, but that doesn't seem to matter to her or to Coll.

The intense drama leads this whirlwind romance to an exciting conclusion, with the entire combined MacTaggert and Oswell family on hand to bring the villains to justice and deliver a triumphant HEA for everyone -- and I do mean, Everyone. And I loved every bit of it. The inspired addition of the surprise guest at Aden's wedding put a delightful cherry on the top of this delicious tale.

This entire series was absolute perfection, and one I highly recommend for every romance reader. I couldn't have loved it more. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

This book was so much fun! Coll needs a wife. And fast. He's in London to find one with the idea that he'll leave her there once married and head back home to the Highlands to continue managing his lands. Until he meets Persephone. Persephone is an actress and a chance meeting with Coll is instant attraction. The two end up spending more and more time together as she is in need of a protector when it seems someone is out to harm her. Coll is hoping his mother thinking he's planning to marry an actress will get her off his back.

These two were fantastic to read about. Persephone is independent and strong and doesn't hold back. This is a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. Coll is...well...a Scottish Highlander. He's huge and direct and a bit gruff around the edges. I loved Coll. So much. While I'm not a fan of the quick, insta-love like this book has, I love a good Highlander story and Enoch provides that here in spades. Not only do we have Coll, we have his brothers and sister. His family is spirited and loyal. I laughed many times while reading this. While this book reads fine as a standalone, it is evident that it's part of a series and the parts with Coll's family makes you want to add their books to your TBR right away.

I would recommend this book to any fan of a historical romance, but especially those who love a good, brawny Highlander story.

I did enjoy this story very much.
Coll's mother try to find him a wife, He had enough of this. He will find wife by himself and he did it. He found her in unusual place.
Persephone is in hiding and last thing she wants is a husband.
Love the storyline.

I didn't read the first two books in this series, but I reckon I will after the mentions of Coll running naked with a claymore, chasing an intruder. This imagery? A+

Anyway, I'm not very sure on how the whole mystery plotline wraps up, but I love both Coll and Persephone, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE how chaotic the MacTaggerts are.

Would 10/10 read the prequel on Angus and Francesca tbh.

This is the third book in this series that follows three Scottish brothers that must find English brides in order to keep the funds from their mother that maintains their Scottish property. This story is the oldest brothers, Coll. He is incredibly reluctant to get married and when he meets Persephone, a famous actress, he thinks by telling his mother he is engaged to her she will be shocked into removing the condition that he marry an English lady. Meanwhile, it seems there is someone trying to kill Persephone and Coll is determined to keep her safe.

I found it really hard to get into this book! It didn't really get me invested in it until almost the 50% mark. Mostly because I found Coll to be entirely undesirable. He says that the "big dumb Scot" thing was an act to ward off title hungry women, but his actions made it seem like that was pretty spot on. He grunts in reply to most things, and many times throughout the book he says or thinks that he would rather use his fists to solve his problems. This was basically his whole personality. Persephone however was awesome. I loved her character so much, she was a badass.

This is my fair and honest review, voluntarily given and in my own words, for this ARC. Suzanne Enoch has such a great writing style. Full of wit and loaded with dramatic quotes. I started this book in the morning and finished it around midnight, same day. Plot, characters, writing style....just couldn't put it down. Well done

This is such a fun and entertaining story. I really enjoyed the whole clan. Coll is so easy to love. He is very up front and tends to settle things with his fists. But, people underestimate him because he is a big guy and they think he is slow witted. As Persephone soon finds out, he is very clever. He did guess that she was hiding something. She reinvented herself 8 years ago and became a celebrated actress in London. Coll doesn't seem to care if she is an actress, but his family does. At first he tells his mother that he is going to marry an actress just to throw her off balance. She has been flinging single women at him and he knows that he has to marry soon, but he wants to pick his own bride. After seeing his brothers and sister so happy, he wants that for himself. But, he doesn't have much time. Someone is trying to kill Persephone and he will not let anyone take her away from him. Then there will be a scandal if he does marry her. He doesn't care about that himself, but it would affect his other family members. Can he protect her and keep her too?

Honestly - Beverly Jenkins is a legend and all her books continue to be a testament to her incredible talent as a historian, writer, and storyteller.

Portia is prickly, and brilliant, and still very much dealing with the fallout of her mother's abandonment as a child. The last thing she expects is passion, feelings, or an outrageous cowboy in the form of Kenton. There are dares for kisses that don't go anywhere, top-shelf banter, and at least one rodeo.

Side stories I loved: the entire cast of guests at the hotel, the little sister running off to be a mail order bride - can't wait for that book!, and the discussions the racism within the suffragette movement - specifically the call out of ECS. Not to mention Geronimo and Lozen's appearance within the story.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥.5
Tropes: opposites attract, forced proximity, sexual dares, friends to lovers
Subgenre: historic romance - wild west
CW/ TW: mentions of parental abandonment, parental death on the page

Coll MacTaggert has been resisting his parents agreement that all three sons had to marry an English woman before his sister marries, or his mother will stop funding their Scottish estate. Now Coll has four weeks to find a bride and wed her. Escaping his mother's last matchmaking attempt at the theatre, Coll escapes backstage during an intermission. Not knowing who she is, Coll meets the well known actress Persephone Jones. Their is an instant attraction but Coll is a viscount. To throw his mother off from her matchmaking, Coll claims that Persephone is the woman that he will marry. When Persephone's life is threatened, Coll protects her. I received a free copy of this ebook from the publisher through Netgalley. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. I have mixed feelings on this book and would rate it a low 4 or a high 3. I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous ones. The book started out a little slow. It wasn't until the danger for Persephone increased that the book picked up. Even though I enjoyed the suspenseful ending, I didn't think that it was realistic that Coll and Persephone and his family would be accepted in society. I love that both Coll and Persephone actually saw and loved each other for who they were rather than society's perceptions.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
This is a book I genuinely regret agreeing to review (the publisher sent an unrequested widget, and I’m now vetting which ones I accept more carefully...alas I did not for this one). Coll McTaggert is your typical brawny, emotionally stunted, lust ridden Highlander...that’s his entire personality. Persephone, an actress, is more interesting, an independent woman in her own right, but even she couldn’t keep my interest as the “romance” heated up, and I was subjected to sex scenes lacking any emotional substance. The Macbeth element was mildly interesting as well, with the story revolving around a staging of “the Scottish play,” but frustration with the tepid romance and the infuriating hero overshadowed all else.