PepperP0t 's Reviews > Taming the Scotsman

Ewan MacAllister still feels guilt over his part in his brother's death years ago. This year's wallow is interrupted when Nora Ingen Alexander of Canmore barges into his life like the north wind. Nora is unfortunately promised to a man that she does not love and she is sure does not love her, family obligations won't let her out of the unwanted marriage. Nora has plotted with her maid and manservant to help her take advantage of Ewan's reputation of helping ladies in need, she is hopeful Ewan will safely escort her to her aunt in London, to sanctuary. Since Nora's request and circumstances are too close for comfort, Ewan grudgingly decides to take her to his brother Laird Lochlan and someone else can resolve the issue. However their travelling adventure to the family keep takes a detour and changes them both forever.

As related in previous installments Ewan felt responsible for his brother's death because they each loved the same faithless woman. This has taken a toll on Ewan's view of women in general and makes him believe that there can be no happiness for him. Ewan gets huge points for broodiest Alpha male in the series so far. Nora on the other hand is happy to be going to an aunt she has fond memories of and sees their sense of adventure and daring as parallel. Nora, afraid that her father will force the marriage to a man she does not love, refuses to tell Ewan the breadth of her father's power and holdings though others seem to be aware of it. On the way to Lochlyn's Ewan and Nora stop to help a family of gypsies which takes them farther afield as there are kidnappers, cutpurses and murders on the road.Nora's ever sunny disposition is offset by Ewan's ever gloomy disposition against a backdrop of deception, misconceptions and the ending (I hope) to the Isobail storyline. Ewan and Nora have plenty of time and opportunity to fall for each other as Ewan discovers an elaborate scheme that could be disastrous for Nora and himself, if they aren't careful.

The plotting, storyline, characters or pacing were all things I enjoyed but for the most part I wasn't happy with this read as I flew through the pages. I actually thought this was not the story I wanted but by the time I got to the end of the read and in hindsight my mind had changed completely and I thought it was brilliant. This was absolutely the right story for the right character and vice versa, it was a perfect match. The installments to date have been stand-alone reads and easily interchangeable in reading order but the teasers at the end of this tale installments distinctly links it to the next installment.

Original Read: February 5, 2014
Rating: 4.5 Stars Actually
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