Seductive Scot by Julie Johnstone & Cecelia Mecca #BlogTour

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๐‡๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.

Reikart McCaim doesnโ€™t want to be savedโ€”despite the fact that heโ€™s a time traveler from 2020 New Orleans stuck in medieval Scotland. He holds his jagged secrets close to his chest and wants to keep them that way. Even if he could open up to the incredible woman fate has tossed in his path, theyโ€™d both be shredded by the things he canโ€™t let go of. Still, he needs her help. In his time, his father lies in a coma with only one wish: to see Reikartโ€™s mother again, whom heโ€™s always claimed was a time traveler pulled back to her true time. Two of Reikartโ€™s brothers already traveled back to search for her, but they are missing, too. Now, Reikart must find his family and secure the magic cross they need to return to their time. And the lass who is everything he wants but cannot allow himself to have is the only one who can recover it.
Deirdre Irvineโ€™s life is a disaster, and itโ€™s about to get a whole lot messier. Sheโ€™s been betrayed by her brother, and she finds herself unwittingly embroiled in a plot to gain control of the Scottish throne. Not to mention sheโ€™s harboring enormous guilt over failing the sister she adores. So when the unexpected chance to prove herself to her sister arises, Deirdre will do anything to use the opportunity to her advantage. It doesnโ€™t matter that it means putting herself in danger and joining forces with a man who claims heโ€™s from the future. But she is woefully unprepared for the jeopardy he puts her heart in.
For a scarred man and wounded lass, their greatest obstacle may not be the centuries that divide them, but the walls theyโ€™ve erected themselves. As Deirdreโ€™s and Reikartโ€™s lives intertwine and theyโ€™re confronted with dangerous enemies, sheโ€™s about to discover a strength she never knew she had, and heโ€™s about to learn that facing his ghosts may be the only way to save not only himself but the woman he now loves.

If you love sexy bad boy heroes with hearts of gold, heroines with the courage to fight for what they want, and love stories across time, then youโ€™ll love this sweeping romance series.

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Heiress for Hire by Madeline Hunter

Heiress for Hire (A Duke's Heiress, #1)Heiress for Hire by Madeline Hunter

Tracy’s rating: 3.5/4 of 5 stars

Series: A Duke’s Heiress, #1

Release Date: April 28, 2020

Chase Radnorโ€™s evening is not going as planned. His plan was to learn more about Minerva Hepplewhite aka Margaret Finley, it was NOT to be bashed on the head and tied up. He tells Minerva that he is the nephew of the late Duke of Hollinburgh and that Minerva/Margaret was left a rather large bequest by the duke. Ten thousand pounds and a partnership in an investment! Minerva is stunned, she has never met the duke and though this inheritance is a blessing, giving her the money she needs to open her own inquiry business, but it could also be a curse, especially since Chase knows who she is. What else does he know? She decides her first order of business will be to find out

Chase has his own inquiry business and has been tasked with finding the three mystery women his uncle left his personal fortune to โ€“ completely cutting out his family. He is also certain that the duke didnโ€™t accidently fall off the roof of his county seat and has more than one person โ€“ including the Home Secretary, Robert Peel! He is pretty sure his uncle was murdered โ€“ but by who. None of the family, save himself knew his uncle changed his will and cut out the family โ€“ so Minerva becomes his prime suspect.

Their investigations cross and they get to know one another, Chase is no longer certain that Minerva is his uncleโ€™s killer, but he isnโ€™t quite ready to cut ties with her. Minerva is equally intrigued by Chase, which comes as a shock, she was sure that she would never be interested in a man after the horrors she lived through with her late husband, but intrigued she is, which could be dangerous for her in more ways than one.

I thought this was a good book, a little slow to take off, but well written and interesting. The mysteries in the book are well done and while I am not sure how I feel about the outcome of his uncleโ€™s death, I think the way that was handled perfectly complements the mystery of Minervaโ€™s husbandโ€™s death. Chase and Minerva are both complexed characters, they are both shaped by their pasts, both clever and observant and clearly perfect for each other. In addition to the mysteries, the book has a large cast of secondary characters, a slow burn romance, steamish love scenes and a HEA that is nicely executed. This is the first book in the series and it nicely sets up the series without taking the readers focus from Chase and Minerva. I am happy to recommend the book and look forward to the next book!

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that was provided to by NetGalley and the publisher.*