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Cowboy in a Kilt: A Fish Out of Water, Marriage of Convenience, Small Town Scottish Romance (Kilted Hearts Book 1) Kindle Edition
Sparks fly in this fish-out-of-water, marriage of convenience, contemporary Scottish romance. You won't want to miss it!
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 13, 2023
- File size4462 KB
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Screwed out of the family ranch that was his rightful inheritance, Raleigh Beaumont is a man with no roots and no purpose. When a friend drags him to the bright lights of Vegas, he figures he's got nothing to lose. But after a hell of a lot of whiskey and a high stakes poker game with a beautiful stranger, Fate hands him a second chance: An estate in the Highlands of Scotland. It's far from everything he's ever known, but he's willing to trade his Wranglers for a kilt.
An heiress with a crumbling heritage
When her brother's bride goes AWOL just days before the wedding that's meant to save their ancestral home from the mad marriage pact that's held their family captive for generations, Kyla McKean believes they've been granted a reprieve. Until she finds out about the new, single—male—owner of Lochmara and knows she's next in the hot seat or ownership of both their estates revert to the crown.
A modern answer to a three-hundred-year-old problem.
Kyla's desperate to save Ardinmuir. She proposes a marriage of convenience. One year as husband and wife to satisfy the pact, then they get a quick and quiet divorce. Raleigh's already lost one legacy. He'll do anything to keep from losing another, even tie the knot with a stubborn stranger who feels far more like ally than adversary.
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- ASIN : B0BH3SSJ5J
- Publisher : Take The Leap Publishing (January 13, 2023)
- Publication date : January 13, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 4462 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 246 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #880 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
Kait Nolan is a USA Today best-selling and RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin', and can wield a 'Bless your heart' like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world's most perfect food. When she's not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.
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This story begins on an incredibly harsh note but quickly becomes entertaining for the reader. Intriguing storyline which begs the question what would you do in this situation? Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking and memorable dialogue.
‘She always said you should never be the first person to let go in a hug because the other person might need it more.”
And maybe it wouldn’t end up working in the grand scheme of things, but he’d tried. He’d taken the time and put himself out there to give her what she needed. Hell, he’d made her a spreadsheet, speaking the language of her ever-so-practical heart.
No desire to re-read this story. I always look forward to works by this author.
Raleigh Beaumont is awaiting the reading of his father's will. Charlotte Vasquez, his mom's best-friend and the woman he thinks of as his second mom is with him as he looks over the north pasture. A truck pulls in and he realizes his best friend Zeke has come as well. He doesn't need the support, but he appreciates them being here.Turns out he does need them, his father left everything to his second wife, Twila. She's selling to a developer, and he doesn't have the funds to buy it for the same price. To top it off she's given a week to get out. The ranch that has been in his mother's family for generations is now lost to him. Not only is he out of a home so are all the hands and Charlotte.
Persuaded by his best friend Zeke to go to Vegas he has an unusual encounter with a surprising outcome. Afton Flynn in a private poker game has lost her estate and her title to Raleigh Beaumont. He's the new Baron of Lochmara, the entire estate is his.
The only thing she didn't tell him is about the marriage pact. That's not going away and Connor is now free as well. Unfortunately, that puts Kyla in the hot seat.
Kyla decides she's not against marrying and then divorcing and informs her boyfriend David of that. She just has to fulfil the pact and separate for a year and the divorce will be final. One thing she was not prepared is for the Banns to be announced for her and Raleigh's wedding to be on the town's social media page. It's a heck of a way for Raleigh to find out as well and he goes to confront her.
Sophie manages to find a couple to wed at the estate, thus saving her and Kyla's business. But unfortunately, David can't find a way for Kyla to come up with the money, so they are left with only one way to preserve the estates, marry.With all the red tape involved in marrying in Scotland, and witnesses Hamish and Connor in tow, they elope to Gibraltar. Raleigh does get his own witness in Zeke when he arrives with the ring Raleigh requested.
Arriving back at Lochmara, Charlotte shows up with the rest of his things from America and she's definitely miffed she wasn't at the wedding. Now they have to keep her from knowing the truth of their arrangement. Malcolm isn't sure what to make of her at all.
I love the way this story unfolds, from the wedding to the end it is a never-ending struggle to keep the properties afloat, but Raleigh and even Zeke have their eyes open looking for money making opportunities. Sophie and Kyla's Wedding Business also begins to take off.
Plenty of laughter, tears, romance and a touch of sizzle!
The H was the perfect man, kind, loyal, hard worker and honorable. The h took me longer to like, as her story unravels with what she has dealt with all alone, you understood her better.
Great secondary characters too. Romance builds slowly, lovemaking within marriage heat level 4 out of 5, and described a couple times. Crude words and Lords name used in vain.
The h's brother had an idea near the end of the story how to help get them out of debt, but this was just dropped. Also, something important happens to the h at the end, but we don't know the cause. I like my stories tied in a nice bow with no loose ends - lol.
No cheating, no cliffhanger for our couple, but a teaser with a secondary character is a set up for the next story. Also we get HEA and some steam. An epilogue a few months in the future which you have to download separately, which I dislike. When you do you are signing up the this author's newsletter so you're warned. (ljb)
Top reviews from other countries
Kait delighted me as she has definitely paid attention to locations, words (and spelling) and while there are some of our colloquial phrases and words used she didn’t over use them when the characters were speaking.
I could picture settings, especially the drive from up north to Edinburgh… all of this, along with the story just made me love this book more! I also got the feeling that Ms Nolan might like this awesome (ok, I’m biased! 😁🏴) wee country of ours!?!
Raleigh was a great guy. Hadn’t had the happiest life since his mum passed then was, IMHO, betrayed by his dad…
Meeting a stranger at a casino with a strange proposition was just another weird turn in his world.
I don’t know how I expected him to be when he got to the village but the gods, the guy threw himself into the whole experience.
Kyla, poor Kyla. He she is thinking her brother is gonna bear the weight of the centuries old pact around their family property and that of the Lennox family, when all of a sudden things change and she’s suddenly in the spotlight.
I liked Raleigh and Kyla together. They formed a friendships that was developing into more - but there was the complication of Kyla already having a boyfriend who lived in the city. I didn’t entirely like the premise of how things would go, especially when it was obvious that feelings were more than were being admitted…
I liked the supporting cast of characters, one or two in particular and you could definitely see some future couples within the friend/family group!
An excellent first book in the Kilted Hearts series and I can’t wait for more!!!!
** Read the novella Jilting the Kilt to meet the main characters that are gonna be in the series and for a glimpse at a happy couple from one of Kait’s other series!!!
If you've read Jilting the Kilt, the prequel for this series, you'll know that there's a huge issue at hand. And Afton has gambled away her home and land because she can't be the one to marry Conner.
That leaves Kyla to be the one to take up the marriage pact to save her home and his.
Raleigh is the man, a cowboy from Texas that Afton gambled it away to.
This is a Scotish romance as it's based in the beautiful land of Scotland. It's a cowboy romance as Raleigh is a cowboy from Texas that relocates to Scotland to claim his land and title. But he doesn't know about the marriage pact.
It's a fake marriage romance as they get married to fulfill the terms of this pact.
It's a forced proximity romance as she moves in with him. It's a friends to lovers romance because as they spend time together they learn to rely upon each other and fall in love.
This is an easy read. There's one sexy scene, a little detailed.
It's a great story. Kait Nolan is a great author. I love her writing style. This is a story worth reading!