{"id":49621,"date":"2015-07-29T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=49621"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:23:14","slug":"book-review-when-a-scot-ties-the-knot-by-tessa-dare-reviewed-by-kat-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/book-review-when-a-scot-ties-the-knot-by-tessa-dare-reviewed-by-kat-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare (Reviewed by Kat Mayo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018\u2026he was\u2026an impoverished, unloved orphan with a passion for books. Her every feminine impulse jumped into attention.\u2019<\/p>\n

An introvert, Maddie Gracechurch invented a fianc\u00e9 \u2013 conveniently abroad, fighting in the war \u2013 to avoid ballrooms and the pressure of having to find a suitable match. But when said fianc\u00e9 turns up at her doorstep years later, marries her without so much as kiss (okay, one kiss), Maddie knows she\u2019s in Very Big Trouble.<\/p>\n

Logan Mackenzie needs a place for his men, coming home from the war. Marriage to Maddie is the quickest and surest way to ensure that they have a home. But as it becomes increasingly clear that there\u2019s more to their marriage than convenience, how can they be sure that what they have is love and not just a way to avoid their deepest fears?<\/p>\n

I might be biased because I\u2019m an unashamed Tessa Dare fan girl, but when I learned that Tessa is releasing a Scottish romance (they seem to be making a resurgence!), I knew I had to feature it in the Romance Buzz. Her writing is always rich with nuance. We don\u2019t get many truly introverted heroines in romance, and Maddie is charming and so very worthy of a happy ending!<\/p>\n

Grab a copy of When a Scot Ties the Knot <\/em>here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"when-a-scot-ties-the-knot\"<\/a>When a Scot Ties the Knot<\/em><\/h3>\n

The Castles Ever After Series : Book 3<\/em><\/h4>\n

by Tessa Dare<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart.<\/p>\n

A Scottish sweetheart. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. Maddie poured her heart into writing the imaginary Captain MacKenzie letter after letter … and by pretending to be devastated when he was (not really) killed in battle, she managed to avoid the pressures of London society entirely.<\/p>\n

Until years later, when more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tessa Dare is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than a dozen historical romances. A librarian by training and a book-lover at heart, Tessa makes her home in Southern California, where she lives with her husband, their two children, and a pair of cosmic kitties.<\/p>\n

Grab a copy of When a Scot Ties the Knot <\/em>here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018\u2026he was\u2026an impoverished, unloved orphan with a passion for books. Her every feminine impulse jumped into attention.\u2019 An introvert, Maddie Gracechurch invented a fianc\u00e9 \u2013 conveniently abroad, fighting in the war \u2013 to avoid ballrooms and the pressure of having to find a suitable match. But when said fianc\u00e9 turns up at her doorstep years later, marries her without so much as kiss (okay, one kiss), Maddie knows she\u2019s in Very Big Trouble. Logan Mackenzie needs a place for his men, coming home from the war. Marriage to Maddie is the quickest and surest way to ensure that they have a home. But as it becomes increasingly clear that there\u2019s more to their marriage than convenience, how can they be sure that what they have is love and not just a way to avoid their deepest fears? I might be biased because I\u2019m an unashamed Tessa Dare fan girl, but when I learned that Tessa is releasing a Scottish romance (they seem to be making a resurgence!), I knew I had to feature it in the Romance Buzz. Her writing is always rich with nuance. We don\u2019t get many truly introverted heroines in romance, and Maddie is charming and so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9,24,62],"tags":[2973,5200,6502,6503],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55816,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621\/revisions\/55816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}