ARC Review: Captain of My Heart (Scottish Single Dads #1) by Amy McGavin
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Series: Scottish Single Dads #1
Author: Amy McGavin
Published September 30th 2025 by Grumpy Grouse Press
Goodreads Synopsis
Losing everything in New York? Rough.
Running off to a tiny town in the Scottish Highlands? Maybe a little dramatic.
Taking a nanny job for a hot but insufferably grumpy ferry captain? Clearly I wasn't thinking straight.
Yeah, Lachlan Munro's six-year-old son is utterly adorable. Even his golden retriever, who acts like he's on a sugar high 24/7, manages to win me over. But the man himself? Ugh!
Does he look ridiculously sexy in that uniform? Maybe. Okay, yes, but that's beside the point. His surly attitude and obsessive routines have even my sunshiny optimism fraying at the edges.
At least I'm not staying in his home. No, I'm tucked away in the guesthouse out back, with a gorgeous view of the sea.
But one night he's taking out the trash, I'm getting changed, and… I may have left a crack in the curtains.
Our eyes meet. He blinks. I shriek.
I swear I'm not a flasher. Just a victim of tragic timing--and my apparent inability to shut a curtain properly.
We both pretend it never happened. Except now I keep catching him staring at me. And occasionally I glimpse something softer behind that grumpy exterior.
Well, whatever. It doesn't matter. Because there's no way I'm getting involved with my emotionally unavailable boss.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via BookSirens. This in no way impacted on my view.
When her firm turns her into the scapegoat for a failed AI app, Blair needs to escape New York, and where better than Ardmara. After all, the small Scottish village is where her grandmother grew up and surely no one had heard of her failure there. Blair immediately falls in love with the village, and the people there are so friendly. She needs something to occupy her, and though she's never been a nanny before, how hard can it be to look after a sweet 6 year old for the summer? The only real issue is Finn's handsome dad, Lachlan, who is grumpy personified, and who she can't stop thinking about.
This book was just what I needed. Blair and Lachlan had such a great grumpy/sunshine dynamic, and I'm a sucker for the single dad trope. There's a real found family element to this book. Finn is a bubbly little 6 year old, who's mam passed when he was young, and he takes to Blair immediately. She's not used to children, but she and Finn hit it off, and though she might not follow Lachlan's itinerary exactly, she is just what Finn needs. And for that matter, she's what Lachlan needs. She helps him to come out of his shell, to actually grieve for his late wife, and allow himself the chance of loving and being loved again. There's joy and laughter, but also a bit of angst and such raw emotion and love. A wonderful start to a series I can't wait to continue.
Dates Read:
October 30-31, 2025
Rating
3 Stars
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