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ARC Review: Waiting for a Scot Like You (Union of the Rakes #3) by Eva Leigh
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Series: Union of the Rakes #3
Author: Eva Leigh
Published April 1st 2021 by Mills & Boon
Goodreads Synopsis
Living their best life
Beatrice Sloane, the Countess of Farris, is a free-spirited widow. After a stultifying marriage, she is now wealthy and independent and determined to stay so. Wherever she goes, a good time is sure to follow!
Captain Duncan McCameron struggles to find a purpose for himself now that the war is over. Discovering his sweetheart had married another whilst he was at war means he’s kept himself closed off from love.
Entrusted to escort Lady Farris to her friend’s estate, these two opposites start on a journey that ultimately involves carriage crashes, secret barn dances, robbers, and an inn with only one bed! But as tensions dissolve into passion, can there be a future for an adventure-loving lady and a duty-bound soldier, or will their differences tear them apart?
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I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Waiting for a Scot Like You see Duncan McCameron, on of the Union of the Rakes, and war veteran, take on his hardest mission yet - escorting Beatrice, the beautiful dowager Countess Farris, to a house party in the north. When they met at Rotherby's house party a few months ago, Beatrice propositioned Duncan, and appeared to be everything he wasn't. He was straight laced, she was fun loving, he was all about duty and responsibility, whereas she wanted to let go of her previous life and be care free for once. For Beatrice, being in a loveless marriage where she wasn't valued or respected, and whose husband only cared about what children she could bear him, was a nightmare, and she is more than happy to celebrate her freedom in whatever way possible, even if it causes a scandal. As they journey together north, it's clear that both Beatrice and Duncan are attracted to each other, but they're very different people, who's pasts have changed them, and who want different things in life. Will they be able to overcome their hangups to be together, or will they be torn apart?
Ever since I read my first Eva Leigh book last year (Would I Lie To The Duke?), she's become a favourite of mine, and I've been dying to get my hands on the final Union of the Rakes book. When my review copy was approved, I couldn't wait to start it, and spent my Saturday morning reading the entire thing. It was glorious. Duncan is such a brooding hero, and he has been every time we've seen him in the past, but we learn so much about him and what makes him tick. The younger son of an Earl, he joined the army, and fully expected to die on a battlefield on the Continent. Respected by his men, he was jilted by his fiancee, days before Waterloo, and feels the guilt of his survival like a curse. All of the McCameron men before him have been honourable, marrying and settling down, whilst not being idle, and he hates the empty expanse of the future before him. He hopes to become an estate manager on one of Rotherby's properties, but first has to escort Beatrice. And Beatrice tests him at every turn. Whereas he wants a regimented itinerary for the journey, she's happy to stop and spend time baking a Bedfordshire Clanger in a coaching inn, or helping a lambing ewe give birth, or even stopping to see some ancient ruins. And, the journey is not without it's difficulties either. Soon, they lose the carriage in a storm, join a wedding party and host an illegal barn dance, get lost in a forest, and find themselves in a home under siege. Life on the road was not simple for the two of them, and the added sexual tension between them doesn't help matters either. They were the swooniest of all of Eva's couples, in my opinion, and it was wonderful reading their romance. Seeing them overcome their differences, and be real and themselves with each other was more than I could ask for, and the epilogue was utter perfection! I'm gutted that the Union of the Rakes series is over, but can't wait for Eva's next series!
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4 Stars
