Waiting for a Scot Like You

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This was an astoundingly lovely historical romance with: an age gap with the woman being the older, a stiff-backed military man forced to bend his self-imposed rules, a secondary gay couple, and doesn't end in a marriage or with the couple expecting a baby. All things that are relatively rare in this particular genre. I loved this. It was so, so much fun, with quite a lot of steamy bits interspersed.

Duncan McCameron and Beatrice, the Dowager Countess of Farris, are absolutely two puzzle pieces that needed to be forced together. They start off very prickly towards one another, but can't help but fall for each other as circumstance after circumstances smooshes them against one another. Beatrice is on a mission to go to an orgy held out in the countryside, and Duncan has been tasked with bringing her there safely. So so much goes wrong, but they manage to get through it all without major bodily harm. Duncan is SO rigid and unbending that it was a little frustrating, but Beatrice got him to warm to her relatively quickly.

BEATRICE herself is just...a warm spot of sun. She's a widow, and absolutely determined to bring herself as much happiness and joy as she can. Her thought process was literally, “If I want to do it, and it brings no one else harm, why shouldn't I do it?” She was delightful, and I loved her to pieces.

There are a few giggles, but honestly this one was just a huge breath of fresh air and I'm so glad that I read it. Four and a half stars!!!