Quick Shot of Romance: Portrait of a Scotsman (A League of Extraordinary Women #3) by Evie Dunmore
On this Quick Shot of Romance Corset and Crown Edition Duchess Katie and Lady Sadie Review Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
Synopsis from Goodreads
Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one’s unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do?
London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted “just” three things in life:
1. Acclaim as an artist.
2. A noble cause.
3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the gentle in gentleman.
Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain’s peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she’s stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions….
When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old revenge, he has no room for his new wife’s apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her.
But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything—as long as she is prepared to lose her heart.
Sometimes we read a book and discuss is it a romance – or is it historical fiction – this is one of those times! Beautiful prose – but is this really a romance?
Published: September 7, 2021
Tropes: enemies to lovers, Historical Romance,
Thank you to Berkley Publishing for the Advanced Copies.
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