TOO SCOT TO HANDLE
By
Grace Burrowes
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: TOO SCOT TO HANDLE
Author: Grace Burrowes
Series: Windham Brides, #2
On Sale: July 25, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99 USD
eBook: $6.99 USD
Audio: $22.98 USD
As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led
men, fixed what was broken, and fought hard. Now that he's a titled gentleman,
he's still fighting—this time to keep his bachelorhood safe from all the
marriage-minded debutantes. Then he meets the intriguing Miss Anwen Windham,
whose demure nature masks a bonfire waiting to roar to life. When she asks for
his help to raise money for the local orphanage, he's happy to oblige.
Anwen is amazed at how quickly Lord Colin
takes in hand a pack of rambunctious orphan boys. Amazed at how he actually
listens to her ideas. Amazed at the thrill she gets from the rumble of his
Scottish burr and the heat of his touch. But not everyone enjoys the success of
an upstart. And Colin has enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin him and
anybody he holds dear.
EXCERPT:
REVIEW:
Once Again Burrowes has written a hit. I met Colin MacHugh and Anwen Windham in The Trouble With Dukes where they were side characters. Now they have their own story but there is no smooth sailing for the two. People who Colin though were friends turn out to be just the opposite and they do not want Colin and Anwen to have a happy ending. Throw in some very young orphans with some interesting personalities and habits to spice up the mix and the story gets even more interesting. There are two more Windham sisters who need a HEA so there are more stories in the series to look forward too.
I ASKED GRACE WHAT HER TOP FIVE RESOURCES WERE AND HERE THEY ARE:
EXCERPT:
He’d taken care that this kiss be
private, and thus unhurried.
Anwen
liked the unhurried part exceedingly. Lord Colin held her not as if she were
frail and fragile, but as if she were too precious to let go. His arms were
secure about her, and he’d tucked in close enough that she could revel in his
contours—broad chest, flat belly, and hard, hard thighs, such as an
accomplished equestrian would have.
Soft
lips, though. Gentle, entreating, teasing…
Anwen
teased him back, getting a taste of peppermint for her boldness, and then a
taste of him.
“Great
day in the morning,” he whispered, right at her ear. “I won’t be able to sit my
horse if you do that again with your tongue.”
She
did it again, and again, until the kiss involved his leg insinuated among the
folds and froths of her riding habit, her fingers toying with the hair at his
nape, and her heart, beating faster than it had at the conclusion of their
race.
“Ye
must cease, wee Anwen,” Lord Colin said, resting his cheek against her temple.
“We must cease, or I’ll have to cast
myself into yonder water for the sake of my sanity.”
“I’m
a good swimmer,” Anwen said. “I’d fish you out.” She contemplated dragging a
sopping Lord Colin from the Serpentine, his clothes plastered to his body….
“Such
a sigh,” he said, kissing her cheek. “If ye’d slap me, I’d take it as a mercy.”
“I’d
rather kiss you again.” And again and again and again. Anwen’s enthusiasm for
that undertaking roared through her like a wild fire, bringing light, heat, and
energy to every corner of her being.
“You
are a bonfire in disguise,” he said, smoothing a hand over her hair. “An ambush
of a woman, and you have all of polite society thinking you’re the quiet one.”
He peered down at her, his hair sticking up on one side. “Am I the only man who
knows better, Anwen?”
She
smoothed his hair down, delighting in its texture. Red hair had a mind of its
own, and by the dawn’s light, his hair was very red.
“No,
you are not the only one who knows better,” she said, which had him looking off
across the water, his gaze determined.
“I’m
no’ the dallyin’ kind,” he said, taking Anwen’s hand and kissing it. “I was a
soldier, and I’m fond of the ladies, but this is… you mustn’t toy with me.”
Everlasting celestial trumpets. “You
think I could toy with you?”
REVIEW:
Once Again Burrowes has written a hit. I met Colin MacHugh and Anwen Windham in The Trouble With Dukes where they were side characters. Now they have their own story but there is no smooth sailing for the two. People who Colin though were friends turn out to be just the opposite and they do not want Colin and Anwen to have a happy ending. Throw in some very young orphans with some interesting personalities and habits to spice up the mix and the story gets even more interesting. There are two more Windham sisters who need a HEA so there are more stories in the series to look forward too.
I ASKED GRACE WHAT HER TOP FIVE RESOURCES WERE AND HERE THEY ARE:
Only FIVE? Yikes!
11.
The Oxford English Dictionary (only available online
in the unabridged version)
22.
The Language of Flowers (Running Press)
33.
Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811)
44.
Google n-gram (not a book, but indispensable
resource)
55.
My keeper novels. When the writing doesn’t seem to
be going well or the characters aren’t talking to me, I re-read my keepers,
over and over and over, and then everything is ALL BETTER.
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THE WINDHAM BRIDES SERIES
THE TROUBLE WITH DUKES, #1
TOO SCOT TO HANDLE, #2
NO OTHER DUKE WILL DO, #3
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