A delightful tale! In a few places the pacing was irregular, but it did not detract from the overall story. ( )

I listened to the audiobook and it was great! The story was fun and the narrator did a great job. This was my first book by this author and I am off to look for more. ( )

‘What Happens in Scotland’ is a début novel of Jennifer McQuiston and despite a few historical discrepancies, an unbelievable plot and a couple that don’t even know each other’s names through most of the book, I found it very entertaining.

The characters of Lady Georgette Thorold and James MacKenzie were not as three-dimensional as I might have liked them to be, but they were fun to follow around and anticipate their actions.

If this author set out to make me laugh out loud, she’s succeeded. I actually chuckled my way through the book.

If you’re looking for a quick, lighthearted read with almost slapstick comedy in it, a predictable plot and witty dialogue, Ms. Jennifer McQuiston delivered on all. And sometimes we really need books and authors like her so we would relax and just enjoy the unpretentious writing and humor they’re gifting us with.

Melanie for b2b

*Book provided by publisher through Edelweiss. ( )

I had such a difficult time getting into this book, more than 100 pages in, and once there, I only really finished just to see how it ended. There was a lot of back and forth with the POV which seemed confusing to me. ( )

Very fun book. Georgette has been a widow for two years. Her marriage was an unhappy one and she has no intention of marrying again. She plans to enjoy her freedom and has come to Scotland to visit her cousin. Unfortunately, he is trying to coerce her into marrying him and she runs from him. The next morning she wakes up naked, in bed with a man she doesn't know, with a ring on her finger and no idea how she got there. Horrified, she runs away before getting the man's name. Then she realizes that she needs to find out who he is so they can annul the marriage. In the first part of the book she and her new prostitute turned lady's maid, try to track him down. At first Georgette fears she married some crazy rake, but as the day goes on learns more about him, discovering that he's a local solicitor and son of an earl. This makes her feel a little better, until she finds him and discovers he thinks she's a thief.

Meanwhile, James had been having dinner at the tavern when Georgette appeared, obviously drunk, and in need of assistance to escape a forced marriage. He had been doing some drinking himself and now has only vague memories of the night before, especially after she hit him in the head with a chamber pot. He does know that his money is missing and can only assume that she took it. As he tries to find her he is also trying desperately to remember what happened the night before. What he does remember doesn't agree with his belief that she's a thief, but he needs to find her. He does have a few pleasant memories and when he finds her at his office he has to decide what he believes.

Once the two meet up things really start to heat up. There is a definite attraction between them, but neither is sure they want the marriage to continue. The fun is seeing them fight the feelings that are growing fast. Georgette has some self esteem issues thanks to the emotional abuse from her late husband. She doesn't believe that James would ever really want to stay married to her. James is estranged from his family, especially his father, because of some things that happened ten years earlier. He certainly doesn't think he deserves to have someone like her in his life. Georgette has two sides to her personality - the prim widow acting under the influence of her late husband, and the passionate woman that came out when she was intoxicated. Never knowing which one was going to show up at any given moment keeps James intrigued and amused.

I loved the way that James and Georgette uncovered the mystery of what had happened the night before. Each thing they learned sent them on a quest for the next bit of information, meeting up with many different people. Each character brought something different to the story, exposing either a clue or a facet of the hero's/heroine's personality. There were so many fun moments, from the moment of waking, to Georgette's instructions to her "maid" and James's frequent injuries, to her refusal to stay and be protected, that I couldn't put the book down. I'm looking forward to reading the other two stories in the series. ( )