Louisa Robertson’s father is furious when he finds her acting on stage. Now, she’s being shipped off to America to marry some stranger her father thinks will bring out the “lady” in her. Luckily, Louisa’s maid agrees to switch places with her! Her maid will marry the American and get the wealthy lifestyle she’s always wanted, and Louisa can do whatever she damn well pleases–for the first time in … in her life.
Highlander Ian Sinclair needs an army commission, and the only way he can get one is to safely deliver the general’s Daughter-from-Hell to her intended in America. Easy, right? It would be if the lady’s companion Louisa didn’t wear breeches and do everything the exact opposite of what he orders. It’ll be a miracle if the sparks flying between Ian and Louisa don’t set the bloody ship afire before they arrive in America.
But just when Louisa thinks her plan is going to give her the acting career she wants and a Highlander to boot…Ian discovers her secret.
Each book in The Highlanders of Balforss series is STANDALONE:
* Tying the Scot
* Betting the Scot
* Forgetting the Scot
* Saving the Scot
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I truly enjoyed reading this and very thankful I didn’t live back then, or I have a feeling there would have been more Louisas. What a wicked thinking and delightfully naive woman lol.
Oh, Ian was to die for, so manly, and fair to everyone. As luck would have it, he and Louisa fell for each other, both having secrets. Lies really do affect so many, but it ends well and the journey had all the feels, making it a fast, fun and sometimes intense read.
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Having read the couple of the ones before this one how could I ignore this one? I was transported right away in this one when the fine Scot in this has or will have his hands full. Ian has to deliver a bride to a intended in America but he will have a battle he has not encountered before. Lousia pulls a fast one with it also having me chuckle a time or two with her shenanigans. The heat on the ship though will also rise to some dangerous levels where the others better be careful. The relationship is a fine one to be given in this with sooner or later the truth be told. I do so like how this author ties it up so neatly giving us one of her finest yet again.
Saving the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey is book 4 in the The Highlanders of Balforss Series. This is the story of Louisa Robertson and Ian Sinclair. I have read the previous books but feel you can make this a standalone book if you wish to do so.
Ian wish to return to the army and when his former Captain asked to see him he thinks he will be getting his commission. But what Ian received was a order to take the Captain’s daughter to America to be married and he will then give him the commission he so wants. Louisa wishes to be an actress and when her father rips her of the stage he tries to end her dream by informing her that he will ship her off to marry. Louisa comes up with an ideal to switch places with her maid and allow her to marry into the security she wants. This will open Louisa up to become the actress she wants to be in New York. But she has to keep her identity a secret to get this switch done. Ian has to have things a certain way which is the opposite of what Louisa does. Ian and Louisa have the sparks and their tempers flying…but what will Ian due when he finds out the truth?
This was a cute story and this is new author for me, or atleast I think it is and since I read so many books I am going to go with that. So we meet Louisa who is known as the Daughter-from-Hell, she really is not a bad person but unfortunately for her she is misunderstood and she does not want to marry and have a husband ignore her and leave her on her own with as she puts it a pat on her head. Since her father is in the military that is how she feels that marriage is since her mother died while she was really young and her grandmother took care of her and basically let her run wild, her father doesn’t know what to do with her and after Louisa’s last act of rebellion he decides she has to marry and is sending her to the america’s to meet and marry her fiance. He sends Ian who hopes to make the general proud (Louisa’s dad) by taking Louisa who he has never seen to her fiance and then him given the commission he is wanting. But that is where everything went up in smoke, He falls in love with Louisa and her him, but he is thinking she is someone else, and he is keeping a secret from her as well..Enjoy!
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What is better than a strong Scot and a fiesty heroine that does not at first appear as she should? Not much and I can honestly say Jennifer Tretheway is a master of creating a story that will grab you on the first page and not let go until the end. But even then you will be left longing for the next fabulous tale!
Louisa has finally pushed her father to the end of his tolerance when he finds her acting on stage dressed as a man. What could be wrong with that? You see her father is a General and known as the Tartan Terror. He is determined to get his daughter married and under control, so he enlists one of his former men to make sure she gets to America by ship to marry a man of his choice.
Ian Sinclair is that man and he desperately wants his commission back so he can return to the army. Simple right? Just get the girl to America and come back for his reward.
Of course things are never that easy and Louisa thinks up the plan for her maid to act as her and marry the man in America and she can go to New York and become an actress!
The adventure begins and I will not spoil it for you but you need to read and find out what happens. Be assured you will smile with the humor and be intrigued by Louisa and Ian.
I can only hope that the next book in this series comes out soon because I so loved this one!
Louisa Robertson’s father aka the Tartan Terror is furious when he finds her acting on stage. Now, she’s being shipped off to America to marry some stranger her father thinks will bring out the “lady” in her. Luckily, Louisa’s maid Mairi agrees to switch places with her! Her maid will marry the American and get the wealthy lifestyle she’s always wanted, and Louisa can do whatever she damn well pleases for the first time in her life.
Highlander Ian Sinclair served under the Tartan Terror but left the army after Waterloo now he needs an army commission, and the only way he can get one is to safely deliver the general’s Daughter-from-Hell to her intended in America.
This is the fourth book in the series but could very easily be read on its own. I found this book to be like a breath of fresh air & certainly had that feel good factor. Louisa what a woman, I loved her feistiness which hid her insecurities, her antics had me laughing out loud. Ian was so caring of everyone, I loved how he fell for Louisa at their first meeting. They were perfect for each other, the road to their HEA wasn’t smooth with secrets & of course Louisa changing places with Mairi but it was highly entertaining. A well written book with a well paced story & well defined characters. I think this is my favourite of the series so far
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Louisa is a hellcat. Ian is back with his fastidious rules. Together they spark numerous fireworks. There is never a dull moment when they are around. Louisa is trying to reinvent herself and not doing a really great job of it. Ian is trying to find the perfect order for his life. The story is filled with all the funny moments and mishaps that take place as these two strong willed characters bump heads together. There are several people in the story wearing masks for different reasons who will eventually have to come clean for the good of themself and everyone else around them. At times it becomes almost farcical the way the characters end up in some situations. It all comes out good in the end as Ian and Louisa gets to the place they are seeking, in each other’s arms.
All Louisa Robertson wants to do is become an actress but her father is completely against it and forces her to sail to America to marry a man he’s chosen for her. She is to sail under Captain Ian Sinclair’s protection and in return Ian will get the army commission he’s been wanting. Little does he or her family know that Louisa and her maid, Mairi, have switched identities!! What follows is a sea voyage with all kinds of adventure!
I really loved the story and I also love that the two main characters are not perfect. He has OCD and she battles claustrophobia. Sparks fly as soon as they meet each other, she is quite the spitfire and he is such an honourable fellow but they just can’t fight the attraction they feel for each other!
Both of them have secrets and they really have to go through a lot before they can get their HEA. I thought the story well written and it had my attention from start to end.
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
2.5 stars – rounded up.
Louisa Robertson is known far and wide as the General’s daughter from hell – a title that she more than lives up to. The story opens with Louisa’s father pulling her off stage during a performance of Twelfth Night, while she is performing the part of Viola, dressed in trousers. Her father is furious and makes it clear that she has finally pushed him as far as he will go. He tells her that she will be married by the end of the summer.
Ian Sinclair longs to return to the army, so when his former commander and the man who saved his life, General Sir Thomas Robertson aka the Tartan Terror requests a meeting, Ian thinks that he will be offered a commission. He is disappointed to learn that the General wants him to take his daughter to America on his ship the Gael Forss, the pirate ship he and his family took years ago and converted into a merchant vessel. If he delivers her, the General will award him a commission. Thinking that this is merely a short delay before he claims his prize, he agrees. He heads back to the docks and is dealt another shock – an old woman is looking for him and informs him that he has a son – the product of a brief affair seven years ago. He meets his son Rory and learns that Alice, the widow he had an affair with, died giving birth. He is wracked with guilt and shame, but promises to set everything to rights when he returns from America.
Meanwhile, Louisa has no intention of marrying, she hatches a plan to switch places with her maid Mairi, who is more than willing to marry her betrothed, Mr. Kirby. Louisa will pretend to be Mairi and after she sees them married, plans to go to New York and become an actress. Her father left for Belfast, so she just has to get on the ship without anyone learning of the ruse. She convinces her brother Connor to see her off on the docks and she and Mairi board the ship and begin their deception.
During the journey, Louisa begins to realize the magnitude of her lies and how it will affect Ian and even Mairi, but she thinks it is too late to do anything about it. When they arrive, the tension between Ian and Louisa comes to a head and they become lovers, but when Mairi marries Mr. Kirby and a surprise visit from her brother Nathan reveals the truth will Ian still want her? And when she learns his secret, will she be accepting or will she live up to her nickname in truth?
This was an interesting story with a lot of twists and turns, it dragged a bit in the middle, but the last 30% is a non-stop rollercoaster of revelations, bad decisions, passion and a rocky road to HEA. I thought the idea of the story was great, but I really, really disliked Louisa. She was selfish, hypocritical, immature, irrational and just plain stupid. She does realize that what she has done is wrong, but still carries on with the lie and then when she is called out, makes one stupid decision after another instead of owning her misdeeds. I think the author was going for a “Taming of the Shrew” simile, but for me, it just didn’t work, Louisa was unlikable and if I didn’t already dislike her, I definitely would have at the end when she learns his secret. Personally, I think Ian should have let her go and run away as fast as he could. He was a wonderful hero and I wish he could have gotten a better heroine than the “General’s Daughter from Hell” and I wondered why everyone believed that Ian would face the General’s wrath for HER deception – he never met her, so why would he be blamed?? It really made no sense to me, but maybe Louisa inherited her irrational, hypocritical nature from her father.
This is the fourth book in the Highlanders of Balforss, but it could be read as a stand alone title. I liked the idea of the book, but for me, this installment just fell flat.
*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that was provided to me by NetGalley and the publisher.*
Only love.
A conniving Louisa talks her maid into changing places, when her father ships her off to marry an American. Her maid has no problem with this ploy, but pretending to be a lady does have it’s pitfalls. Louisa, known as the Daughter-From-Hell, is looking forward to her freedom to be an actress in America, but it’s hard to subdue her true nature to be a maid, especially around the handsome Captain of the ship. Smitten from the first time he saw Louisa, Ian Sinclair has a hard time keeping away from the lass with the green eyes. He tries to remember his prize for her delivery is the promise her father made for his commission in the army. Weeks on board a ship doesn’t help to keep distance between them, but the secrets they both keep could be the end to everything they hope for. A delightful romp of chasing each other on the ship and the shore.
Saving the Scot is a hijinks tale of mistaken identity, secrets, and outright lies that make the reader wonder which Scot needs to be saved most. Louisa is the spoiled motherless little sister who terrorizes her father with her refusal to do anything conventional. Since he spends so much time away either on the battlefield or in military training, she’s been left to her own devices, which has led her to the debauched life of play-acting. On the public stage. Ian’s battle scars are more than skin deep, and after five years of attempting to heal as captain of a family merchant ship, he’s ready to leap back into the regimentation of military life. A major hitch in his plans arrives with the news of his fatherhood, a young lad being cared for by an ailing grandmother.
Framed by the false identities of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Trethewey, who’s an actress turned author, finally pens a story of what she knows best. Louisa lives as though she’s preparing for a role and uses the behavior as an excuse to cover her deepest fears of abandonment and closed-in spaces. When her father sends her away to marry her brother’s acquaintance in America, Ian is tasked with seeing her safely there. But Louisa has other plans and gets her maid to exchange identities. Feeling free to act on his attraction to the supposed lady’s maid, the two allow themselves to get carried away. Through various events involving pirates, thieves, sex traffickers, and another acquaintance with a false identity, the two sort out their future goals and wishes.
Although this story is part of a series of familial characters, it can be read on its own. Other characters are mentioned, and the allusion to the portent dream concluding the previous story, that of Ian marrying a woman in trousers, are the only ties to the other books. Told in opposing points of view from Louis and Ian, readers of romantic fiction will appreciate the research and attention to detail, along with the lusty relationship sparking the adventure.
First off, as LEO wife this book’s dedication got me in the feels right to start with. It’s a tough time to be a first responder, so thank you Ms. Trethewey for acknowledging our everyday heroes.
Our heroine Louisa Robertson has found her love in acting on stage, but when her father discovers her activities he is livid. The angry Highland general follows through on his threat to ship her off to America for marriage to a man she’s never met, but who he hopes will bring out more ladylike behavior in her. Louisa has no choice but to go through with the journey, but she convinces her maid to switch places with her. This way Mairi can marry Louisa’s betrothed in America and advance to a better lifestyle and Louisa can finally have the freedom she longs for to be whoever she wants to be.
Former army captain turned ship’s captain Ian Sinclair misses the order and discipline of the army and longs for a new commission. When his former superior, to whom he owes his life, offers a commission in exchange for the completion of a personal favor, Captain Sinclair feels he can’t refuse. But when this favor turns out to be ferrying the General’s “Daughter from Hell” across the Atlantic, Ian wonders just what he’s gotten himself into and sees his hopes of a new commission slipping away before he’s even left port.
Aboard ship, sparks fly almost immediately with the belligerent lady’s companion blatantly disregarding Ian’s orders and throwing his need for order into disarray. As he helps the lady’s companion, Miss MacQuarie (really Louisa) with her fear of enclosed places, the two grow ever closer. Their connection is immediate and as it develops more and more, and Louisa finds it increasingly difficult to keep up the charade. As their attraction heats up, Louisa becomes even more uncomfortable with her lies and when Ian learns the truth anyway, it looks like any future they might have had is a moot point.
This is where the review might get just a bit ranty. Louisa’s behavior was annoying, bratty, and mostly selfish and yet I can understand her need for freedom and her desire for love and affection from her father and two elder brothers. She was still a brat though, and very quick to judge Ian without a care for the uncomfortable position her father had put him in. Louisa was young and naive and definitely had a lot to learn, but her father’s treatment of her was rather harsh. Louisa hopes to begin an acting career, but really she just longs for someone to believe in her.
Poor Ian just craves order and he thinks a commission in the army will help him with what seems to be fairly strong OCD tendencies. He can’t seem to control his reaction to Miss MacQuarie (Louisa), he’s afraid he’ll fail the general in his task, and he has just learned that he has a six year old son awaiting his return to Edinburgh. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
Honestly I found Mairi (the actual lady’s maid) just as bratty and annoying as Louisa, just in a different way, and yet I still found myself snickering at their antics anyway. I just felt like some of Louisa’s naivete, combined with the behavior that got her shipped off in the first place just didn’t jive together believably. I could make excuses and deal with Louisa fairly well up until right at the very end when the major obstacles keeping her and Ian apart had been mostly cleared away and seh still judged him, and didn’t let him explain himself when he told her about his son. She seems to show this new growth and self-awareness and then just as quickly reverts right back into her old ways of being judgmental and self-centered. That said, it was still nice to see the unconventional Louisa breathe some life into the said and well-ordered Ian.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Really early on in the book I found myself amused by an observation I made about the two M.C.’s. Ian HAD to have order in his life. It was his quirk, his obsession. Louisa was Chaos. Everywhere she went she stirred things up. The story often showed that too.
I have mixed feelings about this book. There were parts that I really liked and others not so much. I guess one of those parts that I didn’t like so much was when Louisa did some really stupid stuff. That phrase TSTL came to mind at least once. *Sigh* I guess it just has to be chalked up to her being naive. But that said, she also showed some uncommon courage as well.
The time that Louisa and her maid (and friend) Mairi spent on the board the ship made for some interesting times. And added a few interesting characters as well. But it also added to some of the slow down in the story for me.
Of course you just know that Louisa’s plot with Mairi is going to explode at some point, right? But when it does, it REALLY explodes. I could see one particular problem coming up but neither of the women thought that part through. So, it was quite the punch in the gut for all involved when it happened.
Watch for Rory as well, he is going to throw a bit of a monkey wrench into things. He also causes some tears and a few tender scenes too.
Declan is Ian’s cousin who doesn’t actually show up in the book but his influence does. He is a man who has prophetic dreams that actually do come to pass. He has shared with Ian that he will love and marry a woman who wears trousers. Uh-Oh. Yes, that’s right, “The Daughter from Hell” as she is called by others. Will the real Louisa please stand up?
I liked that there were several twists at the end and the H.E.A. for SEVERAL people as well.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own
Book: Saving the Scot
By: Jennifer Trethewey
Series: The Highlanders of Balforss, Book #4
Release Date: 3/26/2018
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In the end of “Forgetting the Scot” Ian had just received word from General Robertson and was very excited about hopefully getting an Army commision.
Declan Sinclair the seer of the family was confused.
So your no getting married?
Ian laughed, “No never, that’s no life for me.”
I was wondering about the girl in the breaks. The one you kissed,” Declan said.
Ian’s good mood was vanishing as everyone knew that Declan’s predictions always came true.
What girl in breaks, Ian asked?
Declan smiled sweetly.”The one you love, I dreamed you married her.”
May 1822, Edinburgh, Scotland
Louisa Robertson’s father, General Robertson, is known as the terror of Tartan. He is totally outraged and equally humiliated to find Louisa acting on stage! There is a reason his men call her “the daughter from hell.” He blames it on others on her upbringing, as he was always away on assignments, in battle etc. So all her caregivers, like her grandmother etc., let his independent, spitfire, carefree daughter run wild! All Louisa Robertson wants is her independence and possibly exploring being an actress. Freedom is her biggest wish just as her brothers have. Not some strangers slave in America calling her a wife! Now she has forced her Da’s hand, his previous threat to punish her will come true, to force her in an arranged marriage on the other side of the Atlantic.
Ian Sinclair, who has been a ships Captain for many years which has been fine. His true desire is to be a soldier again. He is hoping for a commission from General Robertson. Instead he has to transport his daughter on his ship to meet her fiance in America. It is disappointing he is to be a chaperone, before he can obtain his true desire for the commission in the service again! Yet right before he is ready to set sail he finds out he has six year old secret of his own.
Ian had met this green eyed vixen with the sour attitude in the book store earlier. Yet when he finds that the green eyed beauty, who captured his attention like no other woman, was actually a passenger on his boat. At first he thought she was the General’s daughter and thought he would never get his commision. After all he being too arrogant in the bookstore to a general’s daughter, would not go over well with her father. This could end his career before it begins. However Ian was relieved she was his daughter’s companion, the most beautiful woman he had ever noticed and he couldn’t take stop gazing and taking in all that female perfection. Wondering if this trip might be more interesting than he originally thought. Yet what really shocked him was that she wore trousers under her dress!
What Ian doesn’t realize is that Louisa and her maid have switched places. As Louisa’s maids true wish to be loved, cherished and marry well, but have the wealthy station she has only dreamed of. Louisa feeling deserted by her entire family, especially her father. Louisa feels this trick is the best way to hurt the father she loves the most. She feels he is just getting rid of her and on the other side of the Atlantic too! He didn’t even stay to see her off.
Ian Sinclair just has to do this lassies father one wee favor, first to have all his ducks in a row! When he sees it the lassie he met at at the bookstore, as Louisa kept up the deception for the duration of the trip. The problem to Ian is the breech wearing companion Louisa, who always is talking back and not obeying his rules. Will Ian soon finds out her secret, that could destroy his military career. Yet sparks fly and love is in the air and Louisa now realizes her plan to hurt her father might destroy and ruin other lives. Will she confess her sins to Ian or live with them in agony? If Ian becomes aware of Louisa’s deception and betrayal that will cost him his commision, will he forgive and forget? Or will all the love he feels for Louisa turn him bitter and feeling betrayed? Will he ever reveal his secret of his own? Will Louisa be able to forgive Ian’s own betrayal? She is feeling he was only using her to play a part and this was not on any theatrical stage! Perhaps this once Declan’s dreams are untrue.
I couldn’t help but fall in love with this claustrophobic, trouser wearing, Generals daughter and swoon worthy OCD captain. A man who has everything in perfect order, until this General’s daughter blows into his life putting his orderly world in disarray and chaos!
Again Ms. Trethewey pens a beautiful story of two people who planned on achieving specific ambitions, but love gets in the way. Yet sooner or later they will know each other’s betrayal and deception. Will they be able to forgive, forget and move on? The other option is to go their separate ways. A book readers don’t want to miss!
Another fast paced, riveting, high seas, romantic, Scottish, adventure, that readers will absolutely love. Another Jennifer Trethewey novel that I got swept away in and finding myself gasping in delight! As I turn each page from start to finish, I know I have found an awe-inspiring rock solid masterpiece! Now I can’t wait for the next Jennifer Trethewey novel!
Each book in “The Highlanders of Balforss” series is can be read as a STAND-ALONE novel too. Yet they are also interconnected so I appreciate reading in release/series order.
* Tying the Scot
* Betting the Scot
* Forgetting the Scot
* Saving the Scot
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Louisa Robertson desperately wants to be an actress. The idea of crowd of people all admiring her, loving her is what she wants. She’s the daughter of a man who has usually put his service to the Army before his family. Louisa has done many things and risked her reputation more than likely as just a cry for attention.
Captain Ian Sinclair likes the sea, but would much rather be back in the Army. He is hoping he will be able to get a new commission. Our hero has a little problem with obsessive compulsive disorder. Everything must be in place. The maddening woman he must take as a passenger is going to play havoc with that.
This is a very amusing story full of adventure and laughs. You couldn’t get a more mismatched couple . Secrets and deception will further complicate all our characters lives.
This is part of a series , but easily read alone.
I loved it. Great fun.