A kiss under the Northern Lights… Can it lead to forever? A cottage in the Scottish Highlands seems like the perfect retreat for artist Milla O’Brien. Only, running from the memories of her broken engagement, she arrives during a lavish wedding on the estate! Milla finds a kindred spirit in the bride’s brother and brooding heir, Cormac Buchanan. Happy-ever-afters seem as painful for the … painful for the ex-soldier as they are for her. Could they heal each other’s hearts?
Ella Hayes is the winner of the UK’s Prima magazine’s “Love To Write” competition 2017 in collaboration with Mills & Boon!
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A wonderful tale of love and loss, friendship and family, and the vows that keep us bound together even beyond death.
I loved the arty heroine, the way Ella Hayes encapsulated the traits of an artist, how they see the world in what they create, how their emotions leak into their work, it was just beautiful.
To have a military hero at the opposite end of the scale, one who sees danger in the landscape and appreciates it for very different reasons was so very clever. I loved how she brought them together, how they helped each other heal and the beauty of their relationship from the off. The way Milla teased out the smiles in Cor, made him laugh and forget himself, pure magic.
It was a joy to read from start to finish and I’m looking forward to my next Ella Hayes treat!
An enchanting debut romance from Ella Hayes. Running from her broken engagement, Milla O’Brien retreats to the Scottish Highlands only to find herself in the middle of a huge wedding. She isn’t the only one wishing she could be anywhere else. The bride’s brother is having a bad time and they find comfort in each other’s company.
Great writing, great romance. Thoroughly recommend.
I’ve greatly enjoyed reading Her Brooding Scottish Heir. The Scottish landscape is depicted by the author with a visual artist’s attention to colours, light, textures and details. Looking forward to more books by Ella Hayes!
I loved this book – my first foray into Mills & Boon in many years. This is romantic and realistic and about mending broken hearts by being vulnerable. A thoughtfully written and heartfelt book – highly recommended.
Milla O’Brien is traveling from London to Strathburn Brothy (cottage) on the Calcarron estate in Scotland. She needs a quiet place to find herself again after her fiance broke off their engagement. Milla is an artist who has lost her focus due to her sadness over the broken engagement. She believes two weeks at the brothy in Scotland with lots of beauty in the scenery, peace and quiet will reawaken her muse in time to get some artwork done for her postgraduate art exhibition in six weeks. As she approaches her destination one of her car’s tires has a blowout and she finds the lugnuts are fastened too tightly for her to undo them to change the tire. Along comes Cormac Buchanan,heir to the Calcarron Estate to the rescue. Cormac, a commander in the Royal Engineers, is a troubled man. He blames himself for the death of his best friend with whom he was serving in Afghanistan. He has withdrawn into himself and is wallowing in self-blame so much his family is worried about him. When Milla and Cormac meet they find themselves attracted to each other. Both have baggage with which to deal. Can they help each other to overcome their unhappy pasts and find happiness together?
Her Brooding Scottish Heir by Ella Hayes is a sweet romance. While there are lighthearted moments in the story there is also much angst. Milla and Cormac fight their feelings throughout most of the book. I was glad to finally get to their HEA. This book is well-written but a little slow at times. Sometimes the main characters’ angst was a bit overwhelming. Their newfound happiness towards the end of the book was a plus for this story.