Hero (a Marry the Scot novel)

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On a patch of flat ground behind the first rocky ridge, the helicopter waited, the last of the evening light reflecting off the glass cockpit. For most of the first part of this story, these two engage in the unrequited dance of chemistry, as Ella doubts that Gourdain could be attracted to her and Gourdan struggles with a personal crisis and issues related to this past (not to mention his worry over her age).

Danger lurks when Richard appears and two accidents lead to one persons death and one person seriously injured. Jolie Vines is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors because she creates heroes whose angst comes from within, but it doesn’t keep them from loving the heroine of the story. I will finally admit that when I first started this series, I was chomping at the bit for Gordain's story.I’m not a huge fan of New Adult stories and although Ella is only 17 at the beginning of the book, by the time it ends a number of years have passed which I have to say pleased me.

From the cover of my hiding place, I silenced my phone and tapped out a message to my brother, my hands shaking. Hero begins with a closer look into a scene from the previous book, Love Most, Say Least, where Ella and Gordain meet for the first time when he comes to her rescue. He does everything to steer clear of Ella and pushes her away but when both have been in love from that very first meeting, they can’t stay away forever. It had been my mother’s, and even though it wasn’t particularly valuable, I’d kept it with me through the long years following the destruction of my family.Both Ella and Gordain have baggage and issues with neither really believing that they are worthy of love. To quote the Scottish poet Robert Burns in “To a Mouse:” “The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft agley. Ella has finally broken out of her gilded cage, but with her limited life experience, she doesn’t trust her instincts. What we do get is a friendship that sees both Gordain and Ella building each other up, playing hero (and heroine) when necessary, all while realizing that falling in love cannot, and should not, be avoided.

From the first chapter until the last I was hooked and was annoyed when real life got in the way of my listening. When it becomes obvious that the only way to get her uncle's fingers out of her inheritance is to marry, the only man she wants for the job is G. Despite everything—the rush in which I was leaving the estate, the rage my uncle had flown into, the million and one other things that had gone wrong, and my poor, poor, violin—a rush of excitement ignited my blood. When Gordain McRae rescues Ella Fitzroy from her uncle's clutches he is doing his best friend, James -her brother - a favor.She exuded a confidence I wish I possessed when I was her age and because of that, she was a perfect counterpart to Gordain. But there is a spark between them from the very beginning and slowly they allow themselves to acknowledge there is much more beneath the surface.

Now I'm impatiently waiting for Wasp's book - I just know it'll be another sizzling story from Jolie Vines. If Richard showed up at the McRaes’ castle home—the location Gordain was flying me to—could he demand to take me away? But I am happy to report that she ages three years over the course of the book and by the end, feels like a grown woman. It’s no secret to anyone that the entire Marry the Scot series has completely changed my mind on the entire romance genre and contemporaries to be honest. At 17, she's far too young for him, but when she turns 18 and needs a husband to stop her evil uncle from stealing her inheritance, the only man she wants for the job is Gordain.A Scottish Laird meets the daughter of a rich British businessman and the fireworks begin with Book 1. Hero is a swoony romance that takes us from a beautiful English country estate to the Highlands of Scotland, to NYC and back again (with a stop in between that I can't mention because it would be a spoiler!