His Kilt Dropped Here

 

 Rogue Bruce enjoys running a Scottish bed-and-breakfast with her Aunt Baillie from America. They specialize in hosting romantic Elizabethan-themed weddings, complete with resident ghost, Lord Kai. But love is something Rogue is not the least bit interested in…


By Kathleen Shaputis

Title: HIS KILT DROPPED HERE: A MAGICAL REALISM SCOTTISH ROMANCE
Author: Kathleen Shaputis
Publisher: Clutter Fairy Publishing
Pages: 170
Genre: Magic Realism Scottish Romance


Rogue Bruce enjoys running a Scottish castle turned bed-and-breakfast with her Aunt Baillie from America. They specialize in hosting romantic Elizabethan-themed weddings, complete with resident ghost, Lord Kai. But love is something Rogue is not the least bit interested in. Content with her work, she requires no male accompaniment for happiness.

A new delivery service brings Bruce MacKenzie, a Thor look-alike in plaid and denim, fetching more than the usual number of groceries from town, while Jonathan Olson, a snobbish, dark, Rhett Butler type, arrives at the castle to administer a writing seminar for aspiring authors. With two men after the heart she’d thought safely locked away, Rogue is flattered and confused. But when things start to take a sinister turn, danger befalls Rogue and those dear to her. The musical soundtrack of Rogue’s life flares from complacent, to dizzyingly romantic, to heart-thumping scary in this sizzling triangle.



Tucking her feet under her skirts, Rogue noticed a delicious waft of sugar and cinnamon in the air before a stuttered clink of china announced someone bringing a tea tray toward her. Good lord. It was Bruce. She straightened herself suddenly, undecided on where to put her hands. Of all the sneaky tricks Putney could pull, sending the hot delivery guy in with tea was a bit much. Hiding a smile behind her hand, she watched the young man strain to keep everything balanced. A twinge of pain in her side from masking the laughter sobered her. She took a deep breath.

“A wee different from carrying a box of groceries?” Rogue patted the carved wooden table in front of her. “I’m sure a lady would have no trouble handling a tea tray herself now, would she?”

Stray blond strands hung down over his emerald eyes as he focused on getting the tray to the table without spilling, but Rogue noticed a tension in his lips. Served him right, being all chauvinist before.

“I see Putney has been playing matchmaker again.” Her voice clipped sharply on the last word. “Thank you for coddling the old woman’s visions.”

His face flushed; he squinted his eyes and had difficulty swallowing. 




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This book has it all - romance, tears, laughs and men in kilts!
It starts out all glitzy and glamorous with a destination wedding for an unnamed celebrity's daughter. We get to know our heroine both as the beautiful mistress of the castle bed and breakfast, and as a spunky, yet vulnerable young woman still trying to find her place in the world.

When a writers conference descends upon the castle and Rogue (I love that name) finds herself attracting two very different men, she seems even more vulnerable and lost.
Fortunately she has a strong family (even if not biological) around her. A fantastic cast of true characters.
Tragedy strikes and things get more dire. Could Rogue lose her true love before she has a chance to tell him she has found him?
Like all good castle romances, this one has a ghost. Even better a loyal dog!
There is something for every reader. Most of all it was an exciting and enjoyable escape read.
Now I want to read the entire series!



Other Books by Kathleen Shaputis

HER GHOST WEARS KILTS

THEIR WITCH WEARS PLAID

SORRY, YOU CAN’T ENTER HEAVEN

THE CROWDED NEST SYNDROME

CHANGES IN ATTITUDE


50 FABULOUS PLACES TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY













Kathleen Shaputis, author/ghostwriter, lives in the glorious Pacific Northwest with her husband, Bob, a clowder of cats, two pompously protective Pomeranians with little social aptitude, Brugh and Miss Jazzy, and an overgrown adolescent blue tick coon hound, Juno.

If not writing during her lifestyle in an acre of forest, she keeps busy reading from her never-ending, to-be-read pile and watching romantic comedies. Her hygge in the woods.

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  1. Kathleen L ShaputisMarch 17, 2021 at 10:09 AM

    Thank you, Laura, for the book review. So glad you enjoyed Rogue's adventure.

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