#loch enoch

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Loch Enoch, Kirkcudbrightshire (1913)

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do you have any names similar to these? it doesnt have to be all of them, but mainly Edgar, Pierce, Rigorre and Grimm. ive been looking around for some and this'll be great help :)!

Edgar, Grimm, Rigorre, Cain(e), Ozzy/Ozul, Onyx, Dice, Throne, Viper, Vesper, Heron, Nyx, Spector, Harker, Talyn, Dorian, Pierce

EDGAR︰ adler. albert. alexander. alfred. alice. archibald. arthur. atlas. august. barnabas. beatrice. benjamin. charles. charlotte. clarence. dior. eddie. eder. edmund. eduard. edward. edwin. edyn. eleanor. elijah. elmer. ember. emerson. emmett. ernest. esther. eugene. evelyn. everett. ezra. felix. ferdinand. finn. franklin. gilbert. harold. harper. hector. henry. humphrey. iris. irving. isaac. jack. jagger. james. jasper. leo. leonard. leopold. noah. oliver. oscar. penelope. rowan. rupert. sebastian. silas. theo. theodore. tiger. vincent. violet. walter. william.

GRIM(M)︰ august. axel. brennon. charlie. dax. dean. declan. delilah. demetri. enver. evangeline. ezra. felicity. finn. foster. fox. gaerwn. garan. garima. garin. garran. garren. garron. geranium. gereon. gerianne. germain. germaine. german. geronimo. gerwin. gianni. giovanni. gordon. goren. graeme. graham. grainne. gram. grannia. granny. green. greyden. grian. griffin. grina. gurnam. gwern. iris. joaquin. jude. kevin. kyra. leah. loki. millie. parker. rain. rogue. sage. silas. spencer. tristan. viktor.

CAINE(E)︰ abel. aidan. aiden. aleks. amelia. amory. andreas. aries. asher. aurora. ava. axel. azriel. bane. bartholomew. bonanza. cade. caden. cael. caiden. cain. caine. cale. caleb. cam. camden. cameo. cammie. camo. cana. canaan. canan. cane. cannan. cano. canyon. carter. case. casey. cash. cassim. cato. cawny. cayden. cayman. ceanna. ceona. chahna. chaim. chan. chana. chance. chaniya. charlotte. chase. chayan. chazmyne. chen. chesmu. chesna. cheyenne. cheyne. chiazam. chima. chimene. chin. china. chione. chosen. chukwuma. chumani. chyna. chynna. cian. cinna. cinnamon. cluny. cohen. cole. conn. connie. conway. cosmo. coyne. craig. cuan. cuno. cwen. côme. d'arcy. dane. dash. declan. dewitt. duran. edelynn. elijah. enoch. evelyn. gabriel. gage. gardeenia. genevieve. grayson. gwendelyn. gyles. hadrian. hesh. iain. icarus. jane. jermyn. kace. kade. kaelynn. kaidan. kaiden. kailyn. kain. kaine. kale. kane. kate. kaydin. kaydon. kayne. kedar. ken. knox. koen. lane. layne. liam. liliela. loch. lucifer. lucy. mattheo. nicollette. raiden. rayne. roddy. romilda. ryder. sawyl. scarlett. shane. thane. tyre. violet. wayne. zain. zaine. zane. zayne.

OZZY / ONYX︰ adi. archie. aria. arlo. asher. aspen. atlas. aurora. autumn. avi. axel. beck. bijoux. blade. bodie. bowie. caelum. cora. cy. daisy. davi. declan. draco. dune. echo. elton. elvis. ember. ezra. ezri. falcon. finn. fleet. garnet. gavin. genevieve. harper. hazel. imre. indigo. ivy. jade. jagger. jasper. jem. jet. jinx. johnny. joplin. josiah. joziah. kai. kaiya. kano. karter. kavi. khari. knox. lennox. leo. luca. luna. lynx. mac. maddox. mazi. mercury. millie. milo. morrissey. neptune. night. nirvana. nixie. nova. nyx. oak. oakes. ocean. ocheckka. ochoa. ohanzee. ojai. ojas. oke. oki. oliver. omega. onika. onix. onnika. onnix. onyekachukwu. onyx. ooko. oonagh. opal. opaline. orion. oscar. oscosh. oshae. osias. osiris. ossie. otto. owen. oyku. oz. ozzie. penelope. penny. peridot. phoenix. quinn. quint. rami. raven. ravi. remi. reno. river. rocky. roux. rowan. sage. salem. santana. sebastian. silas. sophie. storm. sunny. theo. topaz. uziel. violet. willow. wren. wyatt. zaki. zephyr. zeppelin. ziggy.

VESPER / VIPER︰ ace. aeron. akiva. antares. apollo. arcana. archer. asher. atlas. atticus. aurora. calista. callaway. cardin. cash. cason. chai. chancellor. charlotte. cora. cordovan. coriander. corisande. cruz. denarius. draven. elaina. elixir. elowen. elyse. ember. enfys. evangeline. felix. ferelith. finn. genesis. glade. hadley. halcyon. harbor. hazel. ivy. jaguar. journey. kaemon. kailo. kanon. katia. koa. kobe. kodiak. lainey. lazare. legacy. luna. lyra. magic. majesty. mystique. nora. obsidian. ocasio. oceane. oliver. opaline. ophelia. pax. peregrine. phaedra. phoenix. piper. quinn. rasmus. regulus. reverie. rohmer. rowyn. royce. rule. sage. salome. scarlett. sebastian. shyla. silas. sorcha. summer. tatiana. thorin. titan. vale. vallis. vance. varro. vega. velvette. vera. verity. vesper. vespera. violet. viper. von. vyra. wren. xavier. yvaine. zander. zephyr.

DORIAN︰ adrian. adrien. ambrose. amelia. andrea. appoline. arian. armani. asher. audrey. aurora. basil. benno. bloom. cassius. charlotte. cornelius. damian. damien. dante. darcy. darena. darian. dariana. darien. darin. darina. darion. darius. darren. darrin. darrion. darwin. daryan. datherine. davian. davion. dawson. dayaram. declan. derion. deron. derron. derwyn. dharma. dhiren. dominic. doreen. dorin. dorona. dorsey. dreama. dren. drian. duran. durham. durin. emrys. ethan. evander. evelyn. evleen. ezra. florian. gabriel. gilda. gordon. hadrian. heidy. jackie. jordan. julian. korbin. leander. liam. lorcan. lowri. lucian. lysander. marian. marion. mars. morgan. muse. naoma. oberon. oliver. orion. pallas. penelope. peregrine. quianna. rian. sebastian. shawnee. soren. theodore. tori. umber. violet. warren.

PIERCE︰ asher. audrey. ava. beckett. bennett. brooks. callan. charlotte. claire. cole. colton. dean. emerson. emmett. eros. everett. finn. fisher. fitz. flint. foster. gavin. grant. grayson. harper. harrison. hawk. hazel. heath. henry. hiro. hudson. ivy. jack. james. kane. kyra. landon. leo. liam. mason. miles. miller. mira. noah. oliver. olivia. owen. pace. paprika. paras. paresh. paricia. paris. parish. park. parker. parks. pauric. pearce. pearson. peers. percy. perez. perga. perris. perry. perseus. persia. persis. piers. pierson. piroj. porsche. powers. prakash. prayaksh. precia. preciosa. precious. price. prince. prisca. prissy. pryce. pyrrhus. quinn. reese. reeve. reid. rhett. ridge. rowan. sawyer. scarlett. sirius. slater. spencer. theo. theodore. vince. violet. wren. wyatt.

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Based on 2024's Artfight theme "Seafoam" Dune is 1 part of the sisterduo that I made for an artraffle. Rules are simple. The theme that wints 2024's artfight will be given away. To vote what character you want go to the Aithynos Discord server and look for this even in the announcement channel.

The winner of the raffle will be announced the moment the winning theme is revealed. Good luck everyone!

Name: Dune, Balancer of Earth and Sea

Body type: Enoch Ear Trait: Draco Eye Trait: Inan Tail Trait: Kalyte Horn Trait: Elyan Mask Trait: Loch Mask Material: Sand Mutation: fins. Age: Neophyte

Element: Water/Light TH: https://toyhou.se/28209077.dune

Sister of: https://toyhou.se/28209056.nova

Dune is part of the closed species Aithynos. Find out more about them here on TH: https://toyhou.se/~world/172651.aithynos-junction

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An Odd Family Tree

A series of snippets from the lives of the FitzSimmons family, set post 7x13. Also, the series of events that lead up to the birth of their grandson.

Available to read on AO3 and FF.net.

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Epilogue (2)  [FINAL]

Cows. He’s back in the ‘right’ timeline and the first things he sees are cows.

He never liked cows. Sheep he could deal with. Dogs? He loved them! Sheepdogs? He’d never actually seen one before, but according to common sense he should love them, right?

But no, he had to land in a huge sloped field full of those big burly beasts. At least they sort of resembled sheep with their long brown fur that seemed to cover their eyes. Someone really needed to give those cows a haircut.

It took him almost a whole hour to orientate himself with his surroundings. Since the transportation device he’d just used had never actually been tested before, there were a few unpleasant side effects.

The main side effect that Deke came across was that he’d lost most of the feeling in his limbs. It was only towards the end of that hour did he remember that he was a robot. Huh.

After finally gathering up the courage to move and checking his pockets for the generous amount of money he’d brought with him, he stumbled his way down the hill to the quaint little farmhouse at the bottom. It didn’t take much effort to convince the friendly farmer that he was just an airheaded traveler who’d lost his way. He even managed to persuade her to give him a ride into the nearest city. Which, as it turned out to be, was Inverness. As in, Scotland.

Honestly, the accent should have given it away.

She was kind enough to just drop him off on the outskirts of the city. As much as he wanted to visit Loch Ness, he had a much more important place to visit.

He was too self-conscious to ask anyone what year it was. In his timeline (not technically his, but the one where he’d ended up living most of his life) he wouldn’t think twice about asking a random stranger even the stupidest of questions. But he didn’t belong here, he technically really shouldn’t be here is what Enoch had said, and so he had to try and avoid bringing too much attention to himself at all costs.

That, and the fact that he wanted to make a good first impression.

But that left him with the problem of not knowing what year it was. Honestly, they should at least display the online newspapers in store windows! The device had been programmed to take him to whenever and wherever the majority of his DNA was concentrated into a small area so that he’d hopefully get to see his grandparents together. He’d hate to arrive and there to be only one of them, or worse, none at all.

And since he’d made it to Scotland, he had a glimmer of hope that it had worked and that they were both still alive.

Asking around a little (he’d given up on trying not to), nobody seemed to recognize the names Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons. But more than one person asked him if he meant Alya Fitz-Simmons who was apparently a very famous person within the city. That most certainly caught his attention. And after another painful two hours of asking random people, one elderly woman eventually gave him an address as well as a message to pass on (“Tell them that Elaine says hello.”)

He hailed the closest taxi he could find and practically screamed the address into the poor driver’s ear. The journey felt like it dragged on for hours. And still, somehow, it was over too quickly. The driver pulled into an estate that seemed to be a village of its own. Deke paid him and asked if he could stop a little further away and just show him which of the houses he needed to head to.

Once his feet touched the dusty old road, Deke felt like his metal knees would just collapse from under him. It was a straight path from where he stood to his destination.

It was the most homely, picturesque cottage he’d ever seen. There was a small wooden gate that led to the ivy-covered stone building, and there was a relatively wide area surrounding it that was protected by tall bushes. The section of the garden he could see through the arched entrance was filled with various species of vibrant flowers and bonsai trees. Next to the house, peeking over the top of the bushes, was a strong Acer tree that stood proud against the sky.

It was the most beautiful sight he’d ever seen, and he hadn’t expected anything less.

He dragged his feet closer. One foot in front of the other. He was glad he didn’t need to breathe because there was no way he would have been able to at that moment.

It was only a few feet away. He suddenly broke into a run, half-prepared to break down their door but then his ears caught-

“Bobo! Nana, Bobo, look at me!”

He screeched to a halt. Though he knew it should be impossible, his heart still felt like it had been ripped out of his chest. It still felt like blood was pounding in his ears. It felt like his vision was blurred and his head was spinning.

It couldn’t be-

“You’re doing great, sweetie!”

That was his Nana’s voice. Jemma Simmons. Nana!

He quickly retreated to behind the bushes and resorted to pulling apart some of the sharp twigs (he needed to get used to the fact that it didn’t hurt) in order to peek into the front garden.

There… there was his Nana. His Nana looked like how he vaguely first remembered her- her hair grey and neatly tied in a bun with a pair of glasses hanging around her neck by a chain. She was sitting on a tartan armchair with her hand help up as if shielding her eyes from something. Next to her was-

“Get down from there! You’ll fall off and break your leg and I’m not gonna make that trip to the hospital.”

Bobo. Fitz. His usual, grumpy self with his itchy sweater and long beard. Deke felt a memory be unlocked when he caught sight of the walking stick beside his Bobo’s chair. Fitz had his phone in his hand but was glaring a little boy that was wobbling dangerously on a branch of that magnificent Acer tree.

In a flash, someone jumped up to catch him before he could fall.

“That’s enough of that for one day, little dude.”

Dad! His Dad, in all of his blonde glory. He looked a lot happier and healthier than what Deke remembered.

And if Dad was there, then…

“Play on the ground now Deke, okay?”

Deke felt himself choke up.

Mom.

She looked exactly like he remembered her, but there was one major difference. She was laughing. She was laughing and smiling and she was happy.

It was the first time he’d ever seen his mother truly happy.

“Okay.” Said the boy, and only then did it hit him what his Mom had just said.

She’d called the boy Deke.

Despite his family being right there, Deke felt his eyes wandering towards the boy that had begun to chase a white butterfly that was flying around the garden.

Untamable brown hair. A scarily familiar spindly frame. Mischief shining on his baby face, as well as complete and utter adoration of the adults around him that was matched tenfold by said adults.

Doubt began to creep into his mind so intensely that he almost missed it when the boy, himself, turned in his direction.

Only then did Deke realize that he’d been shaking that entire time.

Green eyes met green eyes. One pair was full of trauma and survivor’s guilt, and the other of pure childhood innocence and curiosity.

Deke had never exactly seen a picture of himself when he was younger and had no idea what he would look like, but he was pretty sure that he never had the chance to have that sort of perfect childhood. He’d seen too much. The envelope containing many USB sticks filled with voice messages and pictures suddenly felt extremely heavy in his pocket.

That’s when he made the decision.

The second he noticed the tiny version of himself open his mouth, he turned and ran, not caring that the bushes noticeably rustled behind him, scaring a bird.

A robin. How fitting.

As the voices that he’d yearned to hear for years became distant, Deke finally stopped running.

There was no way he could show himself to that family. They were all happy together in the way that it was supposed to happen... Yes, he was jealous of himself, who wouldn’t be?

The last time he saw his Mom alive was the seconds before she was killed in front of him. The last time he saw his Dad was when he was being dragged, kicking and screaming, to his death sentence while Deke shrieked at him that he should’ve just listened and given up hope.

And his grandparents… he didn’t even get the chance to say goodbye either time.

The people he had just seen in the garden were Alya Fitz-Simmons, Owen Shaw, Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons joyfully playing with Deke Shaw. They belonged to that version of him, not himself.

People regularly called him selfish, so is it still selfishness if you’re doing something for the benefit of an alternate version of yourself?

Little Deke Shaw should live a normal existence. The life that Deke had often found himself begging for. A life without a weird future-past-adult version of himself intruding.

...He might go visit Loch Ness after all.

Pulling out that damned white envelope, Deke smiled through his pain.

He pulled out a pen from his backpack and scribbled on it.

“Elaine says hi.”

Before he went on a Loch Ness Monster hunt... he had a delivery to make.

[THE_END_]

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BOOK REVIEW AND RELEASE WEEK

Book:HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT

By SUZANNE ENOCH

Series: Wild Wicked Highlanders Trilogy, Book #3

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

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Rating: 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 flags 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿=5/5

Col MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is the eldest son, his parents are the Scottish,Angus MacTaggert, Earl Aldriss and his very English wife, Francesca Oswell- MacTaggert. They both made this stupid agreement when he was eleven years old! His parents had been a love match though they are now estranged. The agreement was that all their sons would marry English brides like their mum. This would be before their wee sister Eloise married a man of her choice. The problem for Col is his sister had been engaged for two months now and he only has twenty-seven days to find a bride!

His Countess mother had outsmarted his Da and has control of all of the money and kept the Oswell inheritance in her name to command it at will. Most of the Lassies his mother was shoving in his face were right out of the school room, even the ones a bit more mature were raised with proper English etiquette, including how to run a household, pick the right menu, and might even be good enough with mathematics to help with the accounts. Yet Col’s problem is not one of the Lassie’s his mum was throwing at him ever took a step in bonnie Scotland! They never took in in the breathtaking highland mountains, forests, beautiful loch’s, romping in the heather where his future sons would be picking thistles for their mum and his wee lassies would be making a bouquet from Scottish wildflowers. It was where he wanted to raise his Scottish bairns in the untamed and jagged land where he ken his heart truly did belong.

At first he is a stud in hiding from all the English debutants that only want his title and weatlth. His English mum is annoying him with her demands to have her eldest son in a legal and binding marriage which means he must wed and consummate some wench. If he doesn’t do this nasty deed his family will lose land which only puts more pressure on Col! Plus he really hates being pushed around and told what to do with his life,

Ironically he discovers the woman of his dreams quite by accident as a bonny damsel in distress that he saves. Except there is one big problem, this beauty does not want to marry any man! Persephone (Persie) Jones is near perfection! Well not just in looks, but in her mind too, she is intelligent, smart, rich, witty and her own person! Absolutely perfect for Col except one problem, she does not want to depend on any man, as she definitely doesn’t want to marry any man too. Persie is also not a big sharer and is definitely keeping something from Col besides the fact this woman is also in hiding from someone who wants to murder her! It all has to do with her wealth and what she will inherit. So what will Col do to convince this bonnie lass to marry him and share her secrets so he can protect the woman who owns his heart? They both are falling in love but will Col be able to convince Persie that they are each other’s destiny? Read and find out the conclusion of this phenomenal trilogy!

I have been reading Suzanne Enoch for a couple decades and she never disappoints. As I always get swept away in her stories, which I never want to put down. Another great thing is you can read any of her stories as a stand alone book too. Plus it is always a fast paced, action packed, page turner filled with a riveting romantic adventure, suspense, mystery, treachery, mayhem, villains, trust, joy, faith and love.

I am always a little sad reading the last book in her series, however I hope she is mapping out her next book and Scottish historical series. As this book the setting was exhilarating , dialogue was amazing, the multidimensional characters were extraordinary. The plotting just took my breath away and had me gasping for air never knowing what was going to happen next. I definitely recommend this author as she is a big favorite of mine which is always pure enjoyment.

Disclaimer: I received an advance reader’s copy from St. Martin’s Press I voluntarily agreed to do an honest, fair review and blog through Netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.

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Merrick Solo Hike & Wild Camp Loch Enoch.

[amuhav]

     “How did you learn to cook?” Loch asked, watching as Asher dug out the utensils needed.      “My mum taught us all.”      “So even Cullen and Enoch can?” Loch sounded surprised.      “Shockingly, yes. None of us are master chefs by any means, but we can at least look after ourselves.” He paused in the middle of reaching for something as a thought occurred to him, and he turned back to look at Loch. “Wait, can none of you cook? Your brothers and sisters?”      “Don’t think so.” Loch shrugged. “Nan usually always cooks for everyone. Mum occasionally cooks, but she’s not that good at it, to be honest.”      “Wow.” Asher shook his head in disbelief. He sometimes forgot how spoilt the Karaishes had been raised. His own family was by no means poor, though the smaller house may have suggested otherwise. His parents had always brought them up to be self-sufficient, though. He and his brothers all knew how to cook, as well as most other things around the house. He wondered if Loch even knew how to work the washing machine... He chuckled to himself.      “What?”      “You are all in for a rude awakening,” he explained with a snicker, before scowling as he realised something else. “Who’s going to cook for you all in Dragon Valley then?”      “Er, I don’t know? I haven’t caught up on all the details yet.”      “You are not living off of takeaway pizzas.” Asher gave him a sharp look, pointing at him with the large spoon he’d taken out of the drawer.      “I know, I know,” Loch said with a roll of his eyes. Asher was always telling him off for how often he wanted a takeaway.      “If you can at least cook something for yourself before you go, I’ll be a little less worried.”      “Okay, okay!” Loch finally gave in. He already knew Asher wasn’t too keen about him leaving for Dragon Valley for so long, he obviously didn’t want to give him another reason to be unhappy about it.      “Good. Now come here. You’re going to help me chop all these.”

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Top 5 places you'd take me to if i came 2 visit

Loch Ness! It's not that interesting really but it's iconic and my grandparents live near there and their house is big and cool so I'm counting that as a part of this place too (they also have a big garden with big tree and there's two dogs next door and my grandparents have a dog too. Also there's a park there and I like it and we can skip rocks and stuff :D

My other grandparents house bc it's like my favourite house in the world. My gran spent a lot of time remodeling it until she was totally happy, and they were working on the garden before she passed. The bedrooms are all really prettily styled and it's such a cozy fun house and it's right next to two big reservoirs with swans and a park

The parks near my house because they're really important to me! One of the got refurbished a couple years ago and they got rid of my favourite stuff, but more importantly there's a way into the woods behind it where I used to go with my friends and it's fun. Also parks slightly less close to my house that I also grew up going to, specifically this one that we always call the bunny park because there's animals. There's a big forest at the back that my dad used to take me on walks through and I loved it

Five Sisters Zoo & Loch Lomond Aquarium + Birds of Prey Center. I grew up going to the aquarium like every break, so it's pretty important to me, and I'm adding in the birds because it's right next to it and it was super cool the couple times I've been and they have pretty birbs, and the zoo doesn't feel important enough to give its own point so it's going in here too. It has a lot of cool birbs too and also meerkats and crocodiles and otters!

Glasgow because going about Central Glasgow is one of my favourite things, especially if it's near Christmas or at any time when they have rides at the St Enoch center! Tons of shops and stuff and it gets really pretty at Christmas time, and a lot of the buskers are really talented and it's fun to just sit and listen to them. Plus we can get bubble tea and stuff and just... Fun....

Bonus sixth answer that's kinda weird: the cemetery. My dad also used to take me on walks there and it was really calming; it's a nice area, despite being y'know. A cemetery. It's right in a forest (have u noticed I like forests yet) and we found a fairy ring once

Tldr; Inverness, my grandparents' house, parks I grew up visiting, animal places, Glasgow, bonus answer of cemetery

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BOOK REVIEW AND RELEASE WEEK

Book:HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT

By SUZANNE ENOCH

Series: Wild Wicked Highlanders Trilogy, Book #3

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

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Rating: 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 flags 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿=5/5

Col MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is the eldest son, his parents are the Scottish,Angus MacTaggert, Earl Aldriss and his very English wife, Francesca Oswell- MacTaggert. They both made this stupid agreement when he was eleven years old! His parents had been a love match though they are now estranged. The agreement was that all their sons would marry English brides like their mum. This would be before their wee sister Eloise married a man of her choice. The problem for Col is his sister had been engaged for two months now and he only has twenty-seven days to find a bride!

His Countess mother had outsmarted his Da and has control of all of the money and kept the Oswell inheritance in her name to command it at will. Most of the Lassies his mother was shoving in his face were right out of the school room, even the ones a bit more mature were raised with proper English etiquette, including how to run a household, pick the right menu, and might even be good enough with mathematics to help with the accounts. Yet Col’s problem is not one of the Lassie’s his mum was throwing at him ever took a step in bonnie Scotland! They never took in in the breathtaking highland mountains, forests, beautiful loch’s, romping in the heather where his future sons would be picking thistles for their mum and his wee lassies would be making a bouquet from Scottish wildflowers. It was where he wanted to raise his Scottish bairns in the untamed and jagged land where he ken his heart truly did belong.

At first he is a stud in hiding from all the English debutants that only want his title and weatlth. His English mum is annoying him with her demands to have her eldest son in a legal and binding marriage which means he must wed and consummate some wench. If he doesn’t do this nasty deed his family will lose land which only puts more pressure on Col! Plus he really hates being pushed around and told what to do with his life,

Ironically he discovers the woman of his dreams quite by accident as a bonny damsel in distress that he saves. Except there is one big problem, this beauty does not want to marry any man! Persephone (Persie) Jones is near perfection! Well not just in looks, but in her mind too, she is intelligent, smart, rich, witty and her own person! Absolutely perfect for Col except one problem, she does not want to depend on any man, as she definitely doesn’t want to marry any man too. Persie is also not a big sharer and is definitely keeping something from Col besides the fact this woman is also in hiding from someone who wants to murder her! It all has to do with her wealth and what she will inherit. So what will Col do to convince this bonnie lass to marry him and share her secrets so he can protect the woman who owns his heart? They both are falling in love but will Col be able to convince Persie that they are each other’s destiny? Read and find out the conclusion of this phenomenal trilogy!

I have been reading Suzanne Enoch for a couple decades and she never disappoints. As I always get swept away in her stories, which I never want to put down. Another great thing is you can read any of her stories as a stand alone book too. Plus it is always a fast paced, action packed, page turner filled with a riveting romantic adventure, suspense, mystery, treachery, mayhem, villains, trust, joy, faith and love.

I am always a little sad reading the last book in her series, however I hope she is mapping out her next book and Scottish historical series. As this book the setting was exhilarating , dialogue was amazing, the multidimensional characters were extraordinary. The plotting just took my breath away and had me gasping for air never knowing what was going to happen next. I definitely recommend this author as she is a big favorite of mine which is always pure enjoyment.

Disclaimer: I received an advance reader’s copy from St. Martin’s Press I voluntarily agreed to do an honest, fair review and blog through Netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Scot-Wicked-Highlanders-ebook/dp/B08BYC6MVW

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     “You know my family are witches, obviously,” Asher stated, looking at him warily.      “Of course.” Loch nodded. Most people knew Asher’s mother was a seer and made a job as the local fortune teller, but not everyone knew that all three of her sons had inherited magic. Cullen and Enoch had very little interest in it, and barely ever used it outside of little tricks. Asher didn’t show his off much either, though only because he usually took it seriously. He’d always loved to study magic, and Loch had been pushing him to take a job teaching magical theory at the school.      “Well, Shard—that’s her name, by the way,” Asher quickly explained before continuing. “Shard is, er, she’s sort of, like... magically indentured to our family...” Asher observed him carefully, waiting for a reaction.      “Indentured? Like, a slave?” Loch frowned; that made no sense.      “No! Hah!” Asher laughed suddenly. “Like you could ever get Shard to do something she really didn’t want to! No, she’s... Ah, fuck it! She’s a demon, and she’s bound to our family, okay?” Asher abruptly revealed, giving up on careful wording. Loch eyed him cynically.      “A demon?”      “Yes.”      “An actual demon? Like, an actual, genuine demon?”      “Yes.”      “... She doesn’t look like one,” was all Loch could think of to say. He still wasn’t sure he believed what Asher was telling him, though it wasn’t the craziest thing he could have said. The town was filled with oddballs and supernaturals, so a demon wasn’t that far-fetched.      “She hides her horns usually, to blend in better. She has a terrible habit of teleporting around though and occasionally floating, so I wouldn’t say she’s that good at it.”       That would explain him not hearing the door if she hadn’t even needed to open it.  “Okay, how the hell—no pun intended—does a demon get bound to your family, then?” Loch asked incredulously. This all sounded ridiculous. “That sounds like black magic to me.” Loch knew Asher’s opinion on magic used for dark purposes and wasn’t surprised to see his brows furrow at his words.      “I don’t know exactly. She’s been contracted to us for a couple of centuries now, I think. She kinda gets... passed on each generation.”      “Like inheritance?”      “Ha! Yeah, kind of. Except the kind you wish you weren’t obligated to keep.”      “You can’t just let her go? Null and void the contract, or whatever?”      “Nope. We don’t have any idea how, and she won’t tell us, for some reason. I don’t know why she’d want to stay though. Technically, she’s supposed to do whatever she’s told, but I think she’s found a way around that. She only listens to very direct commands, and only by... the... ‘heir’...” Asher paused with a frown. “Dammit...”

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