Publication Date: July 2025
Blurb:
Lady Isla Kinsey knows that the animosity between her family, the Dukedom of Grayburn, and their distant kinsmen, the Earldom of Northcairn, is the stuff of legends—six generations of duels fought, ladies ruined, and gentlemen betrayed. Therefore, falling in love with a son of the enemy house would be, in a word, apocalyptic. So when Captain Tavish Balfour, second son of the Earl of Northcairn, returns home after Waterloo—distressingly handsome with eyes that see straight into her soul—Lady Isla is determined to resist his allure. She will not fall in love with the rogue . . . uh-hum, again.
Granted, the not-falling-in-love part would be a tad bit easier if Isla and Tavish weren’t already married.
Captain Tavish Balfour has cashed out of his military commission and is ready to start a new life far away from the Scottish Highlands of his birth. But before he sets sail into his future, there is the pesky matter of his marriage to Lady Isla Kinsey to resolve. As teenagers, in the sun-drenched warmth of a Highland summer, they tied the knot of their handfasting—an ill-advised decision he has regretted ever since. Thankfully, unlike their English neighbors, Scottish law allows for divorce in situations such as theirs.
Unfortunately for Tavish, Isla is every whit as captivating and lovely as his memories recall. As for Isla, she fears Tavish will reawaken the unconventional woman she was becoming all those years ago.
Yet even if they were to fall in love again, what could come of it? The history of acrimony between their families still casts a long shadow, and the forces that shredded their love in the past have not miraculously changed since. Can Isla and Tavish find a way to claim one another without betraying everyone and everything they love?
What To Expect:
A Tartan Love is a closed-door historical romance that is set in Scotland in the early 1800s. It has forbidden romance, feuding families, and a protective male main character and a strong female lead.
Content Warnings:
Language: Moderate – Damn/dammit/damnation (26x), hell/bloody hell (16x), bastard (13x), whore (4x), arse (3x), blast(2x)
Sexual Content: Closed Door – Sensual/passionate kissing, sexual thoughts about husband/wife, implied sexual intimacy between husband and wife, sexual discussions between husband and wife (not detailed), staring at man’s bare backside (they are married, nothing described), occasional nudity (nothing described, not sexual), side characters are mentioned to have trysts with various women or be “involved” with women (not detailed), scandal (past), illegitimate child (past)
Violence: Mild – Fist fighting, peril
Substance Use: Moderate – Drinking of wine, whiskey; drunkenness remembered
Prejudices: Moderate – People with birth deformities
Religious Themes: None
Other Topics: Grief & depression, loss of loved ones, gambling, parental abandonment
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