A grumpy vs sunshine, age-gap, romantic suspense set in the Scottish Highlands.
Beyond the Thistles by Samantha Young is now live!
It's been a long time since Walker Ironside left behind Scotland and the memories that haunt him. Yet after years of traveling the world as a bodyguard, Walker misses his homeland enough to return. To a village in the Scottish Highlands that plays host to an exclusive members-only club, Ardnoch Estate. If not happy, Walker is content working with the elite security at the club and maintaining his bachelor lifestyle. What he doesn't need is distraction in the form of the enticing but too-young newcomer, single mother Sloane Harrow.
Sloane never imagined she'd get pregnant at sixteen. Or that a decade later she'd escape from California with her daughter, Callie, to start over in the Scottish Highlands. Hidden and safe from Callie's dangerous father, Sloane is satisfied with their new lives. Her daughter is happy. Sloane has a stable job, a quaint cottage, a passion for baking that might just be turning into a business, and a huge crush on brooding security guard Walker Ironside. Unfortunately, the grumpy Scot seems immune to Sloane's charm, but she can't help but try to seduce him with cupcakes and baked treats whenever the opportunity arises.
However, when someone arrives in Ardnoch intent on destroying Sloane's life, Walker is the first to step forward to protect her and Callie. Even if it means giving into temptation and awakening his own demons. Because in doing so, Walker faces failing not only to shield Sloane from her past, but to safeguard her against his own.
Review:
I knew this book was going to be incredible and I am so glad my prediction was correct! I was so sad when the Adair family series ended and was afraid I’d have to leave a family I fell in love with and a setting (looking at you, gorgeous Scottish Highlands) I fell in love with behind. While this book was mostly focused on the two main characters Sloane and Walker, I also got to continue my love affair with the Adairs, Scotland, and Samantha Young’s incredible storytelling!
This book can easily be read as a stand-alone and the start of a brand new incredible series, but if you’re looking for several books to get hooked on- I highly recommend reading the Adair series first! It’ll help you know the supporting characters throughout this story and you’ll be delighted to see the updates in those characters’ lives too!
However, I have to spill about my love for Walker and Sloane at this point! OMG, does Samantha Young know how to write a book filled with drama, suspense, a broody man you can’t help but fall for and a bada** female lead! Sloane and Walker’s story was everything I hoped for! On the outside, Sloane appears quiet and reserved but when you really get to know her, she’s quite the firecracker! She’s fiercely protective of her daughter, she knows what she wants and she isn’t afraid to go after it no matter how many obstacles stand in her way! She’s also very well versed in making men fall for her by way of their stomachs and her incredible desserts! Walker is the strong but silent type. He’s moody and broody and keeps to himself, but has a heart of gold and when he feels someone he cares about is threatened, he will stop at nothing to keep them safe. Gah, I love a character like Walker. I love when a male character starts off stand-offish and broody and by the end, we’ve been able to peel back a few layers to see the real guts on the inside! Sometimes they are great, sometimes they aren’t, but I’ll tell you this- Walker Ironside is one you want to get to know! “Walker’s like a Mento. Hard on the outside, soft on the inside.” 😂
There are so many things I loved about this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat, wondering when the next shoe was going to drop and from where and/or who. It kept me wondering how it will all end for the main characters. The end of this book was all that I hoped for and ended how I needed this book to end. Overall, I am such a fan of this story, of what I’m sure will be this whole series, and of Samantha Young’s writing in general overall! Another incredible story, thank you Ms. Young!
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Meet Samantha
Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She's been nominated for several Goodreads Choice Awards. Samantha writes adult contemporary and paranormal romance, YA urban fantasy and YA contemporary fiction and is currently published in 31 countries.
She resides in Scotland.
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