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The MacTavish Heirs #6

Scorched Hearts

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They say when you save someone's life, you're responsible for them for the rest of yours...
When I saved Scarlett from a fire I created, I realized I'm not just responsible for her.
I own her.
I burn for her.
She's mine, whether she wants to be, or not.


This enormous man raced through the flames to save me and now, it's all madness. I'm in Scotland, in his house. But I know that what's waiting for me back in Boston is so much worse.
He shows me all the darkest places in Edinburgh.
Dark places, he says, for doing dark deeds.
He forces me to marry him for "protection."
There's a much darker side to Wallace, too. As the days pass, I'm not sure if I'm scared that he'll reveal it, or if I'm desperate for him to show me who he really is.

Scorched Hearts - A Dark Scottish Mafia Romance has an HEA and no cheating. Wallace isn't just morally grey, he's as pitch black as midnight in a coal mine. Just the way we like our MacTavish men.

446 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 22, 2025

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Profile Image for Brittany  Trynor.
550 reviews53 followers
October 28, 2025
I honestly am at a loss wow loved this every
Time I read another book from the MacTavish clan.. it get better and there's no way I can put it down sleep I mean muh Scottish mafia a man who really understands fire and add fmc Cinderella vibes and shes no damsel.... and don't forget the spice...
2,819 reviews18 followers
November 23, 2025
Incendiary!!!

Both Wallace and Scarlett are bound to their families for different reasons that will bring them on a collision course.
Wallace saves Scarlett from his actions and starts them on their road of danger, conflict, heat, humor, chemistry, family, secrets and truths!
Strong likable characters, and a well paced gripping story with some well known characters and yiu have a wonderful read!!
Profile Image for Melissa Reid-Ciferri.
52 reviews3 followers
November 30, 2025
“My wife” — and I was GONE! 🥴

Wallace MacTavish is danger in a kilt⚔️🥵 & Scarlet’s the only one who can tame him 🖤 🔥 Chaos. Passion. Perfection. 🙌

Oofta, what a blazing storm of emotion!🌀 This is the 6th book in The MacTavish Heirs series, & it hit me in ways I didn’t expect — dark, raw, hilarious, and utterly unforgettable. Let's get into it...

FULL REVIEW & POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD:
This story follows Wallace MacTavish & Scarlet Banner. Trust me - it’s one hell of a ride! 🦄

Meet the Couple 😈😇;
• Wallace - everything I crave in a dark mafia hero — protective, possessive, morally grey (okay, pitch black), & just unhinged enough to make your pulse race. He’s danger wrapped in a Scottish burr & a sinful grin 🥵

• Scarlet - fierce, clever, stubborn, & hilariously witty 🤭 — a heroine who refuses to break even when the world tries to crush her. Flawed, human, & owning it 🫶

Together, they’re chaos & passion incarnate - an inferno waiting to explode 💣

What I loved most?
💀 Suspense
🔥 Hot blazing spice
💔 Gut-punching emotion
😂 10/10 Scottish insults that had me crying laughing (Seriously, someone give those men a swearing dictionary! 🤭)

Add in Morgan, her witchy BFF, & a cat named Murder Mittens — PRICELESS! 💯

Arianna Fraser nails the perfect mix of dark grit, emotional depth, danger, & wicked humor.

Wallace may not be an angel... but he’d set the world on fire to protect Scarlet. And that right there? That’s why we fall for the villain — EVERY. DAMN. TIME. 🤌🖤

If you crave a dark, emotional, & dangerously romantic mafia story with a found family that feels real, a fierce heroine, & a protective hero who’d burn the world for his woman — a story that will make you laugh 😂, swoon 🥰, maybe even cry a little 😭, & combust with dirty talk — this one’s for you 🫶 Solid 4⭐️'s.

TROPES & TW's:
🖤 Dark Mafia Romance
🖤 Scottish Romance
🖤 Marriage of Convenience
🖤 Age Gap
🖤 Slow Burn
🖤 Protective, Morally Grey/Black MMC
🖤 Virgin, Fierce, Witty FMC
🖤 Found Family
🖤 Suspense/Action
🖤 BDSM/Praise/Good Girl
🖤 Emotional Trauma & Scars
🖤 Witty Banter
🖤 Murder / Torture
🖤 My Wife
🖤 Burn the World for Her, Touch her & ☠️
🖤 Spice 🌶🌶🌶🌶

FAV QUOTES/SCENES:
• "My wife"
• “They say when you save someone’s life, you’re responsible for them for the rest of yours”
• “You’re not walking away from me, lass. Not now. Not ever.”
• “Some fires aren’t meant to be put out—they’re meant to consume.”
• “He looked at me like he wanted to ruin me… and maybe I wanted him to.”
• “I will always keep my promises to you, wife.”
• “Love doesn’t save you in our world. It destroys you slower.”
• “Even devils have hearts—they just burn hotter.”

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Cathy Moir-Allen.
70 reviews1 follower
October 20, 2025
I've read all of Arianna's books and was waiting for this to be released when I happened upon an ARC copy. Yes !!! Another clear winner full of morally grey characters with hearts of gold, funny as hell dialogue and off the charts spice. If this is your first time reading one of Arianna's books - shame on you - start reading all the rest!
Profile Image for Joanne Barton.
464 reviews1 follower
October 21, 2025
“Scorched Hearts” is the sixth book in “The MacTavish Mafia Heirs Series.” This book is set in the brutal world of organised crime and these Scotsmen are not messing around - you will love the MacTavish’s! As such, there is violence, gun battles, explosions, kidnapping, a lot of profanity, BDSM with a safe word, and explicit sex between married, consenting partners. Get comfortable ladies and enjoy, I know I did! You will be left wanting a Wallace in your life!

Wallace MacTavish-Taylor’s parents are Sorcha & Alastair. He also has a younger sister, Isobel. Wallace is part of two great Mafia families - his mother is a MacTavish and is dad Alastair is head of one of the most successful crime syndicates in England. Wallace is his heir apparent. He is torn between what makes him happy or what is expected of him by his father. His father hates that he his working for the MacTavishes instead of with him. “He also understands that I have my reasons, and he’s never pushed me. I don’t know how long this generosity on his part will last.”

Scarlett Banner is Robert Banner’s daughter. He was the head of the Banner Syndicate in Boston, New England. Her father was killed in a car accident two and a half years ago. The syndicate is now run by her stepmother and two step brothers. She is now treated as a nothing in her own home - responsible for cleaning the house and the office block. “I’m the maid at home. The cleaner at work.” Once she turns twenty three she will inherit a substantial trust and then she will be gone!

Wallace is sent to Boston for a Chieftain-sanctioned burn, no civilian casualties allowed as the attack is on the legitimate face of the Banner Syndicate. Unaware that there is anyone else on site other than the security guard, he sets the fire. “The blaze inside me is swirling into an inferno as the first canister erupts, sending a reverse waterfall of flame up the wall and covering the ceiling.” As soon as he opens the front doors, the next surge of oxygen propels the blaze through to the first floor. Wallace is in his happy zone until he hears “SCARLETT! Fire it’s on fire oh god, Scarlett get out!” Running back in, he rescues Scarlett and her cat, Murder Mittens, by jumping out the bathroom window.

For her own safety, Wallace brings her home to Scotland. With Scarlett’s life being in danger, Wallace takes her under his wing, to protect her or does he want more? “Why would you want me to go with you?” Looking down into her wide blue eyes, bay water blue, I realize I know the answer. But I canna tell her.” On their arrival, he takes her to his home in the Tweed Valley Forest, about an hour outside of Edinburgh. A perfect location for a man that enjoys his privacy. With her life in danger from her step family and the Kholodov Bratva, he will do anything and everything to protect his wife! Oh yeah, forgot to mention that he married her 😂 For anyone familiar with the MacTavishes, this is a family tradition, a given! “….Luaith Bheag. My wife.”

“His full lips fit against mine, his tongue stroking, searching along the seam of my lips and oh... His hands tilt my head and he kisses me deeper….I didn’t know every nerve ending in my body could spark to life from a simple press of his lips against mine but this is so good. He finishes the kiss by lightly biting my lower lip, then soothes it with a swipe of his tongue.”

This story is very fast paced and full of twists and turns! it is full of passion, intrigue, betrayal, vengeance, power, control, twists and turns around every corner. There is never a dull moment - you will be hooked! This book is everything you expect from a dark mafia romance! The book goes through moments of the thoughts or possibilities that it could happen to, to extreme violence to the most beautiful tender moments! I’m very happily hooked! I did not want it to end! From page to page, chapter to chapter, I could not put it down - you will metaphorically be on the edge of your chair! Overall, I would highly recommend this book and you will not be disappointed 😊
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127 reviews2 followers
October 28, 2025
Wallace and Scarlett 🥰

Wallace MacTavish-Taylor is the clan arsonist. He really love his fire 🔥 and put into good use. He perfected his craft and when he is done, only ashes will remain. His chieftain Cormac sends him on a mission in Boston to burn the Banner Syndicate business buildings because they think they can take their territories without any consequences. But when he set up the explosion, he realizes someone is still in the building. Scarlett Banner, orphan, left with her wicked stepfamily, wants to find out who killed her father to take over the family business. Stuck in the main office, Wallace will saves her just in time. Wallace has no choice but to protect her from her family. And set a multitude of actions against the MacTavish. Will they work together to find who’s after her or will they bring both the MacTavish and the Taylor to their destruction?

Well I just felt in love with Wallace🔥 His past could’ve destroyed him but decided to make the best out of it. His passion for fires and how to use it to create a powerful weapon for the MacTavish is unbelievable. And Scarlett willpower to survive the wicked steps and make them pay for taking everything from her. She’s a survivor, just like Wallace. Together, they are a force to reckon with. I really love my MacTavish and this book doesn’t disappoint. The relationship between them is amazing and the second characters, that’s meant all the MacTavish are so funny and loyal to the death. And just Morgan the witch , is a very special character in this book! I just hope I will see her in future books. I really loved that book and i highly recommend to read both series: the MacTavish Heirs and where it all begins The MacTavish Stolen Brides.
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918 reviews3 followers
November 5, 2025
His little Cinder!

This was a beautiful story,worth more than five stars and I hated to see it finished. I felt like it was a Cinderella story,mean step mother and two nasty idiots for step brothers.Scarlett was treated like second hand trash and it was a good thing that Wallace did set a fire and save her because her life wasn't going to get better but much worst.Scarlett may of not care for Wallace at first but she kept his flame from bursting out when they were close by.This story shouldn't be missed,it shows caring,compassion, love lots and sorry to say greed and jealousy and heartbreak and please read you won't be let down ,I wasn't, I was team Scarlett all the way!
714 reviews
October 27, 2025
An amazing read

This is Wallace’s story. He is the arsonist in the family. He is fighting between being the dutiful son and living his life. He is heir to his father’s fortune but he is not the suit type. He meets the h when he almost burns her up, she is the building he set fire to but he rescues her in time. She is from a rival family, her stepmother and stepbrothers are running the business into the ground. They arrange a marriage for her to a psychotic who is into carving. He marries her to protect her. The plot is fantastic, the characters are hilarious. They are able to find the balance of what each wants. Great epilogue.
90 reviews2 followers
November 4, 2025
How is it each MacTavish we meet gets better than the last one?! Also, where do I get my own MacTavish. These Mafia men are a bit unhinged, have the absolute best banter, and are loyal to a fault. I love when there is a large family that’s tight knit and close in my mafia books. The MacTavishes set the standard here. Wallace is the fire bug of the clan and almost sets fire to Scarlett when he is burning down a warehouse. So of course he does what any MacTavish would do- takes her and marries her! This was a whirlwind of action, spice and some very creative insults. I loved every second of it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
223 reviews4 followers
November 3, 2025
🔥Wallace🔥

Arianna Fraser has done it again. Reading about the MacTavish clan is always bittersweet. Excited beyond words to start the book. Thoroughly enjoy every single page of dirty talking Scot perfection and sad when it ends and now…Dec 12 is the next book.
Could rave on and on about this book. Great characters, interesting plot, fun new side characters including MM 😼 and the stiff English butler 🤣. Cameos from the cousins ❤️🥰 All around a fun, spicy fast paced book with all the elements I’ve come to love about the series.
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65 reviews1 follower
October 24, 2025
Another sexy, captivating story!

I loved both characters! Freaking awesome to say that 😎. I never can get enough though... Need more of their lives please!!!! 🙏 I can't wait to read Michael's story 😘😁 maybe with more sex? I would also love to see another with Morgan getting a MacTavish maybe?! 🫣😉
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2 reviews1 follower
October 25, 2025
A true modern day highlander and his lady

Love the family comradely, at times the Irish broug was bit much, but enjoyed the book greatly. Can't wait until Michaels story is told. And maybe Morgan will have her day. I will definitely recommend it as well thought out story, with a lot of love and heart ❤️❤️
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13.1k reviews154 followers
November 4, 2025
Arianna doesn't disappoint with this book. Wallace and Scarlett are made for each other. His demeanor is as black as coal, but he also has a heart when it comes to Scarlett and the heat between them escalates into an inferno! I loved this story and can't say enough about it.

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45 reviews1 follower
November 7, 2025
Such a great book if you love possessive, obsessive, protective hero’s! While Wallace is a tough guy, he’s sweet for Scarlett. Their damage fits together and they are perfect for each other. I’m a fan of this author and this is another fantastic addition for this series.

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162 reviews1 follower
November 25, 2025
I loved Wallace!

OMG! I love Wallace! I mean I love all the MacTavish men, but Wallace is by far my fave! He has so many deep, dark, delicious secrets, but he’s still such a yummy male, with so much love to give. And Scarlett is just the perfect foil for his brand of crazy! She has gone through so much and definitely deserves the love and protection that only Wallace and the MacTavishes and Taylor’s can provide! Another wonderful addition to the family! I cannot wait to read about Michael and Sophie!
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376 reviews10 followers
October 23, 2025
Sweet Wallace!

Another great read from Arianna! I have loved this world and have been reading since Ares Academy. I love the way these men marry their women and how they love hard. The spice is always nice. The banter is always good.
27 reviews1 follower
October 24, 2025
Great read

Love this author. Usually read funny bits to my husband. Read more of this book to him laughed out loud. Love the witch friend. Just diagnosed with breast cancer rough few weeks. Your book dropped a great time to distract me. Thanks 😊
13 reviews1 follower
October 28, 2025
Diffently a HOT read

Just love the "fire" play it is so much Wallace, but not over the top. Love Scarlett's handling of Wallace. The best friend is great. Read completely thru Couldn't put down
2,210 reviews
November 14, 2025
Another sizzling read by Ms Fraser with Scarlett and Wallace. He saved her once, now he needs her in his life. A read with mafia drama and violence, and plenty of steamy shenanigans.

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4 reviews
November 15, 2025
Really good

I have read most of the MacTavish books and they are always a good read and enjoyable. This book, however, is one of my favorites. I very rarely write reviews. Scorched hearts is just about perfect. The characters are wonderfully written and the banter is laugh out loud crazy. So much fun to read.
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1,053 reviews11 followers
November 23, 2025
SCORCHED HEARTS, book 6 of the MacTavish Heirs by Arianna Fraser

Wallace MacTavish-Taylor, Scarlett Banner, Kidnapping, Arson, Another forced marriage but a happily one, Scottish Mafia, Wonderful characters, Steamy, Action-packed, Page-turner
1 review1 follower
October 23, 2025
Great Sereis

I loved the entire series so far and can’t wait for the next release!!

No disappointments as usual one of my favorite authors
41 reviews
October 24, 2025
A perfect mix of modern Cinderella, mafia, and a bit of witchcraft! Looking forward to more from this author!
3 reviews1 follower
October 27, 2025
HOT

I love this series. Such a huge family of alpha males who love hard, protect with everything they are. The women are strong and perfect for each of them.
1,575 reviews3 followers
October 27, 2025
I adore this author - her stories are so well done, and this one is no exception. Love the epilogue.
321 reviews2 followers
November 6, 2025
Omg, I didn't think this series could get any better. But this book blew me away. I couldn't put it down.

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1,576 reviews34 followers
November 17, 2025
I absolutely love this series...this family is seriously deranged (but in a good way!!). I love Wallace's relationship with his cousins particularly Logan. I think we need MM to make an appearance in every book going forward!.

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1 review1 follower
October 31, 2025
best so far

Loved this story. Highly recommend my favourite in the series. . . . . . . . . . .
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421 reviews1 follower
November 7, 2025
Eyyyy, everyone’s favourite pyromaniac 👏🏼
This was fun, spicy and just an all around vibe. I love a hot Scott 👏🏼👏🏼
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