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Under the Kilt #1-5
Under the Kilt bundle: Alpha Scots in Kilts
From a dusty room in a museum to the moors of Scotland, get to know the Bairds from the UNDER THE KILT series. They are Scottish, alpha and all heart. The first five stories are included in this bundle.
UNDER HIS KILT
No emotions, no entanglements...just sex.
Jocelyn Pearson and Ian Baird agree their affair will end in thirty days. The closer the end date looms, they start to question if it's possible to walk away. They'll have to come to terms of what they've become or stick to their original agreement.
HER INSATIABLE SCOT
A small favor turns into a big complication...
All Keri Pearson has to do is lie about who she is and pretend to be married to a charming Scot for three hours. Tristan Baird's stunning accomplice is the kind of woman who is too smart to ever trust a former conman. Their three-hour commitment stretches into five sexually charged days as they fight their explosive connection.
KILTED FOR PLEASURE
Callan Baird sees no problem turning their work relationship into a sexual one. Victoria Burke refuses to break her boss's no-fraternization rule. He's the one thing she wants and the one thing she can't have. He's had his one great love, and doesn't want a replacement. His heart doesn't agree, because she's everything he desires.
KILT TEASE
The deal between them is simple. All Kate has to do is pose as Quinton’s girlfriend in public. In exchange for helping him salvage an important business deal, Kate gets many opportunities to say yes—in bed and out of it.
Then reality, and the press, threaten their fictional romance. Quinton will have to trust that Kate's feelings for him are genuine or risk losing her for good.
SCOT APPEAL
Marcus Baird has been called a lot of things: Scottish bastard, heartless, ruthless, but thanks to his new neighbor, he could add ginger buff guy. The ruthless part is true, at least. His current occupation as a handyman is a front to fuel a bidding war between his former employer and the next private equity firm in his sights—an undertaking that should have all his attention, but Ivy makes him an offer he cannot refuse.
UNDER HIS KILT
No emotions, no entanglements...just sex.
Jocelyn Pearson and Ian Baird agree their affair will end in thirty days. The closer the end date looms, they start to question if it's possible to walk away. They'll have to come to terms of what they've become or stick to their original agreement.
HER INSATIABLE SCOT
A small favor turns into a big complication...
All Keri Pearson has to do is lie about who she is and pretend to be married to a charming Scot for three hours. Tristan Baird's stunning accomplice is the kind of woman who is too smart to ever trust a former conman. Their three-hour commitment stretches into five sexually charged days as they fight their explosive connection.
KILTED FOR PLEASURE
Callan Baird sees no problem turning their work relationship into a sexual one. Victoria Burke refuses to break her boss's no-fraternization rule. He's the one thing she wants and the one thing she can't have. He's had his one great love, and doesn't want a replacement. His heart doesn't agree, because she's everything he desires.
KILT TEASE
The deal between them is simple. All Kate has to do is pose as Quinton’s girlfriend in public. In exchange for helping him salvage an important business deal, Kate gets many opportunities to say yes—in bed and out of it.
Then reality, and the press, threaten their fictional romance. Quinton will have to trust that Kate's feelings for him are genuine or risk losing her for good.
SCOT APPEAL
Marcus Baird has been called a lot of things: Scottish bastard, heartless, ruthless, but thanks to his new neighbor, he could add ginger buff guy. The ruthless part is true, at least. His current occupation as a handyman is a front to fuel a bidding war between his former employer and the next private equity firm in his sights—an undertaking that should have all his attention, but Ivy makes him an offer he cannot refuse.
777 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2018
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Melissa Blue
56 books442 followersMelissa Blue's writing career started on a typewriter one month after her son was born. This would have been an idyllic situation for a writer if it had been 1985, not 2004. Eventually she upgraded to a computer. She's still typing away on the same computer, making imaginary people fall in love.
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July 16, 2020Currently only £0.79 on kindle for the first 5 books in the series. I can never resist a bargain lol
May 6, 2018
i enjoyed all the stories in this bundle!! These Scotsmen i STG. so hot. and the women who bring them to their knees. loved them!! I don't even know which Baird is my fave. hmmm i'm gonna have to think on that but the last story, with Marcus and Ivy, I must say my fave scene had to be when he came out in the kilt and Ivy and her sis were about to die lol. I feel you ladies, I too might expire if a sexy Scot put on a kilt for me
I also neeed a book for Ivy's sis tho. I really liked her! And Marcus' friend Grant. So i'm hoping they get it :D
I also neeed a book for Ivy's sis tho. I really liked her! And Marcus' friend Grant. So i'm hoping they get it :D
August 22, 2020
I came across this wonderful bundle when Melissa Blue tweeted about it being on sale for £0.79 which is a great deal considering the five lovely romances I got.
Not many books have managed to hold my attention during quarantine, but this bundle full of charming, brooding Scotsmen and smart, sensitive African American women did so well.
I’d already read Under His Kilt before I got the bundle and liked Jocelyn and Ian’s story of a woman attracted to her co worker and deciding to enlist him to help her tick off the items on her before dirty thirty list.
Her Insatiable Scot features former conman Tristan (Ian’s brother and a hilarious mainstay throughout the series) and Keri (Jocelyn’s cousin). I liked this take on the ‘fake relationship’ trope and would only have liked to see them spend more time together, but I enjoyed seeing Keri come out of her shell and Tristan lean into the tender side she’s brought out of him.
Kilted For Pleasure sees Callan (Ian and Tristan’s cousin) a widower that feels guilty for his undeniable attraction to Victoria, the woman trying to correct her previously damaged reputation in the museum world by charming Callan into doing a restoration job with her wit, humour and dangerous dimple.
Callan was frank with his grief and guilt at falling in love again and Victoria was understanding yet not willing to be walked over or have her feelings seen as less intense than his. The Baird, Callans “cad” of an uncle is a funny character too and I thought the conclusion to the story felt a little rushed but still nice nonetheless.
Kilt Tease is the story that features a very saucy kilt scene, so watch out for that! Kate is a travelling nurse living out a promise to her grandmother and Quinton is a retired rugby player trying to close an important business deal when they are papped getting cosy in The Baird’s pub. Another story that dealt with grief which for Kate was in the form of loosing her grandmother and for Quinton was in the form of loosing the life he had before fame and certain abilities. The conflict didn’t feel substantial and I wanted Kate to have a bit more of a backbone and for Quinton to be more apologetic. Trust was also a big theme of the story and they found that in each other.
In Scot Appeal, Ivy, a woman who uses her tender touch to make flower arrangements, meets and shares a mutual attraction with her next door neighbour, CEO/handyman Marcus, when her house almost gets flooded. There was a nice build to the conflict in this story, with there being an open secret from the start. The lust and love aspect intertwined no matter how much the protag tried to deny how strong it was and watching them figure things out was both infuriating and fun. There is mention and some guest appearances from other characters in previous books.
Having read all five of them in a row, a pattern did emerge of heroes very affected by parental neglect and heroines that weren’t very experienced but were very eager to explore and a relationship that both parties initially insist is only sex before feelings inevitably interrupt and throw love and intense passion into the mix. I enjoyed reading these stories and am glad I found them during quarantine as they provided stories to get engrossed in.
Not many books have managed to hold my attention during quarantine, but this bundle full of charming, brooding Scotsmen and smart, sensitive African American women did so well.
I’d already read Under His Kilt before I got the bundle and liked Jocelyn and Ian’s story of a woman attracted to her co worker and deciding to enlist him to help her tick off the items on her before dirty thirty list.
Her Insatiable Scot features former conman Tristan (Ian’s brother and a hilarious mainstay throughout the series) and Keri (Jocelyn’s cousin). I liked this take on the ‘fake relationship’ trope and would only have liked to see them spend more time together, but I enjoyed seeing Keri come out of her shell and Tristan lean into the tender side she’s brought out of him.
Kilted For Pleasure sees Callan (Ian and Tristan’s cousin) a widower that feels guilty for his undeniable attraction to Victoria, the woman trying to correct her previously damaged reputation in the museum world by charming Callan into doing a restoration job with her wit, humour and dangerous dimple.
Callan was frank with his grief and guilt at falling in love again and Victoria was understanding yet not willing to be walked over or have her feelings seen as less intense than his. The Baird, Callans “cad” of an uncle is a funny character too and I thought the conclusion to the story felt a little rushed but still nice nonetheless.
Kilt Tease is the story that features a very saucy kilt scene, so watch out for that! Kate is a travelling nurse living out a promise to her grandmother and Quinton is a retired rugby player trying to close an important business deal when they are papped getting cosy in The Baird’s pub. Another story that dealt with grief which for Kate was in the form of loosing her grandmother and for Quinton was in the form of loosing the life he had before fame and certain abilities. The conflict didn’t feel substantial and I wanted Kate to have a bit more of a backbone and for Quinton to be more apologetic. Trust was also a big theme of the story and they found that in each other.
In Scot Appeal, Ivy, a woman who uses her tender touch to make flower arrangements, meets and shares a mutual attraction with her next door neighbour, CEO/handyman Marcus, when her house almost gets flooded. There was a nice build to the conflict in this story, with there being an open secret from the start. The lust and love aspect intertwined no matter how much the protag tried to deny how strong it was and watching them figure things out was both infuriating and fun. There is mention and some guest appearances from other characters in previous books.
Having read all five of them in a row, a pattern did emerge of heroes very affected by parental neglect and heroines that weren’t very experienced but were very eager to explore and a relationship that both parties initially insist is only sex before feelings inevitably interrupt and throw love and intense passion into the mix. I enjoyed reading these stories and am glad I found them during quarantine as they provided stories to get engrossed in.
November 24, 2021
This review is only for the first book in the bundle, as I will not be reading the rest. This came to me as part of a larger book bundle for charity, and this is my first book by the author.
I didn't like anything about it. Not one thing.
The leads have no personalities, and I'm apparently supposed to be invested (or swooning) over the hero simply because he has an accent. Maybe also because he's kind of a jerk, but he's enough of one not to be a great person while not being enough of one to qualify as a bad boy worth reforming (if you're into that type of thing.) The heroine is bland as hell.
The premise is clear and we jump right to it, but there's no real chemistry between them so the sex scenes feel kind of mechanical. Also, we only get about one and a half of them before the heroine is already getting weird pseudo-nostalgic feelings about what a shy, retiring, demure flower she used to be before one week of kinky sex turned her life around. That really brought me up short, because I didn't find the sex to be particularly kinky, though obviously where that line is depends on the person.
Also, I know hardly anything about what setting up a traveling exhibition at a museum is like, so I could be wrong, but these people don't sound like they have real jobs: when they're shown at work together (so they can flirt because this is a workplace romance) they're mostly dressing mannequins in historical clothing. Okay, obviously someone has to do that--but the curator and the traveling consultant that's responsible for the exhibit? When the items were described as replicas, I thought workers lower on the totem pole could handle it, but then later they're "priceless artifacts" so yeah I guess only the higher-ups can deal with them. (Which are they? Please be consistent with your details!) But what is Ian's job exactly, anyway? If he's in charge of the exhibit as it travels, why is he leaving as soon as it opens? If he's not necessary to the safety/protection of the items in the exhibit, then why is he even there at all? I simply don't understand how any of this works, either in real life (my fault) or in the story (the author's fault, because it's not clear at all.) And they do spend a lot of time at work together because that's the basis of the story.
The puppy subplot? Poorly thought out. No puppy is that well-behaved without a lick of training, and only seriously confused, in-denial people would get a pet together and think it doesn't mean anything about the state of their relationship. I had a hard time believing any of it.
And their happy ending was silly in a bad way. Hero does a rude thing to provoke the heroine into contacting him again so he can continue their relationship, only she doesn't do it and he breaks first. And they argue. Again. And it's all so dumb.
I didn't like anything about it. Not one thing.
The leads have no personalities, and I'm apparently supposed to be invested (or swooning) over the hero simply because he has an accent. Maybe also because he's kind of a jerk, but he's enough of one not to be a great person while not being enough of one to qualify as a bad boy worth reforming (if you're into that type of thing.) The heroine is bland as hell.
The premise is clear and we jump right to it, but there's no real chemistry between them so the sex scenes feel kind of mechanical. Also, we only get about one and a half of them before the heroine is already getting weird pseudo-nostalgic feelings about what a shy, retiring, demure flower she used to be before one week of kinky sex turned her life around. That really brought me up short, because I didn't find the sex to be particularly kinky, though obviously where that line is depends on the person.
Also, I know hardly anything about what setting up a traveling exhibition at a museum is like, so I could be wrong, but these people don't sound like they have real jobs: when they're shown at work together (so they can flirt because this is a workplace romance) they're mostly dressing mannequins in historical clothing. Okay, obviously someone has to do that--but the curator and the traveling consultant that's responsible for the exhibit? When the items were described as replicas, I thought workers lower on the totem pole could handle it, but then later they're "priceless artifacts" so yeah I guess only the higher-ups can deal with them. (Which are they? Please be consistent with your details!) But what is Ian's job exactly, anyway? If he's in charge of the exhibit as it travels, why is he leaving as soon as it opens? If he's not necessary to the safety/protection of the items in the exhibit, then why is he even there at all? I simply don't understand how any of this works, either in real life (my fault) or in the story (the author's fault, because it's not clear at all.) And they do spend a lot of time at work together because that's the basis of the story.
The puppy subplot? Poorly thought out. No puppy is that well-behaved without a lick of training, and only seriously confused, in-denial people would get a pet together and think it doesn't mean anything about the state of their relationship. I had a hard time believing any of it.
And their happy ending was silly in a bad way. Hero does a rude thing to provoke the heroine into contacting him again so he can continue their relationship, only she doesn't do it and he breaks first. And they argue. Again. And it's all so dumb.
July 19, 2020
I forgot how much I enjoyed this series
These guys were a funny and sexy to boot. Each couple's coming together had it's own bump.I'm the road but in the end they came to their senses. I wish they need were longer and I wondering what happend to The Baird.
These guys were a funny and sexy to boot. Each couple's coming together had it's own bump.I'm the road but in the end they came to their senses. I wish they need were longer and I wondering what happend to The Baird.
November 8, 2021
A re-read!
The Bairds were an interesting bunch of men and the women they met were also interesting. Individual stories flowing into each other made for a Scottish retreat with this bunch.
Happy Reading
The Bairds were an interesting bunch of men and the women they met were also interesting. Individual stories flowing into each other made for a Scottish retreat with this bunch.
Happy Reading
March 3, 2018
As always, very good, but I have come to expect that from a Melissa Blue book!
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August 15, 2020Reviewing under each title instead of the bundle.
Read
December 13, 2020Bundle of books - most of them were somewhat forgettable to me, but I liked the last one (Scot Appeal) because it has a little more personality to it.
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February 8, 2018 Currently on sale for $0.99 (02/08)! Books 1-5 in one set and it's only $0.99? Get it! http://amzn.to/2FXWrUi
I already own 1-3, but even so $0.99 for two new books is a good deal (compared to $3 for each book).
I already own 1-3, but even so $0.99 for two new books is a good deal (compared to $3 for each book).
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