Review: UNDER A SCOTTISH SKY by Pamela Q. Fernandes

Scotland! What a great place. Sure, it may be nothing but farmland, but, for Michelle, “the traveler at heart,” it was an adventure.  Ah, Scotland: so beautiful that you might fall in love. Then she meets her host, Adrian Mackintosh, a “fine specimen” and a “real hot-blooded Scottish one.” Oh, boy.

It’s just too bad that he ended up having a bad attitude and a hot temper. Well, lucky for Michelle that she has her tenacity and optimism to help her through it. Besides, she wasn’t there for him, she was there to care for his mother.  

Story was well-written and carried an endearing quality. Michelle with the ever angelic soul soon develops a soft spot for the frail, kind, old woman; she even starts to feel for her selfish brute of a son. But she has no problem telling him what a bastard he is and that he should be nicer to his mother. You kinda admire that gumption. Still, the old woman regales her how Adrian is like a hurricane—rattle and fierce on the outside, but calm in the center. Of course, Michelle had a point: if he was a hurricane, you’d want to run, duck, and cover. But, as her presence continues, she begins to wonder if there might be more to him.

Clever and charming, story is a quick read infused with lovely words of the Scottish highlands. There was a slight lag at times, but the good writing prevails.  

A good story!

 

My rating: 3.5 stars