Is it too much to ask for a relationship that works?
When Stella Grant realizes her perfect romance is a lie and that she’s the other woman, she flees to her remote cottage in the Highlands to lick her wounds.
Billionaire currency trader Jack Maclean has nothing but contempt for the woman who stole not only his sister’s fiancé but quite possibly a family heirloom to boot. Nonetheless, he wants answers and he intends to get them. A quick trip north should do the trick. Never in a million years could he have predicted a kamikaze sheep and inclement weather would leave him stranded.
Jack might be gorgeous but Stella isn’t in the market for a man, especially one who hates her. No matter how attractive he finds her Stella is the very last person Jack should want. The trouble is, they’re all alone and the chemistry is irresistible, and, well, what happens in Scotland stays in Scotland, right?
Titles in The Maclean Family Legacy series include: His Best Mistake – Her Forbidden Warrior –
Title: His Best Mistake
Series: The Maclean Family Legacy
Author: Lucy King
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: Tule Publishing
Publisher: January 22, 2018
My Rating: 3.5 stars
I let this story stew in my brain for a bit before writing this review thinking I might change my mind after some thought. Really, I didn’t. His Best Mistake is a story that falls into the “good story” rating for me – I didn’t love it, didn’t hate it either but was somewhere in-between. I’ll round it up for the postings, but this story is really a 3.5 star rating for me. And mainly because of those characters the series is named for – Jack and Cora. Because this copy of mine is an e-ARC I would have finished it anyway, but if I’d bought it only Stella’s presence would have kept me reading to the ending.
Stella had been believing she’d found a new boyfriend, when in fact she was the other woman in his life as Ben or Brad was actually already engaged. For me, it was Stella’s strength and personality that carried His Best Mistake. Jack was a character I could not connect with. Yes, he’s had a horrible tragedy in his life, there’s no discounting those emotions. Yet I couldn’t find that spark in him that said he’d gotten over himself and truly now loved Stella. And Cora – well, the less said about my thoughts on her the better… which might make reading the next story in this series a challenge. I want to believe that people can change – I guess we’ll find out.
Jack and Stella got off to a rocky start but eventually found their happy ending. Maybe if I’d found Jack to be more relatable I would have enjoyed his story more. As I said, it’s a good story simply not one that rocked my world. But you need to figure this out for your own reading choices – remember, this is how I reacted, not how you might react so make up your own mind on this story.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
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