Samantha Masters is wanted for murder. She flees America with the help of a new friend, Alison Ross. Samantha is to assume Alison's identity and go in her stead to her property in Scotland. She arrives there expecting things to be difficult, but has no idea what she is in for.

Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, has wanted to buy Alison's property for a long time. He recently made an offer and she refused. Now that Alison, or Sam as her workers call her, is home, Gavin means to do everything in his power to persuade her to sell... even if he has to seduce Sam to get it. Gavin has no idea what he is getting himself into.

Author Kerrigan Byrne is churning out some wickedly entertaining novels. Her VICTORIAN REBELS series is blowing my mind. How can all of these books be so good?! It is easy to see Ms. Byrne has a talent for writing as everything in her stories is described in such accurate detail you feel as if you are truly seeing it. Her characters just come right to life off the pages. I am positively over the moon at the latest installment in the series, THE SCOT BEDS HIS WIFE. Gavin and Sam are so different yet so similar. If ever there was a match meant to be made, it's between these two. THE SCOT BEDS HIS WIFE is a book readers will want to read again and again.

I loved this book so much! Even better than the main couple (which was great and full of fantastic bickering) were the side pairings. I was rooting for Eammon with all my heart! I can't wait to see who this series follows next.

This book was so different from historical s that I have read before and I wasn't sure that it would be to my taste. I was pleasantly surprised .I enjoyed Sam's sassy character very much, she was very colourful and I couldn't put it down.
I received an ARC copy of this book from Netgalley.

Gavin’s story is as dark as his brother Liam’s. Both were raised by a cruel, sadistic father and have the scars, both emotionally and physically, to prove it. The Scot Beds His Wife is part of the Victorian Rebels Series. Ms. Byrne has written this series with these brothers growing up in a horrific childhood. Although this could be a stand alone book, I believe it would be best to read as the fourth in the series to truly understand the dynamics of these brothers and their families.

Samantha Masters is married to Bennett of the Masters Gang in the States. She is a decoy in a train robbery, the fifth and supposedly last. Along the way she becomes enveloped in Allison Ross’s kindness and quick friendship. When something goes wrong Samantha ends up killing her husband and saving Allison’s life. With gratitude, Allison gives Samantha her identity to allow Sam to escape Bennett’s brothers and the law.

Allison owns land and a manor in Scotland that Gavin St. James (Mackenzie) wants to add to his holdings to make his land more profitable. He is trying to sneakily take it from Allison since she is an absent landowner. Well, here is Sam claiming the land as Allison. Having been raised in the west on a cattle ranch, Allison can herd cows and shoot a gun.

The battles between Allison and Gavin keep you entertained throughout the book. She can shoot better than most men and threatens to shoot Gavin several times. Their HEA is challenged several times in several dramatic ways. This is a page turner you do not want to put down so you can see what is going to happen next.

This is certainly not a light-hearted read, but entertaining anyway. Dare I hope Callum and Allison will be the next book in the series? I hope so.

This is book number 5 in the Victorian Rebels and I do have to admit I have not read any of the previous books or any other books by Kerrigan Byrne before but you don't have to read the other books to get into this book.

I liked the story very much and I there is a lot of swearing in this book but personally, that didn't bother me at all. There is also quite a bit of sexy time but again that is fine by me (I read a lot of books with sexy times in them).

This book has a good mix of humour and action.

I do recommend this book.

I give this 4 out of 5.

After her husband is shot during a train robbery gone wrong, Samantha tries to escape the area before she is arrested and hung. You see, Samantha is the one who shot her husband! His brothers are after her and she willingly assumes a different identity and must travel to Scotland to pose as Alison Ross so the real Alison can keep her land and mansion. Samantha doesn't realize that she will have to keep the land, even with the notorious Lord Thorne fighting with all means necessary to become the Laird. A good story and a nice addition to the historical romance genre.

The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne will be published on October 3, 2017 by St. Martin's Press. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.

Another fabulous addition to Kerrigan Byrne’s Victorian Rebel series. Though not as dark as previous books in the series, this story has everything I’ve come to love and expect from this author. A beautiful and suspenseful story with era detail, passion and danger, with emotionally moving characters that overcome perilous threats and obstacles to find love. And, as with every book in this series, I was riveted. The Scot Beds His Wife was beyond stunning and, for me, was definitely a love at first read.

Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, was a notorious Highlander and Casanova. He used his charm, intellect, good looks, and wit to get what he wanted. As a son of the brutal Hamish Mackenzie, he’d grown up hating the name and scars, both physical and emotional, that came with it. He didn’t want or need the Mackenzie name in order to make his way. He’d establish his own name. His own land. His own legacy. Gavin had plans to purchase the neighboring, vacant Erradale estate and cattle from Alison Ross. Mackenzies had never been cattle folk but as soon as he could, Gavin would no longer be a Mackenzie.
In a desperate need to escape a life of drudgery and oppression, Samantha had married Bennett Masters. She’d gone from one bad situation to another. Bennett and his brothers were thieves. The Masters Gang. Her conscience had settled for a thief as a husband, but never a cold blooded killer. In a train robbery gone wrong, Samantha was forced to shoot her husband to protect a female passenger. Samantha found herself with no money, no prospects, and nowhere to go. She was now a known member of a gang, hunted by federal marshals, and by Bennett’s brothers. The passenger she saved, Alison Ross, was so grateful to Samantha that she proposed an offer Samantha couldn’t refuse. In order not to forfeit her legacy, Alison had to physically take custody of her family land, Erradale, in Scotland and put it in working order. Though Alison had no interest herself in the land, a Mackenzie was after it and Alison had promised her father no kin of a Mackenzie would ever own it. As Samantha knew ranch life well and needed to get out of the states, she found herself traveling across the Atlantic posing as Alison Ross. This was her chance to finally have the life she’d always dreamed of.
After disembarking from the train, Sam fell right into the arms of a fierce Celtic god. He was magnificent, but he was also Gavin St. James. A Mackenzie. Her enemy. He might be handsome as the devil but she’d be damned before she’d let him charm her. She couldn’t yield her wits to a handsome man. Not again. Erradale no more belonged to her than it did to him, but she was willing to fight to keep him from taking it. Gavin was just as driven. This Alison Ross was slight, crude, and prickly. Nothing like the coy, buxom mistresses he usually bedded. But if she planned to stand in his way, then he’d do whatever it took. “He’d be whatever she needed to get the papers signed. Savior, father, brother, friend, or hopefully, lover.” Either way, Erradale would be his.
But Sam was immune to the charms Gavin had always relied on. He’d thought she’d waste away on the ranch and not be able to care for the land, much less herself. But he’d been wrong. What she lacked in brawn, she made up for in pluck. She seemed right at home with ranch life. Riding astride in trousers. Incredibly tight trousers. She cussed like a sailor and shot better than any man he knew. He couldn’t remember the last time someone angered him so. She impressed him, she intrigued him, she aroused him. He desired Erradale above all else, but he was also beginning to desire its current owner.
Samantha was affected by Gavin too. Yes, he was relentless, ruthless, and cunning. But he could also be generous and kind. And boy, was he handsome! She was starting to respect him. And the way he looked at her sometimes made her feel things she’d never felt with Bennett. She was starting to feel differently about this land and the people too. “The one place that truly never belonged to her was the one place she never wanted to let go of.
When Gavin, on a reckless impulse, kissed Samantha, their fate was sealed. Though she spoke, swore, and rode like a man, Samantha tasted and felt like a woman. And when she matched his kiss just as fiercely, Gavin was a goner. The passion in her kiss set him on fire. Lust was fine, but passion was a dangerous feeling. Gavin “had thought to seduce her, dominate her, leave her panting, and walk away and take her land. That couldn’t happen now.” He wanted her. For more than just a night. Samantha wanted Gavin too. But would he want her when he found out who she was? An orphaned nobody. A thief, a liar, a murderer. Samantha’s not the only one with secrets though. And if her secrets don’t destroy them, Gavin’s may.

Kerrigan Byrne can weave a story like nobody’s business! I become immersed in her stories as they flawlessly unfold before me. As I mentioned before, this story wasn’t as dark and gritty as earlier books in this series, but that matched Gavin’s character. While Gavin’s brothers consisted of a hanged traitor, the king of the London underworld, and the Demon Highlander, Gavin was considered the black sheep of the clan. Rather than the temper of his brothers, he hid his pain behind vice and levity. And I loved him just as much as I loved his brothers. I think I fell in love with Gavin when I realized his first meeting with Samantha was a setup. Like most women in Gavin’s life, I was a sucker for his charm. It took me longer to love Samantha. She harbored some pretty huge secrets. And she harbored them a lot longer than I was comfortable with. Still, Kerrigan Byrne has a knack for taking characters you would think incorrigible and completely redeeming them. I think I fell in love with Samantha when I saw her relationship with the two old grisly highlanders who were working her land with her. It made me see another side of her that I was missing. And once I saw that side of her, I couldn’t wait for she and Gavin to find their happily ever after. Though they came from 2 different worlds, Gavin and Sam had much in common. Both of their souls were stained. They’d not lived a pure life before. Gavin was a womanizer. He was proud of it. Sam had stolen and killed. They were both wounded. Gavin carried physical and emotional scars from his childhood. While Sam’s wounds weren’t physical, like Gavin, the emotional wounds she’d carried since the death of her parents, had made her stronger. They both hid behind masks. Sam hid her desolation and loneliness behind her tart vocabulary and tough façade. Gavin hid his pain behind his wicked behavior and humor. Also, they both loved Erradale. For Gavin it had been a sanctuary as a child to escape his father. Now it was a chance to put the Mackenzie name behind him. For Sam, it was home. It gave her purpose and a chance at survival. They both thought love was out of the question and so their feelings for each other scared them. In each other’s arms, they felt sensations they’d not felt in a long time.
I loved watching their relationship develop. Their interactions were a thing to behold. The flirtatious arguing rife with sexual innuendo was titillating. Their wedding was hysterical yet one of the most romantic weddings I’ve read in a long time. Their animosity towards each other changed to a partnership with laughing, teasing, and still bickering, but with a smile. They were discovering each other. And in discovering each other, they discovered something about themselves. That their need for each other superseded their own needs.
It truly was a beautiful story. The secondary characters added so much to it too. I loved the cantankerous Locryn and Calybrid who bickered like an old married couple. I fell in love immediately with Gavin’s childhood friend, Callum. His story is very intriguing and I’m anxious to see it revealed. The budding relationship between Gavin’s mother and Callum’’s father was sweet and tender. I would have loved to see it in a book of its own. As you can see, though vastly different from others in the series, this story was every bit as captivating and beautiful. This is one series I hope never comes to an end. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy to read and review.

I loved this book, couldn't put it down because I just had to know what would happen next. Would they realise what the other was hiding, would everything come out in the wash or was it ruined forever? I just had to know.
Kerrigan Byrne has written well rounded characters who were a joy to read about and who I want to read more about so the rest of this series is now on my to read list!

Right from the start, there was too much going on and I could tell immediately that all the different plot lines would take away from the romance, which should always be the main focus. The story itself opened with a deeply disturbing and didn't exactly get me in the mood for an epic love story. While I've read and loved other dark romances, this just felt overly grotesque and added nothing to the story in my opinion.

One of the things that bothered me the most was the lack of tenderness between Samantha and Gavin. To me they felt bullish and stubborn and were both unappealing and unlikable. It all comes down to chemistry between the hero and heroine and with this romance I felt none.

Byrne's writing style is very wordy. There wasn't enough dialogue to balance out the long, boring descriptions of everything. Even the love scenes were spoiled by the constant stream of narration going on in the characters' heads. Similarly, the language itself was so modern, I felt the story could have taken place in present day. This especially bothered me with the dialogue. The characters did not sound like they lived in the 19th century and it was jarring and constantly pulled me out of the story.

Finally, there was too much usage of the word "fuck" for my taste. To my point about there being no tenderness between Samantha and Gavin, the whole story just felt crude and cheap.

This is the kind of historical romance that I love to read. Kerrigan Byrne has created a unique story with an unusual heroine that sucked me in and made me want to finish it in one sitting. An American on the run and a man at war with his past make for a feisty and intriguing couple. There was adventure and danger, romance and emotion. Samantha and Gavin are thrown together due to circumstances beyond either of their control and their romance develops at their own quirky pace.
I’m not usually a fan of prickly leading ladies who want nothing to do with a man, but Samantha grew on me quickly. In trouble with the law in America, she travels to Scotland to stake a claim on some land and find sanctuary in her new homeland. What she doesn’t count on is the big sexy Scot who has had his eye set on that land his entire life. Fighting his advances – both on her and her land – quickly becomes a losing battle.
Gavin St. James has earned a peaceful life. Having grown up in a household with a cruel, abusive father and a withdrawn mother, he knows all too well how evil people can be. All he wants is to emancipate himself from his clan and forge a new life for himself on the land adjacent to his. The only roadblock is one tall, skinny, foul-mouthed American who intrigues him as much as she annoys him.
When the ideal solution to Samantha’s past troubles and Gavin’s desire to own her property comes in the form of a marriage of convenience, they both enter it reluctantly. There is an undeniable chemistry between them, but neither is looking for love. Samantha has already had her share of man troubles, she doesn’t want any more. Gavin has suffered his own heartbreak and vows he has nothing to give except his name and his protection.
This book was interesting and funny and sexy and entertaining. The verbal sparring between Gavin and Samantha was the best sort of non-physical foreplay. They made me laugh and kept me turning the pages just to see whether they’d be lovers or fighters. The author did a wonderful job of creating characters who turned out to be exactly what the other needed.
I give The Scot Beds his Wife 4 stars.

This is the first book by this author I have read and I picked it up through Netgalley. I was a bit worried when I realized I'd be diving into the middle of a series but I wasn't disappointed. This was such a fun adventure with gun slinging smart-mouthed women and broodingly arrogant men who think they are God's gift to women but tout they have no heart to give. From the moment she falls into his orchestrated trap at the train station and doesn't act like the spoiled rich debutant, I knew this was going to be a fun read. I loved it. Every single second of it was full of witty banter, tense emotional moments, great adventure, and just overall an awesome plot and characters. I will go back and read at least Liam and Mena's story being they played a big role in this one.  Totally a great read.

4 1/2 Stars

Gavin St. James, the Earl of Thorne, has found a way to get out from underneath his brother’s thumb and lead a prosperous and fulfilling life. All he needs to do is purchase the land situated next to his in Wester Ross, Scotland. One big obstacle is the owner of the land, Miss Alison Ross, is in America and has no desire to sell her land to the son of the man who killed her father.

Alison has the misfortune of traveling across America by rail with plans to sail back to Scotland. When she becomes an unwilling participant in a train robbery gone wrong, she finds salvation in the train robbers wife, Samantha Masters. Sam takes Alison’s place and travels on to Scotland to escape her husband’s family while Alison goes back home to marry her fiancee.

Masquerading as Alison is harder than Sam first imagined. While she’s a million times better equipped to the harsh life in the wilds of Scotland than Alison ever would’ve been, an unforeseen obstacle stands in her way in the form of Gavin St. James. Sam knows in her heart she should hate the man as Alison should, but time and time again she feels the opposite. While Gavin never imagined Alison would be able to work her land as diligently as she seemed to, he is impressed and attracted beyond reason to the last woman he should be. When a tragedy bigger than anyone expected occurs, Sam accepts Gavin’s offer of marriage.

Bryne gives us an unusual pairing between the sassy American Sam and gruff, opinionated Scot Gavin. I loved Sam the instant she stepped up and saved a life in the botched train robbery. Her strength in the midst of an absolute bloodbath made her one of the fiercest heroines I have read in recent memory. While trying to hold on to her Alison persona, she couldn’t help but let the real Sam shine through.

At first, I wanted to beat Gavin about the head with a shovel for his assumptions about his neighbor. But, his opinionated ass got handed to him when he rode over the hillside and found his neighbor beginning to make the neglected land prosper again. I had to take a break from reading at that point to have a laugh at Gavin’s expense. Even with that first misconception, he continued to doubt Alison/Sam’s ability to prosper.

By the time they became husband and wife, passions erupted in waves for our fated couple. Through more than a few horrific trials, Gavin and Sam along with a strong support system, triumphed and flourished in a way I didn’t think would be possible. This series is only getting better as it continues. With two more books planned, I can’t wait for more love, lust, and adventure from Kerrigan Byrne!

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

This really couldn't have been a better highland tale. There are secrets, seduction and sibling discoveries in these pages. It's at once thrilling and heartwarming. A gem of a read, for sure.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

As someone who was introduced to Kerrigan Byrne's series and loath to wait until this one came out, I was excited to get a chance to read the Galley version. Thankfully, it did not disappoint. I enjoyed how the American West was brought into the story, as well as the way the heroine was proficient, and in many situations better, at skills that were primarily for males at the time period (i.e., shooting, riding, knowing when a cow is giving birth). Though in general women were not given the opportunity to be so skilled in that historical time, some were. And it was nice to find one, especially in this series, who kept up with and surpassed the hero. There was also a good foreshadowing of future books and stories, which I cannot wait to read. All in all, I had a hard time putting this novel down, and I look forward to being unable to put down future novels written by Kerrigan Byrne.

This story is soooo good, this reader couldn't put it away. It's the enthralling tale of an American woman named Samantha , who, after a series of personal mistakes, finds herself in Scotland under an alias. It is there she meets a powerful, and deliciously dark man named Thorne. The plot is interesting and unusual, not like every other romance, and filled with a bevy of colorful characters, witty dialogue, intrigue galore, and plenty of heat. This really is a fantastic story and I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy some action and humor along with their romance.

What a roller coaster of a story !
If I had to sum it up I wouldn't know how to handel it. So much is happening in this book. Characters too are constantly evolving and revealing themselves. Your opinion of Gavin and Sam won't be the same by the end of the story that's for sure.
I really loved TSBHW, the complexity of it and also its darkness/heaviness. I'm not one for chick-lit historicals and this one as none of that.
If you love meaty characters and rich storylines then you'll probably love this book.

The repetitiveness of the flaws or background of the characters had me saying, "OK, I got it, move on with the story". This was just ok for me. While I know romance novels should be bordering on unbelievable (just to much coincidence) , this one seemed a little much for me.

A happily ever after...that looked like it couldn't happen.

Samantha Masters was an orphan - a woman that throughout her life had only experienced bad luck. Her parents died leaving her to a relative. The relative only wanted her gone and was getting rid of her by marrying her off to a man old enough to be her father or grandfather. Trying to avoid this fate, she marries- and discovers much later that theirs was not the marriage she bought it was- and would never be. Her husband was a murderer, a thief and part of a ruthless family gang. He hid all that when he woo'd the young Samantha. She married him only to see her life become embroiled in train robberies and other social horrors. In a split second decision, she saves a young woman by shooting her husband and killing him bf he could kill an innocent woman whose only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But for Samantha, this could be the right place at the right time. The young woman, Allison Ross, was so grateful that she insisted on giving Samantha her identity and bade her to live there as long as she wanted - but not to sell it to the clan responsible for her father's death. Knowing her likeness was most likely on every wanted poster in the country, Samantha accepted.

Gaven St James wanted nothing to do with his fathers' name or his family- and that included his brother. What he did want was the land that belonged to Allyson Ross, and heiress who had inherited a large track of the Scottish highlands. That track of land would put him on almost equal fitting with his brother, who inherited his father's lands. Past indiscretions helped him become the revered and feared Laird. Thinking to impress Allison Ross with lots of money, he angered when Samantha Masters - pretending to be the heiress Ross- turned him down. Even scaring her off the land didn't work. What WILL work? Marriage??

Samantha Masters enjoys the bluster of the land - but not the man. She turned Gavin St James down each time he begged.. well, asked.

Life only gets more complicated as Samantha discovers more about the life and the land of the person she had agreed to switch places with.

Find out her secrets, as well as his. Cheer as Samantha Masters takes Scotland by storm.

The story was fun. Loved the story. This is truly an amazing author. Congratulations on this book launch.

4.5 STARS!!

All of the books I have read by Kerrigan Byrne have been fantastic, and The Scot Beds His Wife was defiantly in that category. I love how Byrne's leading men are strong, passionate, and flawed, and her leading women know just how to handle them. I enjoyed watching the relationship develop between Sam and Thorne from total dislike to total hot and steamy. The love scenes between the two were so passionate! It was such a great love story. I can't wait for the next book!

I was fully prepared to start this review stating The Scot Beds His Wife is now my favorite of all the Victorian Rebels books. But then I remember that I think that every time I read a new book in this series! And while I truly did love this book, I think on the previous ones and they're all so dang good it's really impossible to choose a favorite. But maaaaybe Gavin and Samantha are the best.

The entire historical series is a little darker than some others I've read which I love as they feel different. I fell in love with Gavin in the previous book but he was still a bit of a mystery and the development of his character is outstanding. We get glimpses of him as a child and the man he is now and they will break your heart.

What starts as hate between the feisty American, Samantha, turns slowly to friendship and then rather quickly to love. I don't want to reveal to much about the plot but as far as heroines go, I adored Sam. She's strong, resilient and has an amazing heart. Her vulnerability later on is touching as she finally lets herself care about Gavin.

There's some mystery and suspense which is par for the course with this series but always exciting. Kerrigan manages to keep the same overall feel for her books without regurgitating the same plot and characters.

And ooooh, the end. The tease for the next book literally has me giddy. Absolutely giddy. Actually, for the next two books! The outlaw British and Highlander men are just to die for. If you're a historical fan, I can't recommend this book and series enough. Although this does stand alone, I recommend reading in order if you plan to read the entire series as the characters cross over into each others novels, some playing important roles in further stories.

**Review will be posted on our blog closer to release day