About the book:
Title: Some Like It Scot
Author: Pepper D. Basham
Source: Publisher
An American travel writer who has never found a place to belong and a reclusive Scot with a surprising secret find a shocking connection when she enters a Highlands manor house that has been turned into a three-week long Edwardian experience.
Katie Campbell has traveled her entire life. As the daughter of an army chaplain, changing homes--or even countries--was commonplace, so when her wild childhood storytelling turned into a lucrative career as a travel writer, she thought she'd found her perfect match. But as she's nearly thirty with no real place to settle down, she's starting to wonder where "home" actually is. Her own family hadn't felt like home since her sister's death left them all limping through life.
When a lengthy project in Scotland promises to not only give her travel fodder for months but also a shot at a coveted editing position, she accepts and is sent to spend three weeks in the newly created Craighill House, a Scottish home redesigned to offer guests an Edwardian experience. But her entrance to Craighill introduces her to a quirky group of characters and a surly Scot who is helping refurbish the magnificent woodwork of the estate house.
As Katie attempts to live "Edwardian," she learns that all that glitters does not a comfortable lifestyle make . . . and surly Scots may turn out to be dashing and creative uncles raising their orphaned nephews. When a few escapades from the Downton era lead Katie on hunts for mermaids and dragons or to a fireside chat with a family who has grown stronger through tragedy, Katie begins to wonder if "home" looks a whole lot like rolling green hills, magnificent braighs, and a few extra "ayes" thrown in for good measure. But can her world-traveling lifestyle fit in with a Scot whose heart is double-knotted to home?
Goodreads || Amazon || Baker Book House || Barnes & Noble
My Thoughts
I don't care what Pepper Basham writes even her grocery list I'll read it. In Some Like it Scot, She takes travel writer, Katie Campbell to Scotland for a three-week Edwardian Immersion tour. Katie is known at home as the adventurer and boy does she get an adventure.
What makes Ms. Basham's books so swoon-worthy and engulfing are the beautiful stories from her childhood that she weaves into them.
With Some Like It Scot I felt like I was in Scotland. The breeze on my face, the smell of heather. All the things about Scotland that Ms. Basham wrote in this book made me hope to go there someday.
I received a copy of this book via the publisher. I wasn't required to write a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About Pepper Basham
I love a good romance, whether it’s set in an Edwardian-era manor house or a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Readers enjoy my fun, dramatic, heart-warming, and inspirational novels with the certainty of a happily-ever-after.
Though some of my contemporaries have a Britallachian twist, others are Mayberry-esque, while others bring about the elegance and struggles of the Downton Abbey era. If any of these story ideas sound good to you, take some time to peruse my cyber corner of the world. “Sit a spell” as we’d say in my neck of the woods and let me ‘spin you a yarn’ filled with a few of my favorite things.
You can find Pepper on the following social media sites. Website || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter
