Getting Hot with the Scot by Melonie JohnsonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
"Getting Hot with the Scot" was a fun, sweet, and sexy story, and an excellent debut novel for first-time author Melonie Johnson. Both of the main characters were well-developed and likeable, and the secondary characters were delightful as well. I particularly appreciated the fact that the female main character, Cassie, was a big fan of romance novels and did not hide that fact, even at work. Using her love for romance novels as part of the literacy campaign she developed seemed like a great idea to me!
I'm generally not a fan of lie-of-omission plots, but I thought the trope was handled relatively well here. Logan's reasons for hiding things from Cassie were at least understandable, though that didn't necessarily make them right. It bothered me a little bit that he didn't even try to figure out another way to boost his website's numbers besides using the footage of Cassie from the prank at Edinburgh Castle, though I guess the point was that he needed an excuse to spend more time with her, and "romancing" her into signing the release seemed like his best option. Logan's unresolved feelings relating to his father's death probably played into his handling of the situation as well because he was afraid that if Cassie knew the truth, he would end up losing someone else he cared about.
At any rate, I enjoyed Cassie and Logan's story very much and look forward to reading the next book in this series.
*ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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