seriously romantic: how to blackmail a highlander by michelle mclean

lady alice chivers is certain that the man her parents have agreed to marry her to will murder her. he's had three dead wives pass in mysterious circumstances. when she runs into philip macgregor at a  ball, she is struck by the thought that maybe he can help her escape.

she wants to get to her friend, elizabet. she's married to philip's cousin, john and alice knows he can help her. but philip refuses. not because he thinks she's wrong about her prospective husband. but he just believes that she isn't prepared for a life on her own, without the comfort and security of her social standing. so she blackmails him. appropriate for a book titled how to blackmail a highlander.

as a heroine, alice is feisty and stubborn and impulsive. she questions everything. and she's determined to not let people make choices that will affect her life. she's remarkably progressive and ingenious. she's also a little bit spoiled and used to getting her way and having things turn out for the best. and philip makes sure to tell her all these things. but he also quietly appreciates all her other qualities.

that she fights him at every turn frustrates him, but it also draws him to her. they are opposites that are clearly meant to be together. from the moment they claimed each other inadvertendly, it became more real and it became everything they ever wanted.

this was such a delightful read, and i'm pretty sure i've read the other books in this series. and if i'm right there should be at least one more that will give us some resolution on rose and will's story.

**how to blackmail a highlander will publish on january 14, 2019. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (amara) in exchange for my honest review.