Part of Mackenzies & McBrides, book 12
First published 2021
Evie McKnight collides with Jamie Mackenzie on a Southampton quay and remembers the day she accidentally pushed him into the river Cam a decade earlier. After she pulled him out, he kissed her boldly before walking away in his soaked kilt. Now Evie is engaged to a wealthy, respectable man, but Jamie keeps appearing around London. He helps Evie and her sisters, befriends her fiancé, and agrees to join her planned heist to save her best friend's father from financial ruin. Jamie, son and heir of Ian Mackenzie, has spent years traveling the world seeking adventure. He returned home to settle down as his family wished, but restlessness consumes him. He struggles to match his potential as the son of a brilliant man. Seeing Evie again reveals what he has been searching for. Her engagement to a boring man and her scheme to rob the British Museum will not deter him. Jamie inherits all the Mackenzie determination and cleverness, and he will use every bit to prove they belong together.
Genres: romance, adventure, adult, adult-fiction, historical-romance
Vibes: adventurous, charming, romantic, tension-filled, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, heist-adventure, second-chance-romance
Setting: Southampton, London, River Cam, British Museum, Scotland
Period: 19th-century
326 pages · Paperback · JA/AG Publishing