{"id":27619,"date":"2021-09-07T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2022-10-16T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:27:42","slug":"review-portrait-of-the-scotsman-by-evie-dunmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/07\/review-portrait-of-the-scotsman-by-evie-dunmore\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Portrait of the Scotsman by Evie Dunmore"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27619\" data-postid=\"27619\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27619 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29288\" title=\"portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore\" alt=\"portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/portrait-of-a-scotsman-evie-dunmore.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted just three things in life:<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1. Acclaim as an artist.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2. A noble cause.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the\u00a0<i>gentle<\/i>\u00a0in gentleman.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain&#8217;s peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she&#8217;s stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions&#8230;.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old desire for revenge, he has no room for his new wife&#8217;s apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything&#8211;as long as she is prepared to lose her heart.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Sep 7, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<i>A League of\u00a0Extraordinary Women<\/i><br \/><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>What<strong> Dunmore<\/strong> does best is make me believe I\u2019m not reading a romance, only to make my heart flutter when I get to the end and find out it\u2019s real.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hattie Greenfield<\/strong>, suffragist, banking heiress, and&#8230; London Scandal. Exactly what happens when Hattie, who\u2019s an artist at heart, draws the attention of a dubious Scotsman, <strong>Lucian Blackstone<\/strong>. He sees in Hattie a means to an end but can\u2019t help to find himself attracted to the woman as well. Forced into a marriage of (in)convenience with plenty of misconceptions on both sides, Hattie and Lucian are playing towards their own end games and they\u2019ll use their marriage to do it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book surprised me. It didn\u2019t take place in a normal fashion or unfurl like so many other historicals I read. There were ebbs and flows, moments where I truly believed Hattie and Lucian would never find common ground. Yet attraction and, eventually, love have that fabulous way of transforming people. The best is when their partner helps make them a better version of themselves and this book reminded me of that.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, since previous books in the series took place in London, I expected this book to do the same, but the bulk of the story happened in Scotland. There are a lot of elements around the suffrage movement, and interesting tidbits folding in on the same movements affected those in Scotland and women in general, who often in the lower classes found themselves having to work right alongside men out of necessity and survival.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, I enjoyed this book and wonder if there is still more to come in this series. I find Dunmore\u2019s books generate my interest in learning more about the suffrage movement and the circumstances of how women fought for the right to vote and more. 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Acclaim as an artist.<br \/>2. A noble cause.<br \/>3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the\u00a0<i>gentle<\/i>\u00a0in gentleman.<br \/><br \/>Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain's peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she's stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions....<br \/><br \/>When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old desire for revenge, he has no room for his new wife's apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her.<br \/><br \/>But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything--as long as she is prepared to lose her heart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Sep 7, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<i>A League of\u00a0Extraordinary Women<\/i><br \/><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>What<strong> Dunmore<\/strong> does best is make me believe I\u2019m not reading a romance, only to make my heart flutter when I get to the end and find out it\u2019s real.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hattie Greenfield<\/strong>, suffragist, banking heiress, and... London Scandal. Exactly what happens when Hattie, who\u2019s an artist at heart, draws the attention of a dubious Scotsman, <strong>Lucian Blackstone<\/strong>. He sees in Hattie a means to an end but can\u2019t help to find himself attracted to the woman as well. Forced into a marriage of (in)convenience with plenty of misconceptions on both sides, Hattie and Lucian are playing towards their own end games and they\u2019ll use their marriage to do it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book surprised me. It didn\u2019t take place in a normal fashion or unfurl like so many other historicals I read. There were ebbs and flows, moments where I truly believed Hattie and Lucian would never find common ground. Yet attraction and, eventually, love have that fabulous way of transforming people. The best is when their partner helps make them a better version of themselves and this book reminded me of that.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, since previous books in the series took place in London, I expected this book to do the same, but the bulk of the story happened in Scotland. There are a lot of elements around the suffrage movement, and interesting tidbits folding in on the same movements affected those in Scotland and women in general, who often in the lower classes found themselves having to work right alongside men out of necessity and survival.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, I enjoyed this book and wonder if there is still more to come in this series. I find Dunmore\u2019s books generate my interest in learning more about the suffrage movement and the circumstances of how women fought for the right to vote and more. 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