Wild Scottish Knight Series: The Enchanted Highlands #1 on April 4, 2023
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Reading Challenges: 2026 Audiobook Challenge, All booksOpposites attract in this modern-day fairytale when American, Sophie MacKnight, inherits a Scottish castle along with a hot grumpy Scotsman who is tasked with training her to be a magickal knight before the Kelpies wreak havoc on the people of Loren Brae.
The knight was supposed to be a man.
Not me, Sophie MacKnight, a marketing associate from California.
This must be a practical joke that the Scots play on visiting Americans. Because otherwise I’ve inherited a haunted castle in Scotland, along with one irritatingly sexy Scotsman, who would be delighted if I turned tail and ran.
Frankly, I thought I would fly here, sell the heap of bricks, and head back home to a life that I…well, I was comfortable with at the very least. Instead, the people of Loren Brae are in trouble, and it appears that as the new owner of the castle, I’m next in line to reinstate the magickal Order of Caledonia. Which means, first, I have to learn to believe in magick. And secondly, I have to train to become a knight.
And my trainer? None other than Lachlan Campbell, the grumpiest man I’ve ever had the annoyance of meeting. It’s a toss-up who is pricklier, Lachlan, or his kilted Chihuahua, Sir Buster. Not only does Lachlan think that I can’t hack it, but he also resents my claim on his castle.
If only he didn’t look so devastatingly hot in his kilt.
Now, I’m stuck proving myself to him, all while trying to figure out how to help my new friends in Loren Brae.
Sparks fly as our swords meet, and we battle our rising attraction for each other.
Who will win in this (Highland) game of love?
Apparently inheriting a castle in Scotland isn’t enough. You also have to deal with magic, murderous kelpies, a ridiculously grumpy Scotsman in a kilt, and the minor inconvenience of discovering that YOU are supposed to become a magical knight.
Sophie MacKnight heads to Scotland expecting to deal with an inheritance and eventually return to her perfectly normal life in California. Instead, she finds herself in the wonderfully quirky village of Loren Brae, where magic is very real, and everyone seems to know more about her destiny than she does.
I really enjoyed Sophie. She gets thrown headfirst into complete insanity, but rather than simply accepting that she’s suddenly the chosen magical knight, she questions everything and has to figure out whether this strange new life is actually something she wants.
Then there’s Lachlan Campbell—the broody Scotsman tasked with training her. He’s stubborn, prickly, convinced Sophie isn’t prepared for what’s coming…and, naturally, there is plenty of attraction simmering underneath all that arguing and sword training.
But honestly, the charm of this book goes beyond the romance. The Scottish setting, folklore, magic, quirky townspeople, kelpies, haunted castle, and even a ghostly Highland cow give the whole story this cozy, slightly ridiculous magical atmosphere that was just FUN.
This isn’t a giant complicated fantasy filled with endless world-building and political intrigue. It’s lighter, romantic, funny, and wonderfully escapist—the kind of fantasy you pick up when you want magic without having to memorize seventeen kingdoms and a family tree.
Wild Scottish Knight was charming, magical, romantic, and just chaotic enough to keep me entertained. Scotland + magic + folklore + grumpy man in a kilt? Yeah…that combination was probably always going to work on me.
And since this is only the beginning of the Enchanted Highlands series, I’m definitely curious to see what other magical trouble Loren Brae has waiting.
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