All Scot and Bothered

I really enjoyed this story.. love, passion, action and mystery. love that she wasn't a "barbie doll" but he still found her sexy and beautiful!!

4.5 STARS! All Scot and Bothered by Kerrigan Byrne is the second installment in the Devil You Know series and follows Cecelia, the bespectacled, wallflower of the Red Rogues. Cassius Gerard Ramsay, Lord Chief Justice of the High Court is investigating the inner workings of London's notorious gambling establishment. He's bewitched by Hortense Thistledown, the Scarlet Lady who currently owns the manse (mansion). He cannot forget her rogue lips but his sole purpose is to incriminate her and bring her establishment down. A giant brute Scotsman, loyal in his principles but also stubborn and inflexible. He's had a dark and hard upbringing, which plays alot on his insecurites. All Scot and Bothered was filled with intrigue and suspense. I loved the sweet and tender moments mixed with angst. You won't know what hit you!! Kerrigan Byrne, once again, captivated my heart with her grumpy hero and fierce heroine. Gimme book three, I cannot wait for Francesca's story!!

Book: All Scot and Bothered Series: Devil You Know, Book #2 Reviewed by: Barb Massabrook (of) Tartan Book Reviews Celtic World of Historical Book Reviews Purple Tulip Book Reviews Celtic Barb’s Kilted Book Review Blog Heat Rating: Hot and steamy🔥 Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars and Kilts “Jesus kilt-lifting Christ. It’s ye.” - Cassius Gerard Ramsay 1891 Devonshire England Cecelia Teague started out in life with a deceased mother,who supposedly had an sordid past. Now her young daughter was paying for her dead mother’s so called past sins. Her innocent daughter was being horribly abused by this religious-zealot! Cecelia was paying for her mother’s so-called past sins by this corrupt pastor. He feels he needs to save her soul in the most invasive and abusive ways possible. This abusive pastor is claiming falsely to be Cecelia’s father too which is a huge lie. He punishes her, even when the boy bullies at school were abusing and tormenting Cecelia. This was no fault of her own, just more discrimination against women by this twisted Pastor claiming she was using her female feminine wiles when it was not even her fault. He wouldn’t buy her new garments as she outgrew them, degrading Cecelia by calling her fat and would continue to starve her. She was not allowed to ever eat any kind of dessert like cake. He was both mentally and physically abusing her, locking her in a dark and dirty room, starving her, not bathing, forcing her to wear garments that no longer fit. People treated animals better then he treat this child! She ended up being rescued by a wealthy and mysterious benefactor. This benefactor sent her to the best boarding schools and universities. This is where she eventually meets Alexandra and Francesca her two best girl friends. All three of them have ginger hair this is why the red rogues was created. Cecelia becomes a beauty that is a true bluestocking with a head for numbers. She does not discover who her benefactor is until a tragedy happens and she inherits her benefactor’s gambling establishment and Henrietta’s School for Cultured Young Ladies. It is a school for immigrant women of all ages to learn a trade so they do not end up in the workhouse or on their back. No men from the gambling establishment are permitted on the same floor as Henrietta’s School for girls. She also inherited young child who is like a little sister in everything but blood. On top of that she needs to be protected by an abusive father. Those were the only words Cecelia had to hear to seal the deal! Cassius Gerard Ramsay, Chief Justice of the High Court. Has a very low opinion of women due to his abusive mother who ruined men as hobbie. He also felt it was because weak people gave in to their base desires. He has not slept with a woman, drank wine or eaten a piece of chocolate in seven years. He was fine with his lot in life until he met Cecelia Teague, a woman who was making him break all his vows to himself and arouse’s him like no other. Unfortunately it is Ramsay, as the Lord Chief Justice of the High Court, who is assigned to check out this gaming hell operated by a new owner known as the Scarlet Lady. In reality it’s Cecelia, the woman he desires most in this world. She is in a disguise where he does not recognize her, wearing, wig, spectacles removed, heavy make up and a veil over her face . He believes through this gambling hell and the new owner, the scarlet lady, is responsible for missing girls and running a human trafficking operation that prey on young, teenage, immigrant, girls and are being abducted off the streets. They are are being sold and forced as sex slaves doing sexual favors for men. It is like Cecelia is two completely different people, one a shy, poor, introverted spinster and the other the sexy, wealthy, owner of this gaming hell that he wants to proving is dirty and corrupt an wants to close down! * Now he has not figured out that it is the same woman. What will he do when he does? Will he believe her? Read and find out!