The Lady's Guide to Being Snowbound with a Scottish Laird: a snowed-in winter romance set in the Highlands of Scotland

by Emmanuelle de Maupassant

Laird Finlay Dalreagh, Earl of Dunrannoch.
Roguishly charming.
A sexy beast in the bed chamber.
And an utter failure… at keeping hold of his wife.

Finlay has just one chance to make things right.
Snowed in at Castle Dunrannoch, can he convince the one and only lass he adores that he’s worthy of her love?

this juicy little novella features a haunted castle, a raging blizzard on the Highland moors, a dozy deerhound, one extremely determined Scot, and a fiery lass determined to resist him.



Tropes and
Forced Proximity
Rekindled love / second chance
Estranged couple
New Year / Christmas / Hogmanay


Discover more in 'The Lady's Guide' series
The Lady’s Guide to Tempting a Transylvanian Count
The Lady's Guide to Marrying a Viscount
The Lady’s Guide to Egyptian Curses
The Lady’s Guide to a Highlander's Heart
The Lady's Guide to Mistletoe and Mayhem
The Lady’s Guide to Deception and Desire
The Lady's Guide to Escaping Cannibals
The Lady's Guide to Scandal
The Lady's Guide to Well-Endowed Dukes


Each can be read individually and in any order.

Genres: Novella

178 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 25, 2025

About the author

Emmanuelle lives in a medieval tower house in the Highlands, with her husband and Ernie McFloof (connoisseur of bacon treats and squeaky toys).

She writes historical romance filled with adventure, suspense, and red-hot passion.

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Emmanuelle lebt mit ihrem Mann (Hersteller von Tee und Obstkuchen) und ihrer Schnüffelnase, Ernie, auch bekannt als ihr liebstes Fellknäuel und Liebhaber von quietschenden Spielzeugen und Schinken.

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L'auteure publie (des romances historiques) sous trois noms de plume : Annabelle Quinn, Anna Quinn et Emmanuelle de Maupassant.

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Reviews

[Becky (romantic_pursuing_feels)]

Note: Some of my goodreads shelves can be spoilers

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: almost immediately
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, 2 years later
Format: voluntarily read an advanced reader copy from the author in e-book format
Why I chose this book: The author’s newsletter had information for the ARC sign up and I haven’t read her yet – seeing it was a shorter book I took the chance to dive in
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
(Descriptions found at end of my review)

Should I read in order?
I am assuming this is from a series – it’s very readable alone!

Basic plot:
Finley and Margaret are thrown together and snowed in – which wouldn’t be a problem as husband and wife except Margaret can’t stand the site of Finley.

Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian romance – 1860
- Scotland setting
- holiday romance
- childhood friends to lovers
- marriage in jeopardy
- enemies (on her half) to lovers
- second chance
- snowed in
- close proximity for the latter half
- card game bets – if he wins, he gets kisses, if she wins, she gets a divorce
- shorter page count
- medium steam – 2 full scenes in a shorter page count

Ages:
- I didn’t catch them but would guess mid 20s

First line:
The Great Hall of Castle Balmore was radiant with candlelight, its magnificent hearth ablaze.

My thoughts:
Even though second chance and marriage in jeopardy are bottom of the barrel tropes for me, I was really hoping being snowed in would make it up for me! I really loved the setup of this novel.

But I crave tension building in my romances so, so bad. It’s the number one way to get me to fall utterly in love with a book and the characters. And something that doesn’t build tension for me is when people hate each other but fuck and then immediately go on hating immediately after. It just doesn’t work for me – those that love enemies to lovers vibes or eat that stuff up will get a greater enjoyment in this one than me.

I just didn’t like the reasoning behind her hatred and I didn’t think it was….worthy??? I thought she was so mean to him and the reasons just weren’t there for me. So to have her mad at him the whole book, him apologizing and trying to do everything right and her still being mad at him...I was just so frustrated with her.

There were definitely cute parts of this story. It was definitely just a me thing. This was my first by this author but I’ll try more because I think I could really love a different set up.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first
Average rating from me: 3 stars
Favorite book: This one by default

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

Safe sex: No (the heroine states she’s a few days past her monthly so there’s no way she can get pregnant 😅
How’s the consent? It’s fine...she hates him but is willing
Pregnancy/children in story? children in the epilogue
Chapter 7 (50%) - kisses that lead to bj for him, her on top
Chapter 9 (61%) - oral for her, missionary
Total chapters: 14 and an epilogue


Extra stuff like what my review breakdown means, where to find me, and book clubs


Full break down on what my ratings above mean here:
Overall: How I felt about it everything considered!
Readability: How ‘readable’ was the book? Did I fly through it? Did I have to tell myself to pick it back up repeatedly? Were any passages confusing? (I will probably score like (1) is literally unreadable due to formatting/typing errors, etc (2) There were lots of errors that made it difficult to read OR It was extremely confusing and I had to reread passages to make sense of it OR I disliked it so much I had to bribe myself to keep reading (3) I didn’t really want to keep reading and would have preferred to abandon the read and start something else OR some minor continuity issues/confusion (4) I liked it fine, maybe a minor error or 2. I was happy to pick it up when I had time. (5) I never wanted to put this down. I thought about it when I wasn’t reading it. I hid in the bathroom from my kids to read. I threw inappropriate food at my children for dinner so I could read instead.)
Feels: Totally subjective to each person but did the book give me any tingles? Any butterflies? Did it rip my heart out (in a good way?)
Emotional depth: How well do I feel I know the characters at the end? How much did I feel their emotions throughout the story?
Sexual tension: Again, subjective, but how strong was the wanting and longing to me between the characters? A book might have strong sexual tension without a single touch.
Romance: Was there romance? Did romantic things happen? This can be actions/words/thoughts of the characters and again is subjective.
Sensuality: This is how the intimate scenes are written. Kisses and sexual scenes – how sensual were they? Were they on the mechanical side? Was there emotional pull tied in? Were the details explicit or flowery? These are subjective but generally (1) too short to get a good judgement (2) not all what I'm looking for - very vague or flowery prose (3) either not explicit enough or not enough emotional pull (too mechanical/physically descriptive without the emotions) (4) what I love in a scene (5) absolute perfection - perfect balance of emotional longing and explicit descriptions
Sex Scene Length: How long the bedroom scenes are (generally (1) is 1-3 sentences (2) is a few paragraphs to a page-ish (3) is about average, a few pages (4) more well developed scenes, quite a few pages with descriptions (5) the majority of the book takes place in the bedroom. This is always hard to tell for me on audio!
Steam Scale: Generally, each flame is a scene. If scenes are super close together I sometimes combine them. If a scene is super short or so vague I don’t know what’s happening, I don’t count it. There’s some levels of grey but generally the number of flames is how many sex scenes there are (I max out at 5 so I’ll put a + after if there’s more than that)


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Book Clubs
The Ton and the Tartans (Historical Romance)
Upturned Petticoats and Undone Cravats (Historical Romance with Steam Requirements)
A Love Less Ordinary (Science Fiction, Paranormal, Monster, Fantasy)
Modern Manuscripts (Contemporary Romance)
Words for the Wicked (Contemporary Romance with Steam Requirements)
Vintage Romance (Old School Romance – published 2000 and prior)

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super story! I finished it in one evening. Headstrong heroine wants nothing to do with her money-grubbing husband who has married her for her money; her husband was busy planning and working for their future. A lovely story, quick read. Not to be missed! #advance copy

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Received via book funnel.

What do you get if you cross an estranged husband and wife, a snowstorm, a castle and interfering family? You get the wee gem of a book.

A quick read and continuing the history/ story of the Ladies Guide.

[Natasha Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great series, I have read every book, there's drama, comedy, unique stories and some good old fashioned smut.

Once again we visit, Dunrannoch Castle, it seems that it's the story of Finlay and Margaret Dalreagh, childhood sweethearts and it seems their marriage ended after one day.

It's Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) Margaret is hiding in corners, angry that her husband is dancing with other women and her brother and sister in law have invited him and lied to her. They have a plan, Finlay is plied with Whisky and Margaret tied up and shanghied to Dunrannoch Castle, alone to mend their relationship. It's a classic, close proximity, snowed in by a blizzard and second chance love story.

Enjoy!

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This super-hot and steamy novella is a second-chance love story set within “The Lady’s Guide” series.

The magnificent Dunrannoch Castle in snow-covered Scotland is the perfect setting for this close-proximity romance of the married but estranged Margaret and Finley. Their friction-filled relationship is charged with emotion and sexual desire – a sizzling dynamic that completely drew me in.

The use of Scottish Gaelic words throughout this short story (a glossary is provided), added charm and authenticity to the story.

Having read all the books in this series, I enjoyed the subtle nods to previous characters and the return of a bagpiping “ghost”! This novella can be enjoyed as a standalone, but the entire series is so engaging it’s well worth reading from the beginning.

I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

[Zena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Simply Loved It!
Finlay sure had his hands full trying to win Margaret's trust and love all over again in this second chance romance. The story is filled with giggle-scenes, (I couldn't help myself so many times).
Margaret was so headstrong and totally determined to get separated from her husband while he gave it his all to stay married to her.
This story was so easy to read and also perfectly enjoyable, so it is a pleasure to recommend it and leave you with my voluntary review.

[Peggy Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poor Laird Finlay Dalreagh not understanding the wife he married the year prior. He has perfect opportunity to win his wife back but he seems to bungle it at every turn considering he was practically hand served by his wife’s family the setting to set things right. This is a quick and easy read. I thoroughly enjoyed this novella. Even if it took the Laird awhile to get it right he eventually got it.

[Marjorie Messerschmidt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spicy novella with hot headed Margaret and her husband Finlay separated after their wedding 1 year ago. He thought he knew what she wanted/ needed and she thought he married her only for money from her brother. With help from family they get stuck together in a snow storm and work on making or breaking their vows. Cute, fast read.

[Sewanee Kracalik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this quick and sexy read. The back and forth between Margaret(“Magsie”), a fiery redhead, and Finley, her jilted husband was perfect. I’m still steaming. I couldn’t put it down.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Margaret’s brother and sister-in-law conspire to get her and her estranged husband, Finlay, alone together in the hope that they will reconcile. Margaret was disillusioned the day after her wedding and the fact that Finlay has made no attempt to get them back together in the last year has firmly convinced her that they were not a love-match. Finlay now has his work cut out (and he keeps messing up) to win her back. Whilst Finlay uses every trick in the book to get Margaret into his bed, it’s fair to say that he took her adoration for granted during their engagement and then expected her to come back to him without any effort on his part, so I would have liked some grovelling.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Ann Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

A spicy, entertaining and delightful story. Finlay tries to win back his estranged wife Margaret who believes he married her for her money. Loved the setting, the characters and the steam. The banter between them was a joy. Another great book in the series.

[Marcy G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snowbound Made Them Rekindle There LOVE 💕! The Ladies Guide To Being Snowbound With A Scottish Laird : Ladies Guide To Love Book 10 ; Emmanuelle de Maupassant Continues This Series With a Love 💕 Story That Started As All The Way To There Childhood ! She Dreamed Of Marrying Him ! Even Her Father Betrothed Them To Marry Once She Turned 21 ! When There Wedding Happened And Now Married , Something Changed ! Suddenly She Wasn’t Sure That He Really LOVED 🥰 Her ? Leaving It All Behind To Figure It Out ! Now A Year Later ! Both Not Happy ! There Families Trying To Get Them Together With A Secret Plan ! That Is Where This Story Begins ! Getting These LOVEBIRDS 👩‍❤️‍👨 Back Togther Again ! Margaret was The Sister To Alastair Laird Balmore . The Balmore and Dunrannoch Were The Oldest Castles With So Much History ! Making There Families Very Close ! Growing Up With Them That Is How She Became Involved With Finlay ! LOVING 💕 Him and Dreaming Of Marrying Him ! That Was All She Ever Planned ! Finlay Laird Dalreagh Earl of Dunrannoch Was in Love 😍 with Margaret or His Maggie as He Called Her ! Only He Had A Terrible Way Of Telling Her ! Causing Her To Doubt Her Marriage To Him ! He Felt Lost Without Her ! Margaret And Finley married as Planned , But Everything Fell Apart Right After The Wedding ! She Leaving , Started Her Writing, and Working For The Dalreagh Press ! Now After A Year Of anthem Being Separated , It Was Time For Action ! Laird Balmore and His Wife Alisa Set A Plan In Motion To Get them Back Together ! Trapped More Like It ! It An Exciting Tale ! Very Much In LOVE 🥰 ! They Had Desire , Passion , Only Communicating There Feelings Was An Issue For Them ! Thankfully There LOVE 💕 Was The Strength That Brought Them Together ! True LOVE ❤️ !

[Nina Sollorz-Wagner · Rating 5 out of 5]

In " Wie man sich in den verschneiten schottischen Highlands verliebt (Handbuch einer Lady 8) " waren Margaret und Finlay, durch die enge Bande ihrer Familien schon als Kinder befreundet und so war es für niemanden überraschend, dass beide heirateten.
Doch Magsie, wie Laird Finlay Dalreagh, der Earl of Dunrannoch sie liebevoll nennt, glaubt am Morgen nach der Hochzeit, dass sie nur Mittel zum Zweck für ihn gewesen wäre und sich von Finlay fern gehalten. Sehr zu Leidwesen dessen.
Durch eine Intrige Seitens Margarets Bruder und dessen Frau, sind beide zum Hogmanay auf dem Familiensitz ihrer Familie. Nur um unter mysteriösen Umständen im Schneetreiben auf den Weg zum Schloss Dunrannoch, dem Sitz der Familie Dalreagh zu sein und dort eingeschneit zu werden.
Dies möchte Finlay nutzen, um Magsie von seinen ehrlichen Gefühlen ihr gegenüber zu überzeugen. Dazu nutzt Finlay auch die alten Geschichten um die Geister des Schlosses. Geschichten, die Margaret sehr wohl bekannt sind.
Werden Mags und Finlay unter diesen Bedingungen wieder zueinander finden? Und gelingt es Finlay Mags von seiner Liebe zu ihr zu überzeugen? Oder steht ihrem Glück zuviel im Weg?
Die Story hat mich von Anfang an in ihren Bann gezogen, dabei bleibt sie abwechslungsreich sowie spannungsgeladen. Man darf mit Mags und Finlay mitfiebern und die verschiedensten Emotionen erleben. Es gibt einiges zum schmunzeln bis herzhaft zu lachen, so manche mitfühlende Momente und einige spicy Szenen.
Ich musste das Buch in einem Rutsch lesen, da ich erfahren wollte, ob und wie es für beide ein Happy End gab.
Das Buch bekommt von mir eine Lese / Kaufempfehlung und 5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Sterne.

[Dagmar Ernst · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winterträume in den Highlands – Ein Herz, das leis‘ auftaut
Es gibt Bücher, bei denen man kaum merkt, wie die Stunden verfliegen – und dieser achte Band der „Handbuch einer Lady“-Reihe gehört für mich genau dazu. Emmanuelle de Maupassant hat hier eine historische Liebesgeschichte voller Charme, Humor und Winterzauber geschaffen.
Schon die ersten Seiten haben mich in eine Kutsche versetzt, die sich durch Pulverschnee kämpft. Ich spürte die Kälte fast selbst und gleichzeitig wärmte mich das augenzwinkernde Zusammenspiel zwischen den Figuren. Besonders die kleinen humorvollen Szenen haben mir gefallen – sie lassen die Protagonist:innen lebendig und greifbar wirken.
Die Autorin verbindet historische Details mit einer Leichtigkeit, die Atmosphäre schafft, ohne zu überladen. So entsteht ein Setting, in dem man sich mitten in den schottischen Highlands wiederfindet, während zwischen den Charakteren langsam Nähe wächst. Das Lesen fühlte sich für mich wie eine Mischung aus Schmunzeln, Mitfiebern und sanftem Seufzen an.
Warum 4 Sterne? An zwei Stellen hätte ich mir ein kleines Quäntchen mehr Tiefe gewünscht, damit Landschaft und Gefühle noch enger miteinander verschmelzen. Doch das ist Jammern auf hohem Niveau – insgesamt habe ich diese Geschichte sehr genossen und mit einem warmen Lächeln beendet.
Mein Fazit: Ein gefühlvolles, charmantes Buch, das Winterstimmung, Humor und Romantik wunderbar vereint.

[Poppet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a standalone story in the Lady’s Guide series. It is a short and easy read about Finlay and his wife Margaret, childhood sweethearts, who have been estranged for a year since the morning after their wedding when Margaret learned of something that made her question everything. These two are unwittingly forced together by well meaning scheming family which is then prolonged by a snow blizzard. Margaret is clearly angry and Finlay has to work very hard to seek her forgiveness. Finlay is a very likeable MMC who is besotted with his wife but is not the clearest communicator, Margaret is a bit stubborn and doesn’t make it easy for him, but she learns his actions sometimes speak louder than his words. There are lots of Scottish Gaelic words (a glossary is provided if you cannot work them out), a faithful wolfhound called Brucie, plus some steamy scenes with a HEA.

I received an ARC from the author and this is my honest review.

[L.E.Sawyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent afternoon book. The protagonists although married have been apart for a year due to the young wife’s misunderstanding of a situation she felt was handled badly compromising their relationship. This takes place during Christmas, and the description of people and events because of the holiday were lovely and made you visualize it clearly. Relatives decide to intervene to get them together to at least talk and negotiate their marriage. It’s a simple matter of wills and the husband attempting to be as accommodating and understanding with his wife to make him realize his position at the time of the perceived incident which the wife felt had put her in a disadvantaged position because of a business arrangement with her brother which she had no bearing on but perceived that she did. It was a pleasant romp and in the end, plays out well, however the young wife doesn’t make the reconciliation easy for her husband. I would recommend it.

[Sonja · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this ARC during a heat wave in June and what could possibly be better than being transported to New Year's Eve in a snowstorm in Scotland? So naturally I got myself a pot of tea and some shortbread and sat myself down for a read. I have read several of the Lady's Guides and they are always so good!! This one was as well. Finlay and Margaret married a year ago and have been estranged since the day following the wedding. Their friends have conspired to have them trapped in a snow bound house and the story goes from there. Margaret is determined to be her own woman and resist Fin's attempts at reconciliation. Fin is determined to make up for his mistakes and get Margaret to understand that he made mistakes but that he loves her above all else. It's a quick read and it will make you laugh and warm your heart.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Lady’s Guide series is standalone books that are only loosely connected and can be read in any order. They’re short, a bit smoldery, and inhabited by strong-willed characters who have a penchant for misreading the situation and each other. Ordinarily they’re great romps and just what I need from time to time. This one, however, almost didn’t make it to four stars. Margaret was a bit too unreasonable and way too unwilling to see anything outside her preconceptions. Consequently, instead of the serving of romantic fantasy that I expected, I spent a couple of hours wondering just how obtuse one person could be and what Finley saw in her to begin with. Nevertheless, I’ll grab another in the series the next time I need a break and hope for. a slightly more reasonable heroine.

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Another great read by the author.
Trust is such an important part of marriage , but Laird Findlay broke this trust of his new wife Margaret right at the start of the marriage. She was so upset and left after the first wedding night.
A meeting at a ball along with a set up by friends puts these two on route to the Larid’s family home on a stormy night. Once here they get snowed in. Margaret still is pushing to leave Finaly even though she has feelings for him and Finlay well he has all ways loved her. He plans during this time to clear up the misunderstanding and to win her back . Who will be the winner in the end?

This book was an easy read full of laughs between the two’s interactions. I really enjoyed the read.

[Catherine Supovitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Lady’s Guide To Being Snowbound With A Scottish Laird was a delightful book filled with depth and emotion. I loved the details depicting the time era, the castle and the enchanting language with their unique accents and expressions.
The way the characters were written really brought them to life and made you feel what they were going through. I liked that this story took place during a snowstorm and Laird Finley Dalreagh has to win over his estranged wife Margaret who believes that he has only married her because of a loan that he took from her brother.
Misunderstandings and hurt feelings abound before these two lovers find their way back to each other.
A sweet, sexy story where true love always wins.

[Pat Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Margaret has a problem with forgiveness. Finley has a problem with selfishness. It takes being snowbound to work it all out. I have to say, Margaret was rather hard to like through much of this story. Giving up on her husband after only one day of marriage was a bit much! Finley had his reasons, but she was not even willing to listen. I adored how they ended up together, stuck in the storm. How they got together was a beautiful story in itself. The bedroom scenes were many and the use of the f-bomb wasn’t necessary (thus the 4 stars). A quick read and frustrating at times, but the ending was beautiful.

I received this story for free and these are my own opinions

[Lyn Brownlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic edition to The Lady’s Guide
This story follows Laird Finlay Dalreagh, Earl of Dunrannoch and his wife Margaret who abandoned her marriage after their wedding day.
He did something unforgivable in her eyes that left her reeling and questioning his feelings for her.
After a year of being apart drastic steps are taken to get them back together.
Will Finlay make the most of this opportunity and be able to show Margaret the depths of his feelings for her?
Or will he lose her forever?
Can Margaret forgive all that has happened and start afresh?
A fun, entertaining, steamy at times short story with loveable characters.
A thoroughly enjoyable story and a delight to read.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laird Finlay Dalreagh, Earl of Dunrannoch. married Margaret a little over a year ago and lost her the next day when she found out about a deal between her brother and her future husband. Since then Margaret has been trying to get Finlay to divorce. But her brother and sister-in-law have other plans.

While I don't like the trickery to get Finlay and Margaret together, the result made for an interesting read. I must admit, Brucie, Finlay's deerhound was my favorite character.

I received an ARC of this book from the author. My review and recommendation is voluntary. I do enjoy all of "The Lady's Guide to Love" and this is enjoyable addition to the series.

[Lisa H · Rating 5 out of 5]

She’s right to be mad..

Lady Margaret grew up with a crush on Laird Findlay. They are neighbors (sort of) and their families are business partners. Findlay messed up big time and he never fought for Margaret. He let her go without a fight because his pride was hurt. Did he do enough to earn his way back into her life? I think not. I did like Margaret who had a rude awakening after her wedding night. I did not like that she was kidnapped and forced her to spend time with Findlay by her brother and sister in law. Findlay needed to man up and do some serious begging, which he never did. Without outside “help.”

[Debbie Henretty · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading Margaret and Finlay’s story. Margaret left Finlay right after they were married after discovering something that made her feel slighted by Finlay. It takes some interference by family members to get these two stranded together to work things out. Margaret doesn’t make it easy for Finlay. I liked Margaret’s stubbornness and tenacity, and I liked how Finlay loved Margaret despite her stubbornness. Being snowed in together forced these two to actually communicate with each other. Finlay had to work hard at getting Margaret’s forgiveness, but he loved her enough to make the effort.

[NelleRenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a second chance story. The childhood sweethearts have basically been estranged since day one of their marriage which was about one year ago. The family gets them together in a castle and a snowstorm keeps them there. The FMC is a little hard to like at the beginning as she is so stubborn. The MMC is a little too independent/selfish. He does love her but the proving of that seems fairly difficult. For me personally there were a little too many bedroom scenes. This book is part of a series but it stands alone in its plot.

[Victoria Seymour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second chance love for Margaret and Finlay
This was a quick read, so I finished it in one sitting. It took me a bit to warm up to the main characters in this story because Margaret is so stubborn, and Finlay is so arrogant. She needs to forgive and he needs to be less selfish. The only way they will learn is by being trapped together during a blizzard. Includes some steamy scenes and swearing. Can be read as a standalone.

I received an Advance Review Copy (ARC) of the ebook, and I’m leaving a voluntary review.

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a quick little happy story and I read it in one sitting. It's exactly what you'd expect--an estranged married couple finds their way back together thanks to some plotting friends, a snowstorm and a naughty dog. In my opinion, the couple should never have separated in the first place, because their main conflict wasn't so very dire. But, I suppose that the fun part of fighting is in the making up--and that's what this story is all about. I received a free ARC from the author and this is my honest opinion.

[Carolyn Penaluna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I’ve read in the Lady’s Guide series and it has me hooked. I have to read the rest of the series. The plot involves a Scottish Laird and his spirited and independent wife who have lived apart for a year. Through maneuvering by family members during a New Year Eve’s party, the two are reunited and snowed in at their Scottish castle. This is a second chance story with romance, humor, and spice. I highly recommend this book.

I received a free copy of the book and this is my voluntary review.

[Carmel Zumbo · Rating 5 out of 5]

She wants a divorce from her less than truthful husband. Married a day and separated for a year. They are thrown together and forced to spend time alone when the snow arrives. He knows he should have handled things more openly when they married but he is trying to make amends and win back his wife. This is an entertaining story of second chance love, with a guaranteed HEA for Finlay and Margaret. Don’t miss their bickering and making up!