Book Review: No Ordinary Gentleman by Donna Alam

The duke, his brother, and the lie. Or in other words, how I came to be trapped between two men in a remote castle in Scotland.

Once upon a time, in a more carefree life, I met a man.

Our gazes connected over the top of his newspaper as he watched me suffer through the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Older, sophisticated, and so hot, he saved me from that awkward encounter,

Then tried to send me away with a pat on my head.

But I wasn’t ready to let him go . . .

And the rest, as the saying goes, is history.

Passionate, heart-stopping, the night of my life kind of history.

But there was just one tiny problem. I lied to him.

I told him I was a tourist and only in town for one night.

So he wasn’t too impressed when I turned up again.

In his Scottish castle.

Yes, his freakin’ castle.

His killer suit traded for a kilt, and his seductive smile for a frown.

When he glowers my way, I don’t know if I should be worried or turned on.

Because the Duke of Dalforth has secrets he’s not sharing.

And a brother who’d like nothing more than to cut in on him.

So I do the wrong thing for the right reason.

And I have to believe it’ll work out in the end.

Because the duke is No Ordinary Gentleman.

And I’m just a normal girl, fighting not to fall in love with him.

No Ordinary Gentleman is a standalone title featuring a brutally handsome and curmudgeon-y duke, a sunshine-y girl who doesn't baulk at telling a fib or two, a castle in a remote part of Scotland and a crazy cast to match, love, laughter, steam, and a happily ever after!

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My Review:

Alexander and Holly are like fire and gasoline together: completely explosive. And on multiple occasions they made me want to explode, in good and bad ways. I spent so much of this book swinging wildly between wanting to hug one or the other of them tight, promising to make all the pain go away, and wanting to badly smack them both upside the head in an attempt to knock some sense into the pair of them. Most of their friends and family seem to have firmly come down on the side of option 2. For two people from such different backgrounds, Alexander and Holly have so much in common. It hurt my heart when all they could focus on was their differences. I adored the ending this pair finally got, and I think I spotted the potential starting points for a couple of future stories that I’m already itching to get my hands on.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author.