Under His Kilt

Written by Melissa Blue

Narrated by Rooke Kingston

Jocelyn Pearson is determined to spend her last month as a twenty-something doing everything she's too busy or scared to try. Her imagination runs wild and then fixates on Ian Baird. He'll be working at the Langston Museum for a short stint as a consulting curator. He's Scottish. He believes sex is fun to be had. He's the perfect choice for a fling. She only has to get him break his rule about sleeping with co-workers. Seducing a man was on her bucket list...

Ian is no one's fool and knows exactly what Jocelyn wants—him. If she didn't work for the Langston Museum, he'd be more than happy to oblige any and every fantasy she desired, but she's the curator. She's sweet, inexperienced and well liked by everyone including the museum owner and director. Ian can't risk losing such an important contact for his consulting business. Not even when everything within in him craves a taste of her.

When Jocelyn sets her sights on him, there's no way Ian can deny her. They agree their affair will end in thirty days. No emotions, no entanglements, just sex. The closer the end date looms, they start to question if it's possible to walk away. They'll either have to come to terms of what they've become or stick to their original agreement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Jun 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094455181

Melissa Blue

Melissa Blue’s writing career started on a typewriter one month after her son was born. This would have been an idyllic situation for a writer if it had been 1985, not 2004. She penned that first contemporary romance, upgraded to a computer and hasn’t looked back since. Outside of writing, Blue works as a mail clerk for the federal government, has a paralegal certificate (that she has more use for as a dust pan) and is a mother of two rambunctious children. She lives in California where the wine is good and, despite popular belief, is not always sunny.

Reviews for Under His Kilt

[TM Burkett · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I have enjoyed the books in the series, however I don’t understand why they are cross listed as African-American. While the characters are described as having brown skin, there is nothing about them, their culture, and the relevance of their race for the story. If the other hat and describe their skin is brown I wouldn’t have known that they were African-American. She should just make her characters white and stick with what she knows.

[Virago Reads · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved everything about this! The build-up, the denial, the ache, the sexy times. This was a slow burn novella. The author pulled this off beautifully!

[Kimi · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I could not listen past the first few sentences as the narrator speaks slower than a snail creeps, drags out her words. Nope. No thanks

[Stacey Kennard · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it. Packed a lot of emotion into a short story. Narration was great, just listen at 1.2x and it’s the perfect speed.

[Nic Graham · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Predictable and lacking emotional depth. If you're going to make it so heavily focused on the sexy scenes, at least give me ALL of the details.

[Scarlett · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The story would have flowed more easily if it had been narrated by someone else in another manner or if the words had been read faster. The first chapter was dreadfully painful to listen to. The slow, choppy words were painful to my ear. I continued hoping it would improve, but it didn't. The slow burn was boring and predictable. The spicy scenes were bland, with little detail. This story lacked all over.