Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: Some Like it Scot
Author: Pepper Basham
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date: April 8, 2025
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
She lives her life on the fly. His heart is double-knotted to home. Can two different souls create a life together?
Popular travel writer and podcaster Katie Campbell roams the world collecting other people's stories. She's built a career as "Miss Adventure," known for saying yes to anything new--country, food, or experience--and predictably finding those adventures taking a downward turn into misadventures.
Offered the chance to explore her ancestral roots through a three-week Edwardian experience, Katie finds herself immersed in the beauty and eccentricity of Scotland. In her period attire, with traditional foods and activities, the opportunities for misadventures are endless, especially with the presence of a maniacal macaw, a jealous co-worker, and an all-too-surly Scotsman.
Reclusive and protective Graeme MacKerrow doesn't venture far from his island home. A stoic Scotsman, Graeme's comfort zone has always been family, and after his sister's death, he's even more determined to save the MacKerrow ancestral home and keep those he loves close. The sudden intrusion of a six-foot-one American lass, famous for her traveling misfortunes, was far from his plan.
As this world of folklore, community, and woodworkers-in-kilts tempts Katie to discover her own story, could this one grand series of misadventures lead her directly to where she belongs? And would a settled-in-Scot ever risk loosening his grip on what's familiar to allow a wanderlust writer a home in his heart? How could their very different worlds share the same page of life's story when "home" is in two very different places? But maybe home--and the future--isn't quite what either one imagined it would be. Maybe home is less about a place . . . and more about a person.
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Excerpt:
Katie
There are some dresses that are flattering to more voluptuous figures.
After trying on four different Edwardian styles, I came to the conclusion that perhaps
these weren’t those sorts of dresses.
Okay, not “perhaps”. Without a doubt. As my only high school boyfriend said, “Some
girls are more like a guitar, but you are definitely a cello.”
Yeah, I dated one of those guys.
Needless to say, we didn’t date for long.
At any rate, the entire “cello” comment was coming back to haunt me as these dainty and
elegant gowns found a hard time making it over the bottom of my cello. And since high school,
I’d grown more into the top of my cello, so I had serious doubts about buttoning any shirtwaists
too.
I rubbed at an aching spot on my temple and transferred my frustration into a chuckle.
From the shapes of these gowns, rich Edwardian women were flutes.
And this cello was definitely not playing the right song for Edwardian England.
Emily, the young maid who’d attempted to dress me, alerted Mrs. Lennox of
the...unfitting. The matron arrived to find my bed littered with discarded gown options and me
wearing a pink day dress that hit too high on my calf and left an embarrassing pucker at my
chest. With another lift of those manicured brows of hers, she ran a palm over her now perfectly
smooth hair. “Well, you certainly cannot present yourself before guests with any bit of credulity
in such a fashion. No high-bred lady would be caught like…” She waved a palm toward me, her
frown deepening. “That.”
It took me a full five seconds to comprehend her, but the intention rang as clear as her
perfectly articulated diction. The little curl of her lip probably helped too.
“Which means you won’t be able to participate in our activities until you have an
appropriate wardrobe.” She nodded, running her palm over her hair again. “It’s a very good thing
you arrived early enough for us to solve this little dilemma.”
“You think you can?” I waved toward the bed and cringed a little at the mound of
discarded gowns. “I could just watch from the sidelines.”
“No, of course not.” The words whipped out her. “You cannot fully appreciate the
experience without actually participating. We have classes on everything from meal etiquette, to
dancing, to the language of the fan.” Her hand rose in imitation of a fan opening. “This is a fully
immersive program which requires complete participation. How can you fully critique our
experience without comprehension saturation?”
Ah, so moving from cello analogies to…sponges?
The fire in her eyes took a teensy tip toward crazy. “Sidelines are not an option.”
Super. And fully immersive classes? Why did the idea stick somewhere in my mind
between ‘run away’ and ‘most embarrassing moment of your life’?
I kind of got the “obsession” feel when Mrs. Lennox gave me a ten-page booklet on the
Craighill Experience which covered house rules and Edwardian etiquette.
Including…how to appropriate handle romantic relationships.
I caught my snicker before it burst out. Cello, sponge, or not, I didn’t plan to meet my
perfect match at some crazy baronial home dressed as a Downton Abbey character in the middle
of “nowhere” Scotland. Oh no, no! I didn’t need to compete with crazy in a relationship.
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About the Author
Pepper Basham is an award-winning author who writes romance “peppered” with grace and humor. Writing both historical and contemporary novels, she loves to incorporate her native Appalachian culture and/or her unabashed adoration of the UK into her stories. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of Asheville, NC, where she is the wife of a fantastic pastor, the mom of five great kids, a speech-language pathologist, and a lover of chocolate, jazz, hats, and Jesus.
Connect with Pepper by visiting pepperdbasham.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive a print copy of Some Like it Scot and hairy coo themed gift box!
(1) additional winner will receive a print copy of Some Like it Scot!
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Thank you for sharing! I adore Pepper's novels!
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