{"product_id":"hot-scot-summer-paperback","title":"Hot Scot Summer, Paperback","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA musician who lost his sound. A writer who lost the plot. Now they're about to lose their minds – over each other.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, printed and shipped by BookVault\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCleo Sullivan\u003c\/strong\u003e is broke, blocked, and one missed deadline away from tanking her writing career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer plan: pet-sit in a remote \u003cstrong\u003eHighland cottage\u003c\/strong\u003e, finish her romance novel, and get back to the US. \u003cem\u003eMaybe\u003c\/em\u003e a summer fling with a hot Scot in a kilt. That's it. Easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScottish singer\/ songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eLucas Kincaid\u003c\/strong\u003e has no address. He also hasn't written a tune in years. But if he doesn't finish an album in three months, his label is going to drop him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo he drives from Glasgow to his late gran's cottage in Thistle Glen for peace, quiet, and inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCleo chases him with a toilet brush. Lucas throws her in the loch. The goat eats her jumper. Even the cat is not who they think he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's hell. But neither of them is willing to leave.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrammed into the tiny cottage for one summer, their hatred turns into reluctant attraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil a night by the bonfire leads to a hormonal error in judgment – and a surprising creative breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo they do what any two consenting, bankrupt adults would do: \u003cstrong\u003emake sleeping together a professional arrangement to save their careers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Clear expiry date. Strict boundaries. 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