The last of the three brothers to meet his match stars in HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT, book 3 in Suzanne Enoch’s Wild Wicked Highlanders series. Some of Enoch’s books work better for me than others. I happily read through IT'S GETTING SCOT IN HERE and SCOT UNDER THE COVERS, but I think HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT was the weakest in the series for me. Three rough and tumble Highlander brothers have to travel to London to meet their estranged mother’s demand that each marry an English lady before they can keep their Scottish lands that the mother’s coffers are underwriting. The two younger brothers, as well as their sister who grew up with their mother in London, have all paired off in the first two books. Now we watch as the eldest, Coll McTaggert, Vicsount Glendarril, is the last holdout.

The very punny titles do not reflect the actual storylines of the books in this series. To be sure, there are some elements that seem a bit far-fetched even for historical romance in HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT, such as the manner in which Coll’s love interest turns out to be an appropriate match for him. I also had a hard time believing in how the heroine hopped into bed (in a manner of speaking-- in a country field!) after such a brief acquaintance with our hero when she was at such pains to avoid having a protector.

Despite these issues, HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT is engaging and kept my interest throughout the book. The heroine, Persophone Jones, is an interesting woman with courage and compassion. I enjoyed the smattering of Shakespeare throughout the book along with the theater setting. Coll turns out to have some initially unexpected depths despite thinking of himself as a dumb brute.  While not my favorite of the series, Enoch’s HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT is a light and diverting historical romance that provided an afternoon of reading enjoyment.