I think anyone who’s ever felt like the odd-girl-out will see a little of herself in Maddie. Her castle is her home and sanctuary, but it’s also something of a fortress, keeping her protected from a world in which she’s never quite fit. She claims to be happy with the life she’s built for herself: sketching lobsters, bugs, and any other natural creature that strikes her fancy, far from other people. Like her 30 Rock counterpart, Maddie is, to put it bluntly, kind of a weirdo, but in a completely endearing way. It’s what would happen if Liz Lemon’s made-up boyfriend, Astronaut Mike Dexter, was less anesthesia-induced-hallucination and more actual man. When a Scot Ties the Knotis basically every awkward girl’s secret fantasy played out to its most romantic end. But this shy artist receives the surprise of her life when Logan MacKenzie, her imaginary beau, arrives at her doorstep, ready to take his place in her very real life. What started as a way to avoid the crowded ballrooms of a London season has grown into a lie of epic proportions, one that, for the past decade, has allowed Maddie to live in comfortable solitude in a castle in the Scottish Highlands. Miss Madeline Gracechurch made up a sweetheart. There is so much hilarity in When a Scot Ties the Knotthat I don’t even know where to begin. Purchase: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | Google Play That said, I was so excited to get my hands on an advanced reader’s copy of her latest Castles Ever After release, When a Scot Ties the Knot. It’s out TODAY, so head on over to your favorite print or ebook seller and buy it already. She could write a love story between a linen napkin and a teacup and I would devour what would likely be their witty, beverage-related banter for hundreds of pages. I will pre-order anything with her name on it and anxiously await the day it magically shows up on my Kindle. As you now know, Tessa Dare is on my author auto-buy list.

When a scot ties a knot