This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
Scorpion is the long awaited story of Kevin Hage. Who was featured as the lost suitor in Penelope's story in The Serpent and is also the long lost son whose father recently passed away. (I am still on the fence on how I feel about this author killing off her characters even if they are older haha) I honestly didn't know how I felt about this story. I almost DNF because I wasn't sure that I was in the correct mood for this type of story. However, I can say that I absolutely fell hard for this story and this type of forbidden love I was NOT expecting but whew this author really made it work out so well in the end.

First Line
"Watch your head!"

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Sir Kevin Hage (The Scorpion)
The Heroine: Lady Annavieve

Summary
Scorpion features the son of Hage and de Wolfe, Sir Kevin Hage, who has spent years fighting and has finally returned home and when he makes his report to the king he learns of the tragic news of his father's death and is reassigned to serve a arrogant but powerful lord in the kingdom. Lady Annavieve has been raised in a convent and finds herself married to the King's cousin who is also a Duke. A man who is secretly gay, and has no wish or want for a wife. When he learns that the King is demanding he bear a child with her, he forces his new Knight, Sir Kevin to lay with her and be the father of his child. Both Kevin and Annavieve is forced into a situation out of their control and through the course of events they fall hard for each other. But any tenderness or love is forbidden because she is another man's wife.

What I Loved
There are many aspects to the story that I actually really enjoyed. The first is the character growth that we see from both Kevin and Annavieve. Both are strong-willed characters as they both have had tough lives and had to overcome much adversity. We also see how these two are just so willing to do their duty above all else. I really liked what a fabulous heroine Annevieve actually was. She could be soft and feminine, but she also was willing to stand by Kevin when it mattered most and I just loved that about her. She had such resilience and courage that I connected with. Kevin is a hero that has had to turn his heart cold to survive being the type of warrior and knight that he needed to be. But seeing how he slowly softens and warms up to Annavieve was delightful. I also appreciated how the sex scenes were written. I love how they are written in a way that details what is happening but at the same time not overly explicit as sex scenes don't need to be in my opinion.

What I Struggled With
The conflict that arises involves some cheating aspects was something that did push me a bit, I am not a fan of cheating in any regard, so I definitely had to learn to be patient with this story here. I also think I wasn't quite in the right mood for such a forbidden romance so I do think if I had been in a better mindset and also my recent health issues most likely also contributed to not being able to enjoy it as much as I would have liked to.

Narration
Brad Wills did a brilliant job as he always tends to do with these books so all I can say is BRAVO!

Overall View
Scorpion is a story that packs quite an intense punch! Its exhilarating, vibrant and hits a different spot than I am used to with this author! You can't go wrong with a Le Veque if you love a solid medieval romance.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Historical Romance
Time Era: Plantaganet Era, England
Character Types: Warrior, Knights and Ladies
Themes: Danger/Suspense, Heart/Emotional
Tropes: Mistaken Identity, Forbidden Love, Forced Proximity

Book Perspective
3rd POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Both

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Julie Garwood
Margaret Mallory
Johanna Lindsey

Recommendation For Reading Order
You can read as a standalone if needed, the author provides background information

Steam/Spice Explanations

Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments. -even though the author has a bit more detailed scenes, they aren't explicit much.

Narrators:
Brad Wills