Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruin | 2022 | Jolie Vines | Buy |
| 2 | Sin | 2022 | Jolie Vines | Buy |
| 3 | Scar | 2022 | Jolie Vines | Buy |
| 4 | Burn | 2023 | Jolie Vines | Buy |
Dark Island Scots takes Jolie Vines’s Scottish romances to their most atmospheric extreme. Set on a remote Highland island, the four-book series runs through Ruin, Sin, Scar, and Burn, all published in 2022 and 2023. The titles alone signal what kind of books these are: emotionally raw, morally complex, and heavy on brooding intensity.
The island setting does a lot of work in this series. Cut off from the mainland, the characters have nowhere to run from each other or from the feelings that build between them. Vines uses the isolation well, letting the tension simmer across each book before it breaks. The heroes are damaged in ways that feel earned rather than decorative, and the heroines hold their own.
If you’re working through Jolie Vines’s catalogue and want to know where Dark Island Scots fits, it’s best read after Wild Mountain Scots, which covers similar emotional territory but with slightly less darkness. Readers who prefer their Scottish romance with a gothic edge will find this series hits the mark.