Where the Jolie Vines family tree is kept
Jolie Vines publishes her own family tree on her website, on a page called Family tree for the McRaes and Fitzroys.1 The tree itself is a single image, and the page says it is correct as at the end of the Marry the Scot and Wild Scots series. It warns that the tree may contain spoilers, babies in particular, for anyone who has not read every book.1 That page is the full picture, and it is the place to go once you know who leads which book.
The author says the tree is there to help new Wild Mountain Scots readers find their way through the family, and adds a note that Marry the Scot comes first.1 This guide does the part that sits around the image. It puts every book of the two series in her reading order, names the couple each book follows, and shows where the second generation joins the first, using the words of her series pages. It does not redraw her tree, and it leaves the babies to her.
The McRae books in reading order
Her complete reading order lists Marry the Scot first, then Wild Scots, which it calls the next generation of McRaes and Fitzroys, then Wild Mountain Scots, which it says continues with the McRaes.2 The prequel novella The Rival can be read at any point, and the novella Come the Fall comes after Hero but can also be read at any time.2 The table follows that order through the two series her tree covers.
| Series and number | Book | The couple | Family tie stated on her pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marry the Scot 0.5, novella | The Rival | Lachlan McRae and Marianne McKenzie | A prequel, read at any point |
| Marry the Scot 1 | Storm the Castle | Callum McRae and Mathilda | Callum raised three brothers |
| Marry the Scot 2 | Love Most, Say Least | Beth and James | Parents of Isobel Fitzroy |
| Marry the Scot 3 | Hero | Gordain and Ella | Ella is his best friend’s sister |
| Marry the Scot 3.5, novella | Come the Fall | Autumn and Bull | Autumn appears in Hero |
| Marry the Scot 4 | Picture This | Wasp and Taylor | None stated |
| Marry the Scot 5 | Oh Baby | Ally McRae and Scarlet Storm | Ally is the youngest McRae brother |
| Wild Scots 1 | Hard Nox | Lennox McRae and Isobel Fitzroy | Son of Callum and Mathilda, daughter of Beth and James |
| Wild Scots 2 | Perfect Storm | Skye Storm McRae and her hero | None stated |
| Wild Scots 3 | Lion Heart | Sebastian Fitzroy and Rose | None stated |
| Wild Scots 4 | Fallen Snow | Viola McRae and Leo | None stated |
| Wild Scots 5 | Stubborn Spark | Casey, Blayne and Brodie | The last book of Wild Scots |
Marry the Scot, the McRae brothers
The series page describes Marry the Scot as the story of the McRae family of brothers, with a hot Scot in every book and a reason to be wed in each.3 It is the first generation on the Jolie Vines family tree, and the author asks readers to start here.1
The prequel novella, The Rival, belongs to Lachlan McRae, who will one day be chief of his clan, and Marianne McKenzie.3 The first full novel, Storm the Castle, follows Callum McRae and Mathilda. Callum speaks of his ancestral home as the place where he raised three brothers, and Mathilda meets him at her father’s conference.3
Love Most, Say Least is the story of Beth and James. Her side of the blurb says women like her do not get to date earls, and he is an heir who has to marry.3 Hero follows Gordain, a helicopter pilot, and Ella, a violinist and the younger sister of his best friend.3 The novella Come the Fall gives Autumn, who appears in Hero, her own story with Bull, and the series page says it stands alone.3
Picture This pairs the photographer Wasp with Taylor, whose father is running for office.3 The series closes with Oh Baby, which the page sums up as the story of how the youngest McRae brother gets his happily ever after. He is Ally, and the woman in his book is Scarlet Storm.3
The page gives no surnames for Gordain or Wasp and no parents for the brothers. The chart marks Callum, Ally and Lachlan as McRaes, as the page names them, and draws no line between them. Her family tree shows how they stand to one another.1
Wild Scots, the children of the Marry the Scot couples
Wild Scots is the second generation. Its series page says the heroes and heroines are the children of the Marry the Scot crew, and it names two of them outright. Lennox McRae is the son of Callum and Mathilda, and Isobel Fitzroy is the daughter of Beth and James, the couple of Love Most, Say Least.4 Those are the two parent lines on the chart.
Hard Nox, the first book, brings those two children together. The blurb calls Lennox the heir to the McRae estate, and in his words Isobel Fitzroy is his best friend’s sister.4 The page does not name that friend, so the chart leaves him off. Hard Nox is where the two families on the author’s tree meet, the heir of the McRae estate and a daughter of the Fitzroys, which is why the chart starts from Lennox.
Perfect Storm belongs to Skye Storm McRae, and the series page calls it the second standalone of Wild Scots.4 Her hero speaks in the blurb without a name, so the chart shows Skye alone. Lion Heart follows Sebastian Fitzroy and Rose, whose story opens as he comes out of jail.4 Fallen Snow pairs Viola McRae with Leo, who says she inspired his greatest hit.4
Stubborn Spark is the fifth and final book of Wild Scots. It follows Casey with Blayne and Brodie, two best friends, and Blayne works at his family’s snowboarding centre.4 The chart draws Casey with a partner line to each of them.
The series pages do not say whose children Skye, Sebastian and Viola are, and the chart does not guess. That is the part of the family her own tree answers, babies and all.1
Wild Mountain Scots, more McRae cousins
Wild Mountain Scots is the series the family tree was made for. Its page says it features the romances of more McRae cousins, starting with Cait, and her reading order says the series continues with the McRaes.52
There are five books. Obsessed pairs Lochie, a single father raising his daughter, with Cait. Hunted follows Cameron and Elise, and Stolen follows Maddock and Rory. Betrayed follows Max and Lia, and Tormented closes the series with Gabe and Effie.5 Stolen and Betrayed each turn on a twin brother. Rory kisses Maddock’s twin by mistake, and Max speaks of his own twin brother.5
The series page does not say which couple each cousin descends from, so this guide does not chart them. To place Cait or the twins, open the author’s tree, which is correct as at the end of the first two series.1
The McRae Bodyguards and the other Scottish books
The McRae Bodyguards series has four books, Touch Her and Die, Save Her from Me, Take Her from You and Keep Her from Them.62 Their couples are Daisy and Ben, Ariel and Jackson, Mia and Valentine, and Alexandra and Raphael. The series page promises McRae updates and cameos, and it names no family tie to the McRaes or the Fitzroys.6
Each line on the chart and where the author states it
Every line on the chart comes from the author’s own pages, and the table says which page states it.
| Line on the chart | Where it is stated | Drawn as |
|---|---|---|
| Lennox McRae is the son of Callum and Mathilda | Wild Scots series page, in so many words | Parent lines |
| Isobel Fitzroy is the daughter of Beth and James | Wild Scots series page, in so many words | Parent lines |
| Each Marry the Scot couple | Marry the Scot series page, one book each | Partner line, labelled with the book |
| Each Wild Scots couple | Wild Scots series page, one book each | Partner line, labelled with the book |
| How the McRae brothers and the other children connect | The author’s family tree image only | Not drawn |
How to read this Jolie Vines family tree chart
A square is a man and a circle is a woman. Lennox carries the double outline of the person the chart starts from, because his book is where the two families meet. A horizontal line between two symbols joins the couple of one book, and the label under each name is that book. Lines down from a couple lead to a child. A green letter M marks a McRae and a dark red letter F a Fitzroy.
The chart is a guide to the reading order, not the family tree the author drew. It has no babies, no birth order and no ties between the brothers, because her series pages do not state them. Open it in the editor to add the links you find as you read, or see the other story charts and the genogram symbols.
Questions about the Jolie Vines family tree
Where is the Jolie Vines family tree
On her website, on the page Family tree for the McRaes and Fitzroys. It is an image, correct as at the end of the Marry the Scot and Wild Scots series.1
Which Jolie Vines series should I read first
Marry the Scot. Her family tree page says it comes first, and Wild Scots follows as the next generation.12
Whose son is Lennox McRae
Lennox is the son of Callum and Mathilda from Storm the Castle, and Isobel Fitzroy is the daughter of Beth and James from Love Most, Say Least.4
People and sources
A page of its own lists all 24 characters on the chart, each with a short note and the sources for it, and the six numbered sources this article cites. It also gives this page as a reference in the APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard styles, ready to copy.