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I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Harrison is forced to slum it in First Class on a commercial airline and sits next to Nikki, who has cashed in all her savings and splurged on a one way ticket to England. Due to a very entertaining chain of circumstances, Nikki ends up as Harrison's assistant, although his family believe her to be his fiancee. At this point the novel sort of stalls and perhaps it is more interesting if you have read or watched "The Book/Show Which Must Not Be Named", which is constantly referenced (I have done neither), but I lost interest to an extent.

There were too many minor characters - Harrison's father disappeared altogether and his sister popped up very occasionally only to say the odd line. Then there were his poker buddies and their girlfriends, who got so much airtime I wonder if they were in previous books. Having never encountered them before, I didn't really care about them and couldn't keep them apart in my head.

Then there was the exhausting series of hi-jinks, mainly on the part of Harrison's grandmother, the leaving the groom at the altar, the big road trip to the airport, the obscene expenditure of money to catch up with the fleeing Nikki, etc etc. The emotions behind these events were explained carefully, but made no real sense to me.

Also, British people don't use the word "rutabaga" - it's swede.

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It's a good story.
Crazy family.
My first book by this author.
I did get a bit bored at the start but it picked up later on.

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From the moment Nicole and Harrison meet aboard the flight to UK, this book promised to be an enjoyable read, and it was that and so much more.
Quirky Nicole is a little too much to handle for uptight Harrison, but a turn of events lead her to be his assistant and later his pretend fiancée. Add in the mix Harrison’s eccentric family and nosy friends and you have a laugh out loud funny and highly entertaining read.
Can’t wait to read the next book.

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I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Nicole is trying to find herself after being with a guy for years just to realize he wasn't the one, meanwhile Harrison is on his yearly crazy family visit. They meet on the plane and after his assistant quits he offers her the job.
This book was hilarious.
I absolutely love Harrison's family, they were weird and crazy, especially Granny.
And let's not forget the noisy friends...
I'll always love a book that makes me laugh and this one completely did it.
And I loved how their love story started on a plane and enden on a plane, with the big romantic gesture.

Outlander! I forgot how much I liked Outlander until I read this book! They were so many good references with the whole "Outlander experience" and those made the book even funnier.

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If you love a romcoms then this is one to pick up. Scotland or Bust is a fantastic read. Granny will have you in stitches with her antics and the rest of the Troy family too. Nicole is fabulous breath of fresh air that comes into Harrisons life by chance. She is seeking an adventure and boy does she get one. Harrison goes through assistance like crazy when ever he summers at home with his family. He takes a chance on Nicole once his assistant quits last minute. I love how they are thrown together. They work so well together and you can't help but feel the attraction between them. As that attraction grows you hope that Harrison and Nicole will give in and find the love they were never expecting. If you love quirky families, watching uptight men fall to their knees, and loads of laughs then Scotland or Bust is defiantly for you. I know I for one couldn't put it down.

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Harrison Troy has just on-boarded on his flight to London just when he thinks that he will be flying alone Nicole Franklin fills in the seat next to time. She talking unstoppable, the plane is taking off and he is the verge of having a panic attack and that's when he experiences the most amazing kiss of his life. He is shaken and overwhelmed but he is not about to admit it. They land to London and he receives a message by his personal assistant informing him that she is quitting. With no much of options lefts he decides to do the unthinkable and he proposes to Nicole to become his assistant. And just like that their love story takes off.

A fresh, fast-paced story full of humor that keep high the interest of the reader. A pleasant romance with happy ending. I really enjoyed the story and the playful writing style.What a fun it was reading page after page.

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Really cute book! Though I’m not a fan of Outlander, the references were really cute. And his family...LOVED THEM!! I’m going hunting for more from this author.

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It was a cute book. I would have preferred if it was longer because I love books about Scotland. I liked the main characters and the conflict.

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I thought that this book really started out strong and then sort of lost itself in in all of the quirky madcap events it crams its few pages with. Maybe in a longer book it would work but in book this brief it seemed as if the zany antics (jousting, digging for treasure) were at the expense of real plot development. I liked the first part enough to know that I will try another book by this author but my feelings for this one are lukewarm.

I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Such a funny book from start to finish. Anything that could wrong does. Great one liners and a crazy funny Grandma. While it was great I felt the love scenes we're mild and rushed and lacking.

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Cute romance between total opposites Harrison and Nicole. They meet on a plane and Harrison ends up hiring Nicole to work as his assistant. He has trouble keeping assistants due to his eccentric family in Scotland. Nicole takes everything in stride even Harrison's grumpy behavior. Sweet fun romance.

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An enjoyable story with romance, a crazy family, a quirky village, and some hilarious moments thrown in for good measure.

Harrison is going home for the summer to help fix up his family's ancestral home so it can be used for tour guests. From his first interactions with Nicole on the flight from New York, it is a definite case of opposites attract. I really enjoyed their back and forth and getting to see the story from both their perspectives.

Scotland or Bust isn't a long book, but the plot moves along at a good pace. Also, if you have read any of the author's other books, a few familiar faces make an appearance!

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I really enjoyed this book. The heroine is quirky and I love the opposites-attract theme. Because the hero is rather grumpy and ofcourse she changes his point of view!

I won't expand too much about the plot. Simply said: the heroine (Nic) burns her (American) bridges and splashes (squanders..) her money on a first class ticket to England and meets Harrison on the plane. It is not love at first sight... When Harrison finds his assistant has quit on him, he asks Nic to be his assistant for a limited time, offering a good deal of money. When the couple arrives at the family's castle in Scotland they are forced to fake a relationship.

Although it's an enjoyable story, I do have doubts about some stuff. First, Nicole just ups and leaves her country (spending thousands on a ticket) and hasn't even looked into Visa and stuff??!!!! But she is amazing at her temporary job. There are more (little) plotholes concerning Harrison's family and fortune and what Harrison actually does for a living, but okay... let's accept it for the sake of the story :-)

Well written and very nice as a beach read.

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I received a free copy for an honest review. Scotland or bust tells the story of a woman who breaks up with her boyfriend, clears out her savings to take a first class trip to Europe, and ends up becoming the assistant to a stranger she met of the plane. The book was short and quick. I like the couple and granny was sweet and wise. All the references to Outlander are definitely going to date this book but otherwise it a good way to kill a few hoirs.

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Nicole and Harrison in Scotland or Bust are a great addition to the Billionaires series. The nook is part romance and part comedy. Nikki and Harrison have chemistry from the first moment they meet, but both fight the inevitable. Neither their fear nor Harrison’s zany Family can keep them apart in the end. And P.S. -Granny is a hoot!

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In some ways, this was a cute take on the plot of a prickly billionaire falling for his assistant. In this case, the billionaire, Harrison, needs an assistant to help plan the inaugural tour for his family’s tourism business that is going to take advantage of the popularity of the “Outlander” series. He hates the book, but he wants to help his family. He meets the effervescent Nikki on the plane ride to London and ends up hiring her. Nikki has just broken up with her dull boyfriend and left her job and spent all her money to fly first class to England and look for a job. Of course, she hasn’t even looked into the legal requirements of a foreigner working in England or made any plans. But somehow, we’re supposed to believe that she’s a miracle worker of organization.

What she really has is a kind nature and willingness to deal with the eccentricities of Harrison’s family. And that is enough to win Harrison’s interest.

There were some things that were unclear to me in the story. Harrison is supposed to be a self-made billionaire, but the only business of his that we hear about is that he’s working on space travel, rather like Elon Musk. Well, you don’t make billions investing in space travel; he needs to have made money in some other way first just as Musk had. And why does he need to personally organize the tour for his family’s business? We’re told that the father built the business, but the father is depicted as an absent-minded botanist. So when was he building up a successful tour company? And if this family owns at least two castles that have been in the family for generations, why don’t they have titles of nobility? These were the sorts of inconsistencies that distracted me throughout the book and interfered with my enjoyment.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

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Another fantastic book from Kira Archer. Oh how I love her books and she knocked this one right out of the park!
Uptight Harrison who is forced to fly commercial home to England for the summer meets his seat mate Nicole. The lively, beautiful and ever optimistic chatty Nicole who managed to figure out Harrison didn't do take offs well as he was rifling through his brief case looking for his Xanax all the while bemoaning that his private jet was being worked on... clever Nicole distracts Harrison in the best possible way by laying one on him and then some. She fell into the kiss and he followed her right down that path. Harrison hated going home for the summer, hated the thoughts of what was ahead of him, his crazy (delightful) family and the castle they lived in that was falling down around them and he oversaw the work. His very strong dislike for Outlander which you must read this book to appreciate the full impact of why. Nicole is a fan. Nicole tells all, that she's left a bad realtionship, one with no future, quit her job, cashed in her 401 and has decided to move to Europe. Sure she has no job or plan, but she'll wing it. Harrison manages to piss on her parade a couple times but when he gets to the airport and a text from his assistant that she's quit, he quickly seeks out Nicole offering her the job, and a place to stay, the castle.
Once there she is quickly taken in by his family especially is ultra quirky Scottish Gran who is half crazed, but really isn't. She makes a dang lot of sense and doesn't miss much. They're preparing to launch an Outlander tour which is so popular it's booked 2 seasons ahead and Nicole really proves herself worth her salt and keeps Harrison is check. She's quick on her feet and one step ahead. Clearly these two are attracted and everyone else sees it, even his friends who come in from NY as part of a trial run pre opening the castle for the tour, but after being caught in bed and Gran planning their wedding and giving him her ring to put on Nicole's finger, the two of them still play it pretty cool.
When the first tour guests arrive all goes well, until the end and man I didn't see that coming.
Nicole has a heart to heart with Gran. Meanwhile Harrison doesn't know what to make of what's just happened nor does he talk about it either. Better to sit at the Pub with the family and friends and get sauced. Feel sorry for himself. Until he snaps out of it.
I loved these two and all of the crazy family. His Gran was hysterical and smart as a whip. Nicole brought out the best in Harrison and she enjoyed being herself. Truthfully. She was perfect as she was. I couldn't have wanted any more from two great lead characters in a book. The best I've read in a long, long time. Don't pass this one up!
Well deserving of more than 5 stars!

*advanced reader copy from NetGalley and Entangled for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own*

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Three and a half stars.

Can't see how many pages, but feels like a novella.

Harrison Troy is flying home from New York to spend the Summer with his family, it wasn't entirely clear to me whether 'home' was Scotland or England, he wears a kilt (for Outlander purposes) but is repeatedly referred to as English - whether that is the author not understanding the nuances of being English, Scottish or British I don't know. His private plane is out of action, none of his friends can lend him a plane and the airline he has chosen to fly with doesn't have the modern first class pods so he is forced to sit next to a total stranger (first world problems encapsulated). His seat mate is Nicole (Nikki) Franklin, an unlucky-in-love accountant who has thrown up everything in order to realise her dreams of travelling Europe. The start of the book reminded me of Managed, Harrison is terrified of flying and Nikki takes his mind off take-off with a steamy kiss. When they land in Scotland/England Harrison discovers that his assistant has quit and so he offers Nikki eight weeks work at his family's castle.

What follows is a madcap/ slapstick caper in which Harrison's zany family frustrate his attempts to get the family travel business into the black by running Outlander-themed holidays. I'm not a fan of the zany and Harrison's grandmother in particular (talk of fornication outside wedlock and entering jousting competitions) was (in my opinion) unfunny and unnecessary, indeed most of Harrison's family appeared merely there for the zany and had no real interactions with Harrison or Nikki.

I did enjoy this but I have to say, as an Englishwoman, the idea that you could half the time taken to drive from the Scottish border (assume for the sake of argument, although I believe Outlander is set in the Highlands) to London Heathrow is frankly ludicrous. It's 313 miles from Gretna Green to London Heathrow which would take just under 5 hours via motorway, the idea that you could drive a minibus at 120 miles an hour constantly is simply ridiculous. Also, has no-one pointed out to Kira Archer that there are five terminals at Heathrow, some of them quite some distance apart?


Nevertheless, if you can overlook the geographic ambiguity, this was a pleasant, low angst romantic comedy - ideal beach reading.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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I thought I was going to love this one. I really did, It missed the mark for me. I found myself skimming most of it. It started out strong and then fell. It was almost like the author was trying too hard at some points.

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4.5 stars

What starts out as a fake engagement becomes something neither one ever expected...

Nicole has always been in some type of relationship and is determined to break the habit. She’s quit her job, cashed in her 401, hopped a plane across the ocean, and shared a steamy kiss with a complete stranger. Not bad for a chickie with no future plans, in a foreign country and flying by the seat of her pants! She’s optimistic, chaotic, compassionate, and so stinking funny...I loved her!

Harrison is kind of a stuff shirt, prefers order to chaos, and always expects worst case scenarios. Yet he’s also patient, sweet, and witty. He loves his nutty family (no joke, they’re loco, but in a totally adorable way!) but knows he doesn’t quite fit in with their zany personalities. So it boggles his mind he’s so attracted to Nicole and her quirkiness.

I simply adored this book! The eccentric cast of characters had me laughing out loud too many times to count, but my favorite bits were all about Nicole and Harrison. I loved their chemistry and witty banter, making those intimate moments that much sweeter! This was a delightful read and I’m so glad I took a gander and picked it up! Definitely recommended to anyone who likes a sexy Scottish kilt wearing hero and good rom-com!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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