I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

"My life stopped when my mom died. And it restarted somewhere on the banks of Loch Ness. It might have even started that time you stepped back to reveal the skyline in the gloaming, and I recognized that feeling of in-between. You brought my heart back to life."


Kilt Trip was so freaking cute. In this, you will meet Addie and Logan. She's a travel consultant and travels all over the world. The one place she wants to completely avoid is the one place her next assignment will take her: Scotland. Once she lands, she runs into her new office nemesis, Logan.

First off, I listened to the audiobook, and I absolutely adored the narrators! They did a fantastic job. Then there's the actual characters, I honestly really liked them. Sure, things got spicy and hot when they definitely needed to.

And yet, we all know drama or miscommunication is bound to happen. It came, we all suffered, and it brought them much closer together. I needed them to say what they needed to say towards one another in the end because they absolutely deserved a happily ever after. I would've liked more banter, though, but I'm just being greedy.

In the end, I most definitely need to book a trip to Scotland, but first, I need to get a new passport.

This book is a contemporary romance that takes place in Scotland. Addie Macrae is a travel company consultant from the US. She is working for what seems like a start-up and is very loyal to her boss. As a consultant, Addie is looking at the bottom line and advising tour companies on how to make a profit. She gets sent to Scotland by her boss and kind of goes undercover by signing up for the tour before her consulting job starts. She gets a little lost and turned around, but finally meets up with the tour group and their hot and sexy guide, Logan Sutherland. Logan believes that a tour guide should take people to out-of-the-way places they might not find on their own. He also likes to talk about the history and tell personal stories about these places. He is also a big supporter of local small business owners and as the tour ends, he takes people to a pub run by his friend. He treats people like family and wants them to leave Scotland with good memories. Addie is the last one to leave the pub and she is definitely charmed by Logan. *swoon*

The next morning Addie is all business as she shows up at the family owned tour company and didn’t expect Logan to be there as one of the owners. They butt heads right from the start. Addie and Logan’s father want the business to stay afloat and be profitable. Logan refuses to hear about the tourist trap tours that Addie pitches. He wants to give customers a unique and custom experience. You can see where the tension comes in with all of the above. However, Addie and Logan have undeniable chemistry and things heat up between them. They both have a lot of thinking to do about how they resolve their personal issues, job issues and find what it means to be “home.” I love the setting of this book. I think the author captured the heart of Scotland. She acknowledged both the touristy side of Scotland, along with the out-of-the-way historical aspects and day to day life. I fully appreciate the hot man in a kilt and Logan used it to his advantage. This book is a fun and sexy romance. Perfect to take with you on any travels, the beach or an evening at home. There is some drama (but there has to be) before the happily after ever. I think there was a lot of depth to the main characters, but also to the secondary characters were well developed. A definite must read that will make your heart melt.

🔥 Enemies-to-lovers
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
🏰 Castles
🚐 Tour bus shenanigans
❤️ Love
🐉 Nessie
🐑 Sheep

i unfortunately dnf’d this a while back and have not picked it up (not at the expense of the book, mind you).

from what i read, the storyline was solid and i loved our fmc, as she had just been introduced to the love interest and im sure there is a wonderful story to be told within this novel- ive seen it countless times across social media with only raving reviews!

Book: KILT TRIP
Author: Alandra Riley
Length: 336 Pages
Publisher: Canary Street Press
Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars
Blog Rating: 5/5 Saltire Flags

This book centers on Addie who is Travel representative who works for the travel company and travels to Scotland and helps a family who is having a hard time with their own travel company that is run by their family.

Get drool ready readers become her comes the sexy kilt wearing Scot with a brogue to match and a braw Scottish name called Logan. He thinks he knows everything including how to run his business who is heading in the red, not the black. So to say they are like vinegar and acetic acid (nail polish remover) that will cause a fire is an understatement!

There is plenty of wit in this book too which is absolutely hilarious. This book was a joy to read and I do not usually enjoy contemporary books but I enjoyed this book very much! As I am an American Scot who spent a lot of time in Edinburgh even attending their famous Fringe Festival a few years ago! This book has a lot of fabulous memories plus I saw many men in kilts even buying a kilt for myself! The best country in the world in my opinion.

Disclaimer: I received an advance readers copy from the publisher.l I voluntarily agreed to do a fair review and blog through netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I really enjoyed this book. I love Scotland and everything it entails. So I went into this book with really high hopes and it did not disappoint one bit. I loved reading this book and didn’t want to put it down.

It was one of those books were you felt completely immersed in the book where it felt like a movie playing in your head. This is an incredible romcom and definitely one you want to add to the top of your TBR

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. I loved Kilt Trip, I thought it was cute, funny and an overall great read!

Absolutely loved the setting, the tours, the history all of it. The plot and characters felt a bit predictable but would read again just for the location.

3⭐️ 1.5 🌶️
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read Kilt Trip. This book only made me want to go see Scotland but I didn’t really feel the characters. Not only do they reference parents by their name but I didn’t feel the chemistry for the characters.

This book was really good. Maddie works for a travel consultancy company. She flies to Scotland and meets Logan. She grabs dinner and drinks with Logan. There's a lot of banter between the two. It was really good. There's romance, grief, longing, loneliness, there's spice and it was romantic. He falls first, there's so much passion in this book.

So, this was an advanced reader copy and the title hooked me before I even opened the cover (of my kindle). I really enjoyed the banter, the growth, and the development of the characters in this novel. I loved the descriptions and the setting. Scotland is life, so that’s an easy win for me. I will add that this is a pretty spicy book - romance wise - so I would use caution if you’re not into that sorta thing.

I'd definitely be interested in reading more books by the author and always grateful for a chance at a book before it hits the shelves.

Such a fun read! Logan and Addie are well developed characters and I loved how the story featured so much of Scotland. I felt inspired to travel there after reading this!

This novel made me miss Scotland so badly. A sweet family Scottish story.

And I LOVE the Joules boots featured in the cover illustration.

I wanted to like this so badly it just was not for me. The pacing at the beginning was very slow, the dialogue felt overwritten and the chemistry between Addie and Logan seemed very forced. There was clearly a lot of time spent discerning the setting instead of building the character depth. This was okay not great.

4.5 stars and rounded up. ✨
Gosh, this was such a sweet and beautiful “lost and found” story. Addie has been lost since her mother’s death and uses travel and her job as a way to build walls and not relationships. That changes on a work trip to Edinburgh. With the help of old photos of her mother and tour guide Logan, she finds herself and love. The growth that Addie makes is beautiful to read. I hated the 3rd act break up (sorry, spoiler alert…but in romances we do expect them) but this one seemed so on point for the characters that I didn’t hate it as much as the random ones. Would absolutely recommend this book to anyone. Extra recommendation points if they have a love of Scotland!

A heartwarming enemies to lovers romance, with a little bit of grumpy/sunshine. I enjoyed it, but have also seen something like it before. It's cute, it's fun, but it's lacking the heat and chemistry to make me love it as much as a Tessa Bailey or Christina Lauren or Sarah Adams. I did like the male lead's family and how they swept her in and welcomed her.

Addie McRae is a travel consultant in an up-and-coming firm traveling Luke, doesn't think things need to change. So begins the butting of the heads and they eventually end up finding in each other that person who will always be there for them and have their backs. This of course does have miscommunications and some stumbles along the way to their happily ever after.

There is family drama that both are dealing with and trying to handle alone. The secondary characters were so well written, and I enjoyed them as much as our heroine/hero.

The descriptions of the places in Scottland were beautiful and the history just make you want to get on a plane and go there yourself.

I received this advance ebook from NetGalley. I really tried to like Kilt Trip, but there was something about it that I just couldn't get into. The characters were difficult to relate to, and oftentimes, I just wanted to be done with the book. I enjoyed hearing about Scotland, but that's the only positive aspect for me about this book.

This was adorable, and sure to win the hearts of any readers who love - in any order or any combination - Scotland, rom-coms, friendships, family dynamics, traveling, feisty female characters, and solid-yet-soft male characters, among many other characteristics. Kiley does a beautiful job at bringing Scotland to life through vivid and carefully-crafted description; while many expected pieces of rom-coms and preconceived notions about Scotland make appearances, it is to play to expectations while quietly also debunking some of them. The whole book honestly just felt like a delightful little hug, and I very much enjoyed my time with Addie, Logan, and the gang. (I'd especially love to spend more time with Logan's effervescent and cuddly mom, Gemma.)

Kilt Trip is a very Hallmark-esque romance that reads like you would watch a cheesy holiday romance, with its predictable turns and ending. There is a little bit of enemies-to-lovers going on in this story, but is heavier on the "lovers" side. This is the story of two people from two very different places who fall in love in Scotland. Within weeks of knowing each other, they are already making plans to live together happily-ever-after, forgetting they each have lives in different continents. Personal note: Vacation romance is not sustainable!

I may be a bit too critical, though. The whole "girl abroad meets hot Scottish man in kilt" is not my trope! However, if men in kilts are your thing, or if you're looking for a light, cheesy romance, this may be a good book for you! Unfortunately, it seems that I am more into intense, cry-your-eyes-out romance stories.

Read if you like:
⭐ Hallmark-type romance
💞 Enemies-to-lovers trope
⛰ Travel
💘 Happily-ever-afters
🏴Scottish settings

🙏 Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the gifted electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love a good Scottish romance. Addie works as a travel consultant. Logan's family owns a tour company. Addie is sent there to assist with improvements to the tour company.

Addie and Logan were great, solo and together. Logan's family - I adored. The banter was fun.

I thought Addie dealing with the grief of losing her mom years before was well done.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.