3.5 stars rounded up

A romance set in Scotland? Yes please!
Scotland is on my list of places I must visit, so I enjoyed reading this cute story with its descriptive writing and snippets of Scottish history/lore.

- Dual POV
- Addie & Logan both had inner complexities they needed to work out
- Almost all of the side characters were adorable and lovable
- Lots of great banter

I ordered a bottle of Benromach for my husband’s birthday after Addie ordered it in the bar. Hopefully she has good taste!

If you like workplace romance and some spicy scenes, this is a cute read.

Thank you @htpbooks and @Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Romance and rivalry in the heart of the Scotland Highlands. Addie is a globe trotting travel consultant and her latest assignment brings her to Edinburgh to revamp a tour company struggling to get by with “hidden gems” tours bypassing tourist attractions, led by the handsome yet stubborn Logan. While Addie more than has her hands full with the job and taking on Logan for whose ideas are best for the future of his family’s business, she’s also got another goal of this assignment: find the destinations her late mother loved while in the country, documented only by old photos. As Addie and Logan work together more and start scouting out the photo background destinations, the chemistry is hard to deny between the two. However, Addie’s next assignment is always on the horizon, throwing a damper in any sense of a future.
This was a cute story full of great banter, romance, and some lovely anecdotes (shout out to the Sandia Mountains reference!)
Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars

I’ll be upfront and honest, since 2018 I have read numerous romance books set in Scotland and about 90% of the time I’ve been disappointed in them. 2018 was when I began planning a trip to Scotland for 2020 which was postponed to 2022 and I’m currently planning a trip for this August 2024, so I decided to give this one a go and I am so glad that I did. I was completely wowed by Alexandra Kiley’s debut novel, Kilt Trip. This one quote alone, “Sometimes we find a place we’ve never been before, but it feels like coming home.” is exactly how I felt on my first trip to Scotland. Yes, I have family history on both sides and in fact my mother’s side (English) fought my father’s side (Jacobite), and I found pictures of long ago relatives on castle walls while I was there. But for me, it was more than that as, I walked the streets of Edinburgh, traipsed through the ruins of numerous castles and cathedrals, danced in the ballroom at a castle with my husband, and visited “tourist” sites as well as those off the beaten path, it was as the country wrapped me in its arms and I knew when we left we would go back. Kilt Trip featured a local Edinburgh man whose family’s tour service is in trouble and an American woman whose company has been hired to streamline and change the tours to make them appeal to more people. Addie has ties to the country through her late mother and after one short tour with Logan she knows the country will be hard to leave and the man…well, time will tell.

While there were numerous funny moments, there were also many deep and emotional ones, and I found the pacing and development spot on. Both characters were dealing with grief – Addie the loss of her mother when she was a teenager and a father so deep in his grief he forgot he had a daughter and Logan the loss of his brothers continuing to work at the family business after he made a costly mistake and the fact the business is bleeding money. Both work through their grief as they try to one-up each other on the types of tours the company should offer, in addition Logan begins to realize that being so set in his ways about doing the same tours, he has missed some wonderful places his home country has to offer. As he helps Addie find places from photos of her mom and dad’s honeymoon, she begins to work through her feelings and he is there to offer support without trying to manage her grief for her and I loved that.

The biggest reasons for not giving this one 5 stars; I felt at times their bickering was over the top and childish. I hated how set in his ways Logan was and refused to work with Addie to change up his trips. And Addie, she was just so closed off at the start I had a hard time liking her character, but I did feel like we saw great growth throughout this book and I loved that after such a short time in Scotland and with Logan how alone she felt on her own.

As Logan with Addie along drove through many parts of Scotland, I had fond memories of the trip we took with our Edinburgh native guide. Ms. Kiley’s description of the land, the history of the castles, monuments, and Clans were all reminiscent of our time there and so very vivid it gave readers who have never been to Scotland a chance to discover it through her words.

For anyone who has been to Scotland or has dreams of going, I highly recommend Kilt Trip it is by far one of the best romance books I’ve read set in the country and a favorite book of 2024 for me.

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

I loved this book so much. It was wonderful!

This book gave me such wanderlust! Scotland was already on my list of places I’d like to go one day bur Addie and Logan’s story bumped it right up to the top.

This was a super fun and sweet romance between Addie, a travel consultant, and Logan, a tour guide for a local company who very much does not want this outspoken American in his business and ruining the magic of his under the radar tours. If you like enemies to lovers, you’re going to love their animosity (and how it thaws into something more once they start getting to know each other).

A fun, feel-good romance featuring Addie, who is in the travel/tour business, and Logan, whose family runs a tourist guide business in Scotland. The Scottish setting is beautiful, and the characters are completely relatable and lovable. I look forward to recommending this to readers who love a sweet romance with fun situations and characters.

Absolutely adorable! This combines everything I love about travel novels, enemies to lovers romance, and a self discovery novel! Super sweet with a moderate level of spice! Perfect!

Something was off with this book for me. It has all the tropes I love, but some chapters were just flat. The sense of time was also strange for me. Thanks Net Galley for the ARC.

I had been dying to get my hands on this book ever since I read about it in pitch wars! If you love Outlander or just locales abroad, this book is SO up your alley! An absolute joy and men in kilts. What more could you want?

Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley
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Addie is a travel consultant who just arrived in Scotland to help a family-run tour company grow their business. As the son of the owner of said business, Logan has his own ideas of how to run their tours and he does not like change.
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What I liked:
-I am sort of obsessed with Scotland so I loved the setting of this book.
-The tension of the battle of wills between Logan and Addie was really good!
-I loved how Addie found connection to her mom with the pictures she had, and how Logan helped her find the places those pictures were taken.
-I love a good rivals-to-lovers story!
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4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really enjoyed this story, if you are also obsessed with Scotland and love romance stories then this book will be right up your alley.

I am a huge fan of armchair travel and was so excited to get to visit Scotland through this book; however I’m glad it was a round trip….

Globetrotter Addie Macrae always follows her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she jet sets around the world—anywhere but Scotland. But when she’s sent on assignment to help a struggling family-run tour company in the Highlands—and save her own job—Addie packs away her emotional baggage and turns on the professional charm.

The author did an amazing job with her details and really makes you feel like you’re in Scotland….but I couldn’t understand anything they were saying!! There were so many unexplained slang terms that really slowed down the pacing as I had to decipher what they meant. Maybe this isn’t fair to say as most books have American settings and I’m sure Europeans feel the same way I do; I guess this is just their turn to have some understanding, I don’t know. The plot has a huge tour guide component so there were also a lot of in depth historical facts/stories and folklore that I simply did not care about and felt it took away from the real plot.

I loved Addie and her love for her mother as well as her journey with grief. It felt very realistic, emotional and inspiring all at once, however towards the end she was coming off as more immature than grieving and was frustrating me to no ends. I did love the male main character Logan and can see why he has become a new fav book boyfriend. However, Addie loved him a little too much as this was way more steamy than I had anticipated. With multiple sex scenes and one last for three whole chapters (?!!!) this took away from the story for me. Maybe I overlooked warnings or just assumed because so many people recommended this to me that it would be semi clean.

Overall, I can see why people loved this and maybe I hyped it too much, but it just fell flat for me. However it does make me want to travel to Scotland ASAP

When Alexandra Kiley asked readers to express their interest in her book, Kilt Trip, I jumped at the chance. After all, who doesn’t love the wilderness of Scotland and a Highland Coo?!

An enemies-to-lovers romance, Addie and Logan have that spark from the offset, you know the one? Everything that a certain person is doing annoys you, but you can’t get enough, and your entire day consists of that back-and-forth banter that results in the desire just getting stronger, despite your head protesting!

The author immerses you into the heart of Scotland itself, with its many castles, stunning scenery and oh-so-much history. The more I read, the closer I could feel myself becoming to Logan, Addie, and Elyse. Elyse was kind and funny and but I think she’d make a good friend!

With Outlander vibes, amazing descriptive writing and warming characters, I’d one hundred per cent recommend adding Kilt Trip to your reading list for this summer.

Thank you to NetGalley, Alexandra Kiley and her publishers for the opportunity to read and review Kilt Trip.

Absolutely adorable read. This is an excellent book and written so well. The characters are written so well, and the story develops perfectly.

Travel consultant Addie McCrae heads to Scotland on her next assignment helping the Heart of Scotland Tours. While there she not only finds her heart and family history but love. Not only did I enjoy the story itself but I loved reading about the various sites and was inspired to find my own piece of history. After reading this delightful story I'm ready to break out some bright colored rainboots and book a flight to Edinburgh, Scotland because my wanderlust has been ignited.

This was such a winning story that was a pleasure to read.

Ugh. Loved this so much! Both characters were so compelling and well built. Each one had a very complex background which was emulated in their decision making.
This made me want to go to Scotland and find my own Logan ASAP!

Some books aren’t as good as their title and cover, and unfortunately I felt like this was the case. I had trouble connecting with the characters and the slow plot and after weeks of starting and stopping, I’m letting this one go.

Thank you to NetGalley, Canary Street Press and Alexandra Riley for the opportunity to read Kilt Trip. This is my honest and unbiased opinion.
To be honest, if I see a book is set in Scotland I am already intrigued and hoping I will like the story. Sometimes I've been left a bit sad with how the book has turned out, but not with this one! It's funny when you read some of the other lower scored reviews and they say "DNF at 30% of the book" , or the read a few chapters and don't like the main characters. This makes me wonder if they actually finished the book if they might change their mind? The whole idea behind character development is that the people in the story change, learn a lesson or grow in some way. But if you don't stick it out until the end with them you don't see the end of arc.
Anyways, I really liked the book! I love Scotland and have been lucky enough to spend some time there and feel like the author must love the country as much as me. She has captured the feeling it invokes perfectly, and I learned about some new places I'd now like to check out! I did like her characters. I mean, who wouldn't fall for a broody but open, kilted Scotsman? My husband still refuses to call me lass with the accent, so I guess for now the fictional men will have to fill that void.

I know this review is so long overdue. 🫣 I need to catch up on all my ARCs and what not. But I did want to say thank you to NetGalley & Harlequin Trade Publishing for my early copy of Kilt Trip! That being said, all opinions are my own.

I have always wanted to visit Scotland for its architecture, history, and beautifully awe-inspiring landscapes. 🏰🏞️ And I got to do just that through this heartfelt and beautiful romance novel. Alexandra Kiley provides everything and more in Kilt Trip with detailed descriptions of scenery, relatable character arcs, and a perfect amount of tension between the two main characters.

Not only was I drawn in by the experiences and interactions during the tours, but I also fell in love with the MMC’s family and friends that I wanted to be there at their Hogmanay dinner/get-together! 😋🍻

Speaking of Logan, I mean c’mon. 🫠🤤 Is he not the most patient and perfect one-woman man? The way he treats Addie and listens to her speak about her past, you can just tell this man is the perfect combination of respectful yet dominant, and I’m here for it!

I highly recommend this book if you love:
- hot men in kilts
- Scotland
- traveling
- forced proximity
- “enemies” to lovers
- workplace romance
- found family (in a way)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 to Kilt Trip! Will definitely reread when I’m in the mood for a Scotland romance. 🥰

What an adventure reading Kilt Trip was. A funny, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance set in Scotland, with a lot of quick-witted banter.

Our FMC, Addie, nominally goes to Scotland as a consultant to help a failing family-run business. She also maybe has some more personal reasons for going. Logan, our MMC, runs the family tour business and resents an outsider, an American no less, from telling him how to do his job. Once he realizes that Addie may have ulterior motives for taking the job, he masterminds a clever tour to connect Addie with the places and people she might want to connect with most. A fun, quick-paced read that will have you reaching for your passport in no time.

If you're looking for a romcom that takes you on a journey through two people who believe in sharing their passion for Scotland with anyone who wants to experience it. A scottish adventure with a heavy dollop of delectable tropes this is sure to satisfy the wanderlust reader.

A spicy slow burn enemies to lovers that takes you on a road trip taking in the sites. Be careful of the sheep, you never know what mischief you might find yourself swept into.

Sometimes we need to adjust our dreams and goals but when the potential change impacts family, will the decision be easy to make?
Will Logan and Addie be able to find themselves so they can adventure with someone they love?