Thank you so much to Avon for the complimentary copy of the book!

This book is out now!

This is a debut from author Kat Mackenzie so I was unsure what to expect going into it. I am notorious for not reading about the synopsis before reading so I was only going off by the title and cover. Totally thought this was going to be about a woman who falls in love with a Scotsman while on a work trip - welp I was wrong LOL 

One thing I love in books is when an author has their characters go on solo trips. Though the worrywart in me is nervous about what could happen while alone on a trip, I know this is fiction and nothing bad would happen BUT I still think about if this was reality.  Our FMC Alice needs a reset so she booked herself a trip to the UK on what she thinks is an all female literary trip. Well that turns out to be true except the females were between being retirees to those in their golden years. 

I love that all the side characters are older woman who truly bond over the course of the trip! A lot of them have done these trips previously so they are already friendly with one another. They provided Alice with wisdom and guidance that she wasn't necessarily looking for but in the end needed.  I think I was more sad for Alice to leave these group of women than her relationship with Robbie. 

Alice meets Robbie in the airport and things did not kick off to a great start. She thought she wouldn't ever see him again until it turns out he runs the literary trip that she signed up for! Forced proximity is one of my favorite tropes and you can't get more forced proximity than spending 3 weeks in a bus traveling from country to country.  There were a few moments that made me laugh out loud including a unfortunate incident that left poor Alice without clean clothes for a few days - iykyk.  These two though were fire and ice for a good part of the book. They just were constantly bickering and I felt Alice had a little chip on her shoulder when she thought Robbie had a girlfriend/wife but yet was flirting (which I get but just ask him). 

I read this one all with the audio and the fabulous Angela Dawe provided the narration. This is the 2nd book that I read with her narration that was not the Finlay Donovan series and she has such a distinct voice it was hard not hearing Finlay while listening. But sure enough as the book went on, it morphs into Alice and the other characters. 

Overall I really enjoyed the book but it just was missing something that I can't pinpoint. I am looking forward to seeing what else Kat writes though! I love her craft of the characters without it feeling it was too many as well the amazing banter between our couple! 

I recommend this if you love a enemies to lovers romance with funny side characters and a setting set across the UK!