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Scotland or Bust

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"Scotland or Bust" by Kira Archer
I loved this story!! What a fun contemporary sweet clean romance. I wonder if you will burst out laughing as many times as I did. I was gifted with an ARC via NetGalley and that was one of my truly lucky days. My advice is this, read the book description, then, grab your copy of this story and get reading!!

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Scotland or Bust (ebook) by Kira Archer .. This is the second book I have read by Kira Archer and really enjoyed it... thank you #NetGalley.... Nicole and Harrison's story... she is fresh of a breakup and he is off to help his crazy family with their tour business. The laughs start in from the start and never end...when the plane takes off...the book that must not be named...Granny...the castle tour...the car in the mud...the pub people.. and so many more...I love a book that makes me feel a part of it....and also love my HEA....

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I give this book 3.5 stars. It gave me plenty of laughs, as the Troys were very funny. And they were always up to something, especially Granny. However, I was tired of Harrison being a stick in the mud. And waiting until the very last to make a move. I also felt there was no real chemistry between Nicole and Harrison. So it didn't seem real enough to me. But I did enjoy the comedy aspects most definitely. I voluntarily read this book in exchange via NetGalley for my honest opinion.

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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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There are times Harrison only hears what he wants to hear, “you think I’m handsome?” Harrison's family has no filter, I loved his mother, “no offense, dear. I’m not saying you look like a prostitute or anything, and I certainly wouldn’t judge you if you were. Though a prostitute would be so much more interesting than a mere girlfriend. Or the usual gold diggers that he seems to bring home. Are you a gold digger, dear?” There are times Harrison really hates having responsibilities, "all the air went out of him, and he rested his head against her chest and groaned. “They can all go rot.” I really loved this book,.

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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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