The perks of the Scottish Highlands, or not…

Synopsis

A fiery heroine, a Scottish god, a cabin, a castle, and enough heat to warm the coldest Scottish winter…

Highland Games is an unputdownable, enemies-to-lovers, romantic comedy, with sparkle and sizzle and a guaranteed happy ending. This sexy, witty, debut from Evie Alexander will have you laughing, swooning, and staying up way past your bedtime…

Perfect for fans of Sally Thorne, Talia Hibbert, Sophie Kinsella, and Helen Hoang. If you’re looking for a riotous romantic comedy with plenty of heat, then Highland Games is for you!

♥♥♥ Welcome to Kinloch, and the hottest winter Scotland’s ever seen. ♥♥♥

Zoe’s always played it safe, just as her parents wanted. But when her great-uncle dies and leaves her a ramshackle cabin in the Scottish Highlands, she decides it’s time to change her life.

Upping sticks seems like a good idea in her cosy flat in London, but the reality is very different. There’s no electricity or running water, the roof leaks and there’s no front door. If that wasn’t bad enough, she’s moved up in the depths of winter and her scorching hot neighbour wants her out.

Rory’s got a fifty thousand tonne problem. If he can’t make Kinloch castle profitable, he’s out of a job. He needs a clear head, but there’s someone living in the cabin he saw as his own and she’s turned his world upside down.

Rory needs Zoe out of Scotland, and out of his life. The trouble is, she has no intention of leaving.

Let the games begin…

My review

Having played it safe, Zoe shocks everyone when she decides to move to the cabin her great – uncle left her as inheritance.
But her memories of the time she spent in the Scottish Highlands couldn’t be more different than the reality. The cabin has no electricity or running water, the roof leaks and moving during the winter surely wasn’t a great idea without any heating!
On top of it all, her neighbour Rory, who is just too hot for words, wants her out of the cabin! Rory has his own reasons why he wants Zoe out of the way, because he is looking for ways to make Kinloch Castle profitable again…
Two determined people, one determined to stay and the other determined to make the other one leave… who will win the game? And what about that attraction they are both feeling?

If you are looking for the perfect story about enemies – to – lovers, stubborn people, a Scottish that could ignite every fire anywhere and a castle too, let me tell you, you won’t have to search any longer! And with the addition of many laughs, misunderstandings, a rat names Basil, can you really need anything more???

How good can a debut be? Reading a first book is always a tricky job… will you like the story? And if you don’t, will you give then author a second chance with her next book?
And if you loved the first book, was it a lucky shot and from now on it will go all downhill?

Well, I surely loved the first book, and I have all the faith that this was not a one book wonder! 

The premise is already a great one… Zoe inherits suddenly a cabin in the Scottish Highlands, and somehow she thinks that it’s a good idea to leave London behind and move totally unprepared to the cabin!

Of course that’s an absurd idea and I was ready to prepared to laugh at and with her!
And when she arrives at the cabin, and sees it’s more than a ruin than a comfy cabin, what did she expect? A castle???

For first meetings, meeting Rory is surely the most hilarious and entertaining one! Why on earth would she expect to have bears in in the Highlands???

Zoe may seem sometimes a bit too gullible, clueless, but also shows plenty of determination to make everything work. And aren’t we all sometimes in too deep?

And Rory’s first impressions were those of a bit of a mean man, only working for his own benefits. But he also has this sweetness over him, on the moments that truly matters…

This whole story is filled with misunderstandings, mischief, pranks and the funniest gaffes (the stuck in a tree!). But it’s also filled with moments that are too hot! The way I pictured Rory in my mind, well, I can surely understand why Zoe is having a hard time!

It’s obvious that Rory is not who he pretends to be, and I understood why he was keeping his true identity hidden. For the readers of course it wasn’t a total surprise, but for the characters in the book it’s logical they were left flabbergasted.

The relationship between Rory and Zoe shifts from constant fighting over each other to the point that ignoring their attraction is impossible! When they finally give in, I warn you: put the heating down in your place, because reading those encounters will warm you more than enough!

I found this a hilarious, marvellous book to read. It ticked all the boxes I was expecting from such a genre.
The characters were easy to like and even when they acted a bit obnoxious or irritable, the way things evolved only increased me liking them!

This story was an impossible mission to put away, as I just had the urge to know what more was in store for Zoe and Rory, and what would happen with all that suppressed sexual tension!
And for me personally, the countdown has begun to read the next part of the series!!!