When your match suddenly ghosts you and brings you to the Scottish Highlands…

Synopsis

Olivia Bingham has bad luck with men.

She’s been ghosted more times than she can count, but this Christmas she’s finally met someone really special online: Fraser Douglas, a Scottish chef working at an idyllic hotel in the Highlands. He’s sweet and sensitive, thoughtful and funny – not to mention incredibly good looking.

Just when she thinks things couldn’t be going any better, Fraser’s dating profile vanishes, and Olivia fears the worst. Frustrated and wounded, Olivia decides she’s going to drive all the way out to Loch Lochy Hotel and confront Fraser.

But when she arrives, things don’t go exactly as she hoped. Worse still, Fraser doesn’t seem to have any idea who she is….

My review

Olivia Bingham has been unlucky in love, to put it mildly. The times she has been ghosted cannot be counted anymore, but now she believes that she has find the perfect man online, Fraser Douglas. Online they have talked about everything, and they have so much in common, their love for Mariah Carey included.
So when Fraser suddenly ghosts her, and deletes everything online, Olivia decides to find Fraser in real life and confront him. As she knows Fraser is a Scottish chef working in a hotel in the Highlands, it cannot be that difficult to find him, right?
For once luck is on her side as Olivia can track him down. But when she arrives at the hotel, it turns not only out that the place itself is not what she expected, nor the circumstances. But also that Fraser seems to have no clue who she is…

I have to admit something before I start reviewing this wonderful book. I have been ghosted a few times, but in a few cases, I have been the ghost too… and before you condemn in any way, I had any right to be ghosting that person, as they just wouldn’t get the message… 😊

So I could understand how Olivia, or rather Liv, felt after finding her apparent perfect match and then see him disappear into thin cyberspace air…
Especially after reading that it hasn’t been the first time.

I don’t know if I would have the same courage, to find Fraser in real life and confront him, as I am not a big fan of confrontation myself. But if Liv didn’t head up to the Highlands, we obviously wouldn’t have this story to enjoy.

Now, I have to say that Liv is surrounded by lovely people, perhaps a bit crazy (because who in their right minds would gift her Stan? 😊). Her friends may be joking about her single status, but it all comes from the right place. And her sister and mother while perhaps agree with her decision to go to Scotland, they also worry, because who knows what Fraser will turn out to be?

Her arrival at the hotel for sure is one that can count! I don’t know who was more in shock, Liv, Effie and Fraser, or Ginger 😊.
And the hotel/ restaurant itself wasn’t also what I expected, as some rooms absolutely were horror movies material!

With Liv’s car (or rather, her sister’s car) not being drivable anymore, I was eager to see how Liv would enjoy (or not…) her stay at the hotel.
But it warmed my heart to see how she got along with Effie, who for sure deserves an honest friend, who accepts her as she is.

Fraser for sure was an initial enigma. While I rather quickly knew that his dating profile was unknown to him, his behaviour wasn’t all that welcoming and warm at all.
But slowly we learn why he acts the way he does towards strangers, and we quickly see also his protective nature, especially towards Effie…

It was just great to see how Fraser and Liv initially just don’t get along, keep on clashing, even literally. But it was sweet to see how there is slowly a trust being built, and that they understand each other, even if there are still a few hurdles and that demons/ghosts of the past aren’t completely chased away…

I was of course intrigued to know who the culprit of the dating profile was, even if I had a feeling that it was all done for the right reasons.

This book shows us that over a few days, strong bonds can be created. And we see people that just know each other, want to protect each other, even if it isn’t an easy task.
But we also see how strong and stubborn but also delightful cows can be! Go Ginger!!! 😊

I truly enjoyed this sweet story, showing us how taking charge of things can be the start of something new and wonderful. And this all in an amazing setting, with plenty of snow and towards the end even Mistletoe magic!