Book Blurb:
Opposites attract in this steamy Scottish romance between a grumpy doctor and the single mother who lives next door, from the author of Whisky Business.
Burned-out GP Alistair Macabe never planned to return to his tiny hometown on the Isle of Skye. Especially not to live next door to Isla, a newly single mom with zero time for grumpy doctors.
But when Alistair needs a popularity boost in order to start taking on patients again, and Isla wants to ruffle her smug ex’s feathers, a fake relationship seems like the perfect solution.
And with the pair taking their roles very seriously, they might just forget they are pretending after all
Tropes:
*Netgalley ALC *Opposites attract *Enemies --> more *neighbors *Doctor MMC x baker FMC
*Small town romance *Rom-com *single parent *family drama *spice *Scotland
*grumpy x sunsine *forced proximity *fake dating *slow burn
Thoughts:
Alistair (MMC) returns to his small home town that he had always wanted to leave on the Isle of Skye after his father passed away and in his will left him his medical practice.
Alistair followed in his father's footsteps and while he always wanted to be a doctor growing up now he doesn't know if he wanted it for himself or to finally be seen as worthy in his father's eyes and now his father is gone. Returning to his small home town with nosy residents and his family that don't mind their own business either is bad enough... especially since his brother is with his ex-fiance, he's still salty about that. But now he's living next door to Isla and her daughter they are messy and entirely too loud... in fact maybe he'll write some complaints to the land lord about them.
Isla is new to being single her ex-husband moved her out in the middle of nowhere (where he grew up) and even had her make friends with his high school girlfriend... who he later left her for now she's dealing with his poor excuses as to why he can't help pay for anything when it comes to their daughter and constantly canceling his plans with her when it's his day to pick her up... leaving Isla to pick up the pieces of their very heartbroken young daughter.
Isla and Alistair get off on the wrong foot and spend quite a bit of time at odds... so it's quite a surprise when Alistair has come up with a fake dating plan he needs to be liked more in the area to get his ratings up for the possibility of selling his practice, and it would help everyone see that she has moved past the betrayal that was the ending of her relationship with her ex... you know what why not, it's just pretending for a few months... what could go wrong?
This was a super cute small-town romance I really loved seeing Mr. Grinch himself let down his walls and not only begin to care for Isla but her daughter as well, he really stepped up when it mattered time and time again.
Isla and Alistair are both working on some emotional damage caused by people who should have cared more in their lives and they found each other at the perfect time... but now that walls are coming down lines are blurred and it's hard to tell that things are fake anymore.
Isla is so sweet but I truly wanted to have a chat with her with how she was dealing with her ex and his unacceptable behavior a number of times... ugh! her ex made me so angry for Isla and for their daughter Teddy they both deserved better.
Teddy (Isla's daughter) such a sweetheart I loved seeing her get closer to her grumpy neighbor.
I loved Alistair beginning to build a better relationship with his family again and begin to think that maybe he could make a life for himself in his small hometown.
There was drama from Isla's ex, small town gossip and a fun cast of characters that make you want to move to this small town in Scotland too. I will be checking out the rest of this series!
I thank the author and Netgalley for this audio book Isobel Wood and Angus King were awesome and really helped to bring out the humor and heart to this story.
I did feel that some of the pacing was slower in places and there were some repetitiveness but overall enjoyed this one it was a cozy, feel good read!
Have you read this one yet? What did you think?
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