Highland Fling
From the #1 bestselling author of A Cottage in the Country: A trip to Scotland blurs the line between one woman's work life and love life.
After a fight with her boyfriend, a business trip to Scotland is the perfect diversion for Jenny Porter, who works as a virtual assistant for a financial executive. Dispatched to assess a failing textile mill, Jenny instead finds herself determined to save it at any cost after befriending its charming employees. That cost might just be her sanity as she stretches her resources, patience, and compassion to the outer limits.
As she gets to know the colorful Dalmain clan, Jenny just can't say no when asked to help run a mobile food stand, save the family business, put an overbearing matriarch in her place, rekindle an old romance, or throw a dinner party for sixteen on short notice. Then there's the problem of being attracted to the dashing yet abrasive Ross Grant, who has a way of showing up just when things seem almost sane and manageable . . .
The majestic Scottish Highlands, covered in purple heather and dotted with sheep and llamas, provide a dramatic backdrop while Jenny tries to pull everything together in time to save the mill and figure out her increasingly complicated personal life, in this delightful, romantic romp.
Praise for Katie Fforde
"Modern-day Austen. Great fun." —Red
"Top-drawer romantic escapism." —Daily Mail
- Pages
- 386
- First published
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Finished August 17, 2013
August 2013 4.5★♥ So this was a major "cool off for summertime" as the H and h get stuck in a snow storm in the mountains of Scotland on Christmas day (this was more than just a holiday read though). They ended up staying in a sort of igloo survival room built into the mountain's snow. I had goose bumps just reading about that. Anyway, my review... This is a cute Brit-lit romance. The characters are likable to read. The romance is there. It's just the plot is a little slow towards the end. The plot is of a Jenny Porter, whom is in a relationship with a Bridget Jones bad guy character (Hugh Grant's character - in fact there is a lot of references of the actor and the movie/ book). She then goes to Scotland to "handle" a business for her clint -whom she hasn't meet despite working for him for about two years. She believes that he wants the company closed down - so naturally she tries to save it. I liked Jenny. She's a bit of a pushover at times. She took too long in dumping the very bad boyfriend. It was ridiculous the way Henry comes to Scotland to see her. I felt that he was a complete idiot. Ross Grant (the hero) is a likeable character. There just wasn't enough of him in the book. The Scots that she stays with are a little nerve racking. Their drinking behavior is a little AA excessive. The other characters in the "Highlands" are more likable and funny at times. Just for the love of God, why did Fforde have to make the third portion of the story so slow? Skip the slow stuff to find the romantic stuff isn't a plus in my thoughts. Which was why I knocked down the rating star some. It's not a complete 5★ IMHO. But I loved the very end. That was very romantic. swoon Do I like the heroine and hero interaction? Yes, but their isn't enough. Do I recommend reading? Yes.