Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano

Hospitality consultant Andrea Sullivan has one last chance to snag a
high-profile client or she’ll have to kiss her dreams of promotion
good-bye. When she’s sent to meet Scottish celebrity chef James
MacDonald on the Isle of Skye, she just wants to finish her work as
efficiently as possible. Yet her client is not the opportunistic
womanizer he portrays himself to be, and her attraction to him soon
dredges up memories she’d rather leave buried. For James, renovating the
family hotel is a fulfillment of his late father’s dreams. When his
hired consultant turns out to be beautiful, intelligent, and completely
unimpressed by his public persona, he makes it his mission to win her
over. He just never expects to fall under her spell.

Soon, both Andrea and James must face the reality that God may have a
far different purpose for their lives—and that five days in Skye will
forever change their outlook on life and love.

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When Becky Wade, author of My Stubborn Heart (and one of my favorite authors) recommended Five Days in Skye on her facebook page, I knew I needed to check it out. I immediately read the synopsis and reviews on Amazon, and then checked out the author Carla Laureano’s website, and I was officially hooked. Okay, I’ll be honest, I was pretty much hooked with the words Scotland and romance in the same sentence. 

That being said, this novel is exactly everything I wanted and wished for it to be. The story is a fast paced read, hence a literal five days in Skye, for these two people to fall in love. I didn’t think it could happen, as I’m not a fan of quick romances in books, I like for the relationship to have time to culminate, but I was extremely surprised how perfect Andrea and James are, and found myself rooting from them from the start. 

A books that can make me laugh in the first paragraph or cry by the end are pretty rare, and this one made me do both. 
And oh, the beauty of Scotland! I have never been there myself (it’s on my bucket list) but I feel like I have and could describe the Island of Skye to you perfectly. The mental illustration Carla Laureano paints for you is so lovely, you’ll feel like Andrea and never want to leave. 

I could truly go on and on about how good this book is. A handsome Scotsman with that accent (I can only hear Gerard Butler’s voice when James speaks), an American girl who is trying to make her way in a mans world, sub characters who you want to just sit on the sofa and hang out with, food that melts in your mouth, and a beautiful ancient land where romance just is. 

Ah, perfection. 
I was a tiny bit skeptical before I began because this is the authors first published novel, I wasn’t sure what to expect. When I finished reading Five Days in Skye, I couldn’t believe it was only her first novel! 
All I can say is, I hope there is a sequel, it becomes a series, anything to keep Andrea and James happening, because I love these two and I want more! 


Five stars all day long for Five Days in Skye!

If you’d like to read an excerpt from this novel, you’re in luck. Check out Carla Laureano’s facebook page to indulge in a bit from this book, and you’ll be hooked!