A light-hearted "magic is real" holiday rom-com set in Scotland. We have a grumpy, competitive pub quiz champ and aspiring writer (from a neighboring Scottish town) paired with a visiting professor of literature and folklore (from California). The kilt is of very little significance so I'm not sure why it made the title.

Actually, everything felt underdeveloped to me — about as fleshed out as the confusing (but admittedly delightful) Highland cow ghost that enjoys pulling pranks on people (shrug). I'm not sure if the rest of series is the same sort of thing — several tropes and stock characters marched out into a lightly developed storyline — or if it's just because this is a special Christmas story from the middle of the series. Either way, I don't think this works particularly well as a standalone. It needs another 100 pages of context and development (or 50 fewer pages and plot points to be a holiday novella).