My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I love this author! A sad and lonely Royal is sent to Balmoral by her parents to avoid the spotlight and learn a lesson. While there, she befriends a maid and the Pipe Major/stablehand. Throw in a little Emma action and she tried to match make but it ends up sideways. The lead character has depression so that is explored a bit in this book. 

The best Megan Clawson book yet! Regally Blonde/Kilted Lovers (title is showing as both right now!), is a romcom set mainly at Balmoral. Lady Alice Walpole, niece of the King, is bored of life in London. The parties are full of boring posh folk, the topics of conversation are shallow and she is hounded by the press every time she steps out of line, or even appears to be doing something newsworthy.  She is caught partying a little too hard with her latest crush, Atticus, and her parents decide to send her to Balmoral for the summer until the media forget what happened. There she meets a cantankerous housekeeper called Mrs B, a chatty maid called Sophie and her mornings begin with a bagpipes wake up call from Piper Fraser Bell.  

The setting for this one is obviously still regal, but unlike her last two books, we do not return to the Tower of London, but the altogether more scenic Scotland.  And with that comes gorgeous scenery, swimming in lochs and riding off on horseback, which really gives this story a few more dimensions, I loved the characters, particularly Sophie who is everything you'd want a true friend to be. Yes, the romance is all a bit 0-100 in a few chapters, but at least they all loveable and the character growth from Lady Alice becoming Ally makes the suspension of belief worthwhile. 

There's a lot of talk about mental health, coping with the stigmatism around depression and defining self worth, which really gives this book a bit more oomph than just a romcom. A great read, with loveable characters, a great location and plenty of heart. Oh and a cameo from Theo in Love at First Knight too! I just hope we get to see Sophie pop up again. 

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for a free ARC in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this arc! 

I thought Regally Blonde was a classic royal love story and I loved reading it. 

The characters were lovable and it felt like a fun found family. Sophie, Jimmy, and Mrs. B were great additions to the cast and without them the book would have been very different. 

I loved Alice and Fraser. They both had their own issues and their story developed as it went on and it didn’t feel sudden.

A troubled royal gets banished to Scotland to learn a lesson or two on humility. 

Alice is obsessed with fairy tales and romance. Once she gets sent to Balmoral she tries to work her magic on not only the housekeeper of the castle, but also the two friends she made along the way. As she is trying play cupid, she ends up falling on one of the arrows and doesn't know what to do. 

Overall the story is a fast pace, royal themed rom-com. Any reader who wants a feel good book and to step in someone else's shoes for awhile would enjoy it

Lady Alice has all the privilege in the world but none of the happiness. When she’s exiled to Balmoral, she doesn’t expect to be so impacted by the people and place. I adore Scotland, and the author did justice by it. Scotland and its people are pivotal for Alice’s perspective shift. Though I found some of the relationship dynamics clunky, it was overall charming, especially the side characters. I appreciated the focus on Alice’s reflections and really digging into mental health and seeing her come full circle.