Publication Date: October 13, 2026
USA Today bestselling author Debbie Mason delights with this charming holiday romantic comedy about an American celebrating Christmas in Scotland with a dashing Highlander.
Librarian Charlotte Webb has always enjoyed escaping into a good story instead of dealing with reality, especially after her last year. But when her ex struts back into town and invites her to his Christmas wedding, Charlotte has to convince everyone, including herself, that she’s moved on.
Deciding an adventure far from home with her perfect—albeit fake—Scottish boyfriend is just what she needs to complete her act, Charlotte boards the plane from New York to Edinburgh, where she bonds with her seat mate, a twelve-year-old girl who is leaving everything she loves in America behind to live abroad with her single father—Ewan, an extremely handsome duke with zero sense of humor.
But when Ewan agrees to keep up Charlotte’s boyfriend ruse, sparks begin to fly, and it’s not long before Charlotte’s wondering if her make-believe boyfriend is the real deal.
Charlotte’s life is in an upheaval, and when she’s informed that her ex-boyfriend is moving back and getting married, and he tells her she hasn’t moved on from him in the four years they’ve been apart, a fictitious Scottish boyfriend is born. Not only that, but she’s flying to Scotland for the holidays in Debbie Mason’s The Christmas Getaway.
When Charlotte and Ewan meet before their flight, all the boxes are checked off. Especially when she finds out he’s a duke and lives in a castle. His teen daughter, Matilda, hits it off with Charlotte immediately, and they both share too much information. There are laughs throughout as we go from a small town in New York to Scotland with quite a few antics at the airport and on the plane. But the adventure is just getting started.
As Edinburgh is on my bucket list, I enjoyed the vivid descriptions that made me feel like I was there. There’s romance along with family and friends and, of course, royal protocol. There’s a happily ever after nicely presented in the epilogue by Charlotte.
The Christmas Getaway is a contemporary holiday romance that has a commoner and royalty becoming friends and then more. 
Debbie Mason is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado series and the Harmony Harbor series. The first book in her Christmas, Colorado series, “The Trouble with Christmas,” was the inspiration for Hallmark’s “Welcome to Christmas.” Her books have been praised by RT Book Reviews for their “likable characters, clever dialogue, and juicy plots.” When Debbie isn’t writing, she enjoys spending time with her family in Ottawa, Canada.
