Work in Progress

DEBUT Alice steps off the plane in Edinburgh still reeling from her 36-hour travel nightmare and the six-month long slide in her personal life. She thought she had checked every box on her to-do-by-30 list: engagement to a decent guy, stable job, and security. But her predictable yet dependable college sweetheart turned out to be a cheater, and her job is no longer worth getting out of bed for. An extensive literary travel tour around the UK, an actual adventure, seemed like it would be a welcome respite before attempting to put her life back together. Alice is less than impressed, though, when she realizes she is the youngest person on the tour in a converted school bus nicknamed Rosie, and when she learned that the rugged yet rude Scottish man she encountered at the airport is the tour guide Robbie. Three weeks with Robbie and a group of unpredictable seniors is not the adventure Alice had in mind, but it may be just what she needs.