With the vacation wind blowing on all sides, all my thoughts are on Italy right now. The more I read Itallian and thinking about Italy, I don´t see any better place to wind down after a very busy full year of work. My plans are not 100% confirmed, but there are always books to keep the passion alive.
Secrets of the Italian Guesthouse by romantic bookselling author Sue Moorcroft brought into my weekend not only a beautiful story, with realistic characters, but also the dream of ...an Italian guesthouse at Lake Como.
Jade is managing together with her grandmother Mairead, a cosy lodging, and everything looks like picture perfect. The death of her beloved grandmother will bring though a lot of dramatic and traumatic changes into her life, as she may discover that she has two sisters that, among other things, are part of the inheritance. As she is navigating her new challenges, there is also an old flame that seems to be back into her world. How could she cope with so many new situations at once?
This book, the first part of a trilogy, is a very sweet and relatable read. Particularly the characters are so real that you may forget that in the end you deal with the work of imagination. It also made me think a lot about how life can change suddenly, from one day to another, in ways impossible to fathom.
An inspiring summer read.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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