Villa of Sun and Secrets
My Rating: 4.5
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Format: eARC*
Publication Date: August 9, 2019
Author: Jennifer Bohnet
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~Book Blurb~
It’s never too late to live the dream…
Carla Sullivan’s 50th birthday is fast approaching when her whole world is turned upside down. Discovering her feckless husband is having yet another affair and following her mother’s death, she is in need of an escape. Finding an envelope addressed to her mother’s estranged sister Josette in the South of France gives Carla the perfect plan.
Seizing the moment, she packs her bags and heads to Antibes to seek out the enigma known as Tante Josette. But as the two women begin to forge a tentative relationship, family secrets start to unravel, forcing Carla to question her life as she has always known it.
A heart-warming tale on the beautiful French Riviera, which will keep you guessing.
~My Thoughts~
As you can see from above, I really enjoyed this book. I mean, I really, really liked this book.
I’m kind of a sucker for summer in France or Italy. I’m also a sucker for women remaking their lives. Who hasn’t dreamed of starting over and living your secret dream in an idyllic country? Of getting a second chance to make the right decisions for yourself, this time with the benefit of wisdom that comes from age?
Add to that the idea of life altering family secrets and you get one very entertaining novel. I understand that some people will be turned off by the perfection of it all, but honestly, I’m all here for it. Maybe it’s my current frustration with life and the world, but I couldn’t put Villa of Sun and Secrets down.
I wanted to stay in that perfect place where people can find find love and happiness after misery. Where family secrets can be life changing but not devastating or life ending. Where forgiveness is asked for and obtained.
Maybe that makes me a sucker in general, but I really don’t care. In Villa of Sun and Secrets, Carla escapes her life only to find herself, and I enjoyed escaping my life to find her as well.
Villa of Sun and Secrets is a touching tale about following your heart and the tremendous power of secrets.
~About the Author~
Originally from the West Country Jennie now lives in the wilds of rural Brittany, France – she’s still not sure how she ended up there! She loves writing novels and short stories about her two favourite places in the world, Dartmouth in South Devon and France. Several of her books have been international bestselling including, A Villa in the Sun, A Riviera Retreat and Rendez-Vous in Cannes – all three set down in the South of France. Allergic to housework and gardening when she’s not writing she loves entertaining and cooking for her family and friends.
*Special thanks to Jennifer Bohnet, Boldwood Books, and Rachel’s Random Resources providing a copy of Villa of Sun and Secrets in exchange for an honest review.
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