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Thanks to Mandy Baggot and the team at Aria Fiction for including me on this blog tour. There are plenty of other fabulous bloggers on this blog tour so please do check them out as well!
About The Book
Two weeks. One unforgettable trip to Corfu. A chance to change her life.
Becky Rose has just landed her dream job house-sitting at a top-end villa on the island of Corfu. What could be better than two weeks laying by an infinity pool overlooking the gorgeous Ionian waters while mending her broken heart.
Elias Mardas is travelling back to Corfu on business whilst dealing with his own personal demons. Late arriving in Athens, Becky and Elias have to spend a night in the Greek capital. When they have to emergency land in Kefalonia, Becky’s got to decide whether to suck up the adventure and this gorgeous companion she seems to have been thrown together with or panic about when she’s going to arrive at Corfu…
Finally reaching the beautiful island, Becky is happy to put Elias behind her and get on with her adventure. Until he turns up at the villa…
My Review
I’ve always wanted to visit Greece and the wanderlust didn’t wane whilst reading this book. The description of Athens has be wanting to jump on a plane right now!
I found Becky to be a little frustrating at times – she seems to let her sister walk all over her and never seems to speak up. She finally plucks up the courage to do something for herself and heads off on a holiday to Corfu but encounters great difficulty on the way. She meets Petra and Elias on the plane to Athens and the story follows not only Becky’s journey of discovering herself but her relationships with the two of them as well.
As I always find with Mandy Baggot’s books, I always end up daydreaming about the locations she uses and I always love certain characters and dislike others. I really like Petra – sure she can be a little immature and annoying at times but there comes a revelation which makes you completely understand why she is that way.
This book was the escape I definitely needed right now and was a fun read. Perfect for the beach once we can all travel again!
About The Author
Mandy Baggot is an international bestselling and award-winning romance writer. The winner of the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of Romance, her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award in 2016. Mandy’s books have so far been translated into German, Italian, Czech and Hungarian. Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu, white wine, country music and handbags. Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1’s Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor. Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two daughters.
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Ooh this sounds like a perfect chick lit book. I’ve not read any of Mandy Baggots books before but it sounds like the sort of book I’d love. I’ll download onto my kindle and have a read. I’d usually save this sort of book for holidays but it doesn’t looks like I’ll get away this year!
Sounds like one to add to my reading list, I love the sound of the location and I’m a sicker for chick-lit.
I love romance books and always look for Mandy’s books as she lives near me
This is exactly what I need at the moment. A laugh out loud romance is right up my street. Will be reading this for sure x
I haven’t read a romance book in so long, or any book for that matter! Definitely a good time to make a start on my huge pile of books that I have been wanting to read. I haven’t heard of this author before, one to add to my ever growing list.
Oh this sounds like a really interesting and exciting summer book! Im actually thinking of spending a couple of weeks in Greece with my boyfriend in the summer so this would be perfect 🙂 Great review xx