The Summer Villa by Melissa Hill - BLOG Tour
Melissa Hill’s newest book, The Summer Villa, is out
on April 28th. While this is not her first book, it is the first
book I’ve read of hers. When I was asked to participate in her BLOG tour, the
book cover caught my eye. After reading the description, I knew it would be a book
I would enjoy. It is a light hearted book, perfect to read while hunkering down
at home because of COVID-19.
BOOK SUMMARY:
When a little white lie becomes the story of your life, what if
the truth comes out?
For three woman, it's a life-changing trip: one finds the man of
her dreams, another discovers inspiration amidst Italian food and culture,
while a chance encounter with a handsome local ushers in the ultimate life
change for the third. But most importantly, it's the beginning of a deep and
lasting friendship between all three.
Now years later, Kim Weston - entrepreneur and owner of
internationally successful Italian food and lifestyle business, The Sweet Life
- has bought and restored the tumble-down villa to its former glory -- and
plans to reopen Villa Dolce Vita as a wellness/cultural retreat - a fitting
honor to the root of her business inspiration.
To celebrate the villa's grand opening, she and her Italian
business partners are throwing a huge three-day party; flying a group of
family, business and media contacts to the Amalfi Coast to join in the
celebrations. And most importantly, the (still) close friends who started the journey
with her: Annie and husband Nate, whose love story began at the villa, and
single mum Eva, whose son was the result of an ill-advised Italian fling.
But in the run up to the planned weekend in Italy, it becomes
clear that not everyone is happy about the party, nor are they on board with
such ambitious plans for the location. And, as Villa Dolce Vita's grand
relaunch draws closer, old memories and past secrets come to light, and the
three old friends are forced to question if anything that happened on that
first fateful trip to the villa is at all what it seemed.
REVIEW
Three women meet one special summer, each trying to escape
something in their lives. These three weeks will change their lives forever. The
story is set in Italy in a quaint villa in the Amalfi Coast region. The setting
is beautiful and as someone who has always wanted to visit Italy, I found it an
amazing place in the book. The setting is very important to the book in my
opinion as it adds to the romance. I could picture myself spending my days by
the pool and walking around the town.
The story is told from the original summer to the present
five years later. You can follow each women’s story in separate chapters. I love
this style of writing as it gives glimpses and little tidbits that help the
story unfold beautifully.
I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a good escape
book, filled with love and hope and characters finding out who they are.
AUTHOR
If you want to keep up with the author you can use these links.
Author Website: http://www.melissahill.ie/
TWITTER: @melissahillbks
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