A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE

 

SYNOPSIS

When Sophie’s uncle leaves her a castle in the Italian Riviera in his will, she can’t believe her luck. The catch? She and her estranged sister, Rachel, must live there together for three months in order to inherit it.  

Having worked in Rome for four years, Sophie’s excited to revisit to Italy, even if it reignites memories of a cheating ex who soon learns of her return and wants to rekindle their spark. Sophie realises that distance does indeed make the heart grow fonder – but for her friend back home, Chris, who she discovers is more to her than just a friend.

With the clock ticking, can Sophie and Rachel stick it out and heal old wounds, or are the sisters destined to go their own way at the end of the three months? And does Chris feel the same way about Sophie as she does for him?

Título: A little piece of paradise

Author: T.A. Williams

Publisher: Canelo Escape

Publication date: October 4th, 2021

I’m a man. And a pretty old man as well. I did languages at university a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and Switzerland before going to Italy for seven years as a teacher of English. My Italian wife and I then came back to the UK with our little daughter (now long-since grown up) where I ran a big English language school for many years. We now live in a sleepy little village in Devonshire. I’ve been writing almost all my life but it was only seven years ago that I finally managed to find a publisher who liked my work enough to offer me my first contract.

The fact that I am now writing escapist romance is something I still find hard to explain. My early books were thrillers and historical novels. Maybe it’s because there are so many horrible things happening in the world today that I feel I need to do my best to provide something to cheer my readers up. My books provide escapism to some gorgeous locations, even if travel to them is currently difficult.

Purchase Links

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09F5QJQDZ

US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F5QJQDZ 

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REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

How does T.A. Williams do it? With every single book he makes me wanna move to Italy! But not only that, he also makes me wanna be friends with all his characters. His books are the perfect way to lift up your spirits when you’re down.

Sophie and Rachel are estranged sisters that must live together for three months and learn to solve their differences  in order to get their uncle’s inheritance. And it’s not any inheritance! It’s a freaking castle in the Mediterranean coast! (I need an uncle like that). Will they be able to heal old wounds?

I loved how this time the main focus was not on a romantic relationship (although there’re quite a few of those too) but on the relationship between Sophie and Rachel. I liked both sisters but I was expecting a bit more in the “patching up their relationship” arc. It felt a bit easy after everything that happened between them and Sophie came a bit soft at times.

The cast of supporting characters was fantastic, from their new neighbor Dan, to housekeeper Rita or Sophie’s best friend, Chris. Even the Spaniards! I could have taken offense when Sophie say Spaniards are loud and noisy (or something to that effect), but hey…no lies there! 

The setting was gorgeous once again. The castle and its surroundings were so vividly described I could picture myself in there (I seriously need to stop picturing myself in places and do some real traveling once and for all!). And don’t make me start with the food descriptions. My stomach rumbled each and every time they had one of those delicious sounding meals.

I thought the ending was really cute and the perfect closing for this story of sisterhood, love…and a gorgeous labrador called Jeeves that stole my heart (wet dog smell and everything!).

Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.