SYNOPSIS
Fate brought them together, now it’s up to them to make it work…
Having left the army to recover from a traumatic experience, Captain Jane Reed is on her way to Venice to assist Lady Veronica Cooper, a world-famous writer who has lost her mojo. Plagued by grief and sleepless nights, Jane soon finds a kindred spirit in Veronica, coping with her own loss after the death of her husband.
When the two relocate to Veronica’s villa in the countryside to escape the summer tourists, Jane meets the rest of the Cooper family – including Veronica’s brooding son, David. With his own tragic past, David has resigned himself to a life of solitude. Jane finds herself determined to bring joy back into his life, even if it means finally spilling her secrets.
Can Jane and David help each other heal, and find love in the process, or are some scars too deep to treat?
Title: A chance in a million
Author: T.A. Williams
Publisher: Canelo
Publication date: September 15, 2022
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.
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REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
T.A. Williams’ books are the definition of feel-good, uplifting stories. It doesn’t matter that the underlying theme is a deeper one like in this case, you can’t help but have a big smile on your face while reading. That’s in part thanks to really relatable, down to earth characters that, while struggling with the outside world or even themselves, you just have the need to support and wish for everything to go their way.
Jane was in the Army until tragedy hit her life. Now, two years later, she’s moving to Venice to work as PA to a famous author. There, she’ll discover she has more in common with her employer than she thought, learning to heal her wounds and to leave the past behind.
I loved how every single character in the story was basically a good person (not usual). Several of these characters are broken souls, grieving and stuck in a moment from their past that’s not letting them move forward. I loved how they helped each other to get out of that situation despite their reluctance.
Jane was immediately likeable. We learn right from the start why she’s so guarded with others. It was great that was not an annoying secret referred to time and time again. It was beautiful to see how the Italian air made such a change in her.
The love story was a bit slow moving but I liked how she respected his wishes, not forcing him to do anything he was not ready for, although it was a bit frustrating at times his insistence to keep silent about his past (talk, people, talk! And stop assuming what others might think).
If you’ve read some of the author’s books you’ve already come to expect a gorgeous Labrador in the story, and A Chance In A Million is not an exception. Truffaldino, Dino for friends, was such a joy to read about. I love how the author always managed to make the dog a key character in the story.
But human characters were awesome too, with a really well rounded cast of lovable characters, which you’ll care and worry about no matter how important to the story they are.
The love of Italy impregnates every single page, and the detailed descriptions will make you feel as if you’re in there, dodging tourists during hot, humid August in Venice, or running around the Italian hills along Jane, David and Dino.
Another lovely story from the master of romance. The next book I’m reading from him is a cozy mystery and I’m so curious to see how the genre change goes.
Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review and to Rachel’s Random Resources for my spot on the Blog Tour.
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