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| Rosie's Little Café on the Riviera by Jennifer Bohnet |
My review today is for
the new release from Jennifer Bohnet, Rosie’s Little Café on the Riviera.
Set with the exclusive
backdrop of the French Riviera where yachts, expensive villas and champagne are
part of daily life, we meet three strong, but very different women, each at a
time in their lives when they are ready to move on to something new.
Rosie has invested all
she has in her dream, a café by the sea. She knows it will mean a summer of
hard work, but what she doesn’t expect is trouble, competition from next door
or what the past is about to throw at her. She finds herself with some difficult
decisions to make, but thankfully her friends are there to help when things get
tough.
Erica and her young
daughter Cammie have spent the last year coping with the sudden death of her
husband. Reluctant though she is to make too many changes to Cammie’s life,
Erica realises the time has come think about their new future, one small step
at a time.
Estate agent, GeeGee,
knows that something has to change in her life. While her image is
all-important in front of her wealthy clients, it’s not cheap to maintain on
the Cote D’Azur and financially things are now too tight. Can she take on the
big boys and go it alone?
Jennifer’s characters
are strong and believable and I really enjoyed getting to know them and trying
to guess what their decisions would be. This book is full of surprises popping
up at unexpected times, from family members and old boyfriends to potential new
ones as well. Everyone comes with baggage and history, and with them are the
emotions that have to be carefully unraveled along the way too. These certainly
gave me lots to think about and kept my interest as I read. I felt for Rosie
and the heartache from her past and I too fell for the charm and sophistication
of one of male characters, but life seems so unfair when someone is blessed
with good looks, talent, money and also the annoying ability to always be
right.
March is the perfect
time to be thinking about your summer holidays so I think now is also perfect
time to think about your summer holiday reads, and this is one you should put
on your list.
Rosie's Little Café on the Riviera is available in ebook
format and in paperback, in conjunction with Sainsbury’s. Links to Amazon can be found below.
You can follow Jennifer
on her website here, and on Facebook and Twitter too.
You can read my recent
France et Moi interview with Jennifer here and see my reviews of her other
novels by clicking on the links below.
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