A French Country Escape by Jennifer Bohnet
A French Country Escape by Jennifer Bohnet
A fresh start in the beautiful Brittany countryside is what dreams are made of...
Buying and relocating to the Château du Cheval in rural France has fulfilled one of Peter and Ingrid Chevalier’s lifelong ambitions. Despite never being able to trace a missing link in Peter’s French ancestry he feels he has finally come home. Now they must renovate the Château to its former glory and make it pay for itself…
With money getting tight, they take the decision to sell a couple of cottages on the estate. Can the Château begin to pay for itself and be sustainable for the future?
Divorced Sasha Heath and her brother Freddie decide to sensibly invest their mother’s inheritance into property and buy the two rundown cottages on the Château’s estate. Putting the past behind them, a new life in France beckons, but will it live up to their dreams?
As they relax and settle into their new idyllic lifestyle, their new lives throw up several surprises, and all they can do is cross their fingers and hope everything will turn out well in the end.
An uplifting tale of new adventures and second chances. Perfect for the fans of Jill Mansell and Fern Britton.
A French Country Escape by Jennifer Bohnet
My review
As always, being back between the pages of a Jennifer Bohnet book is like a comforting hug from an old friend, as well as a fizz of excitement and anticipation about discovering new characters, whose lives will be forever changed with a touch of magic only France can provide.
A French Country Escape didn’t disappoint and one of the first things I loved about this book were the strong family links between the characters. From brother and sister, Freddie and Sasha, making the move to France together at a difficult time in their lives, to Ingrid and Peter, doing everything they could to support their daughter Penny but also determined to solve a family mystery from the past.
As the book progressed, we learned that both Sasha and Penny have taken bold steps to free themselves of troubled pasts and I enjoyed witnessing them create the next chapters of their lives. Sasha blossomed through her art, Penny through her love of food, but they both soon found the Breton village community, with the château at its heart, a welcoming and healing place to be.
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There were unexpected twists, plus the romance of bringing old buildings back to life, creating new possibilities for everyone involved. I smiled a lot whilst reading this book, and not just at the antics of the various animals, who play as important a role as any of the other characters.
If you are looking for an escape to France, with plenty of humour, but that doesn’t shy away from difficult emotional situations, then I am sure you will enjoy A French Country Escape.
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Jennifer Bohnet
Author Bio
Jennifer Bohnet is the bestselling author of over 14 women's fiction titles, including Villa of Sun and Secrets and A Riviera Retreat. She is originally from the West Country but now lives in the wilds of rural Brittany, France.
Here are some of my reviews of Jennifer’s previous novels (all of which I recommend).
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