One Summer Weekend ** Review & Giveaway**

Today I am featuring One Summer Weekend on Books, Life and Everything. It is the latest novel by award-winning author, Juliet Archer and was published on 19th June 2018. There is also the chance to win paperback copies of her first two novels- details on how to enter the International Giveaway are at the foot of this post.

Here's a little more about the book: 

One summer weekend can change everything …

Alicia Marlowe’s life as an executive coach is well under control – until she meets her new client, Jack Smith. Jack’s reputation precedes him and Alicia knows immediately that he spells trouble. Not least because he reminds her of someone else – a man who broke her heart and made her resolve never to lower her guard again.

Taking Jack on as a client is a risk, but one that Alicia decides to take for the good of her career. As long as she keeps him in his place, she might just make it through unscathed. But Jack has other ideas – including a ‘business’ trip to the Lake District. One summer weekend with him is all it takes to put Alicia’s carefully organised world in a spin …

My Thoughts

I sat down to read this when I just felt like escaping into a book and I wasn't disappointed. It is a fairly short read but within that, I found the characters to be well developed with their own back stories to tell. Initial first impressions come under the microscope as Alicia starts her job of 'deep diving' into Jack's personality and it is pretty clear from the start that her first impression is probably going to be tested. 

   I loved the setting in the Lake District- it was just right for a summer read and even the cover kept it light and bright. The novella is written from Alicia's point of view but you realise that there are some skeletons in Alicia's past which are influencing her feelings toward Jack. I found Jack a more sympathetic character than Alicia even though we only really see him through her eyes. As an escapist romantic read, the story flowed well and kept me engaged to the end.

In short: A brief novella full of sunshine and romance.

About the Author

Juliet Archer writes award-winning romantic comedy for Choc Lit and Ruby Fiction. She has been known to spend many happy hours matching irresistible heroes with their equally irresistible chocolate counterparts – watch out for the dark nutty ones!

Her debut novel, The Importance of Being Emma, won the Big Red Read Book of the Year 2011 Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the 2009 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance. Her second novel, Persuade Me, was shortlisted for the 2011 Festival of Romance Best Romantic Read Award.

Juliet’s third book, One Summer Weekend, is out in June 2018. You can also read her short stories: Incense & Insensibility in the Choc Lit Love Match anthology, and Love Rules in Choc Lit’s Kisses & Cupcakes anthology.

Juliet was born and bred in North-East England and now lives in Hertfordshire. She gives talks all over the UK and in the USA about the classic authors who inspire her work. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Society of Authors and the Jane Austen Society. Her non-writing career has spanned IT, acquisitions analysis, copy editing, marketing and project management, providing plenty of first-hand research for her novels.

You can follow Juliet here: Twitter   |  Facebook   |  Website

 Book links: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Juliet Archer and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources 

 for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the tour!

 

                                                            Giveaway (International)

To win paperback copies of The Importance of Being Emma and Persuade Me (Open Internationally) follow the link below and good luck!.

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