I am delighted to be featuring Linn B Halton's romance, A Greek Affair on the blog today. There is also the chance to win Rose Wine and Chocolates. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.
More than just a holiday romance?
Her daughter, her job and divorcing her untrustworthy ex are
Leah’s main priorities. She isn’t really bothered that her life might be
missing a few things. But after winning a prestigious travel blogger award,
she’s inundated with offers to review glamorous holiday destinations. Lying
around drinking exotic cocktails and being paid for it! What could be better?
Perhaps a romantic trip to idyllic Greece to find the one
man who might make Leah risk her heart again…
My Thoughts
It is great to be able to escape to Greece for a short time in the middle of the January post - Christmas period. Travel is at the centre of the story as Leah is a travel blogger and I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the places she visited on her cruise and of course, of Athens.
Leah turns out to be an interesting character with a complicated backstory which is never totally resolved. Not all the loose ends are neatly tied up at the end, which I like. Leah's friendships are shown to be as important to her as her family and I found Harrison, in particular, to be a good addition to the story.
Taking a risk second time around is not an easy thing to do when there are other people involved, especially children and this feels like a mature romance rather than 'love's young dream'. Leah shows that she has a determined streak to protect her daughter and to succeed. She can be proactive and learnt not to just sit back and take what life has to throw at her.
In short: romance grows amongst the ruins.
About the Author
From interior designer to author, Linn B. Halton - who also
writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman - says ‘it’s been a fantastic
journey!’
Linn is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels
and is excited to be writing for both Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus) and Harper
Impulse (Harper Collins); she’s represented by Sara Keane of the Keane Kataria
Literary Agency.
When she’s not writing, or spending time with the family,
she’s either upcycling furniture or working in the garden.
Linn won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in
Romantic Fiction award; her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival
of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards.
Living in Coed Duon in the Welsh Valleys with her ‘rock’,
Lawrence, and gorgeous Bengal cat Ziggy, she freely admits she’s an eternal
romantic.
Linn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and
writes feel-good, uplifting novels about life, love and relationships.
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Ah - I love that ~ "romance grows amongst the ruins" ~ it's perfect! It does in this case and thank goodness for the magic of Athens ... thank you SO much for taking the time to read, review and be on the tour. So appreciated!
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure to read your book. i loved the descriptions of Athens.
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