I am happy to be featuring Julie Caplin's The Little Teashop in Tokyo on the blog today. It was published in 11th June by One More Chapter.
Grab your passport and escape to a land of dazzling
skycrapers, steaming bowls of comforting noodles, and a page-turning love story
that will make you swoon!
For travel blogger Fiona, Japan has always been top of her
bucket list so when she wins an all-expenses paid trip, it looks like her
dreams are coming true.
Until she arrives in vibrant, bustling Tokyo and comes
face-to-face with the man who broke her heart ten years ago, gorgeous
photographer Gabe.
Fiona can’t help but remember the heartache of their last
meeting but amidst the temples and clouds of soft pink cherry blossoms, can
Fiona and Gabe start to see life – and each other – differently?
My Thoughts
The sixth book in the Romantic Escapes series, this can certainly be read as a standalone. I loved the setting in Tokyo during cherry blossom season. There are some beautiful descriptions of various places in Tokyo but none are more evocative than the garden behind the Teashop. This is a book where you get to savour the sights, sounds and smells of the country.
Both Fiona and Gabe turn out to have interesting back stories and you get to see things through both perspectives. Fiona is certainly out of her comfort zone but you see her slowly find her feet and begin to get some self- belief. As for Gabe, he is a jaded professional at the beginning. Somehow, he needs to rediscover his creative spark. The Japanese family who Fiona stays with add depth to the story. The three generations all have a different approach to life in Japan but nevertheless, traditions and family are paramount. How lovely it would be to be at one of their tea ceremonies.
In short: Japan's culture comes alive in this contemporary romance.
About the Author
Jules Wake announced at the age of ten that she planned to
be a writer. Along the way she was diverted by the glamorous world of PR and
worked on many luxury brands, taking journalists on press trips to awful places
like Turin, Milan, Geneva, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam and occasionally
losing the odd member of the press in an airport. This proved fabulous training
for writing novels as it provided her with the opportunity to eat amazing food,
drink free alcohol, hone her writing skills on press releases and to research
European cities for her books.
She writes best-selling warm-hearted contemporary fiction
for HarperImpulse.
Under her pen name, Julie Caplin, her thirteenth novel, The
Little Teashop in Tokyo will be published in ebook and paperback this June.
Thanks to Julie Caplin, One More Chapter and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
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