You know when you are offered a book for a blog tour and you need to go through the decision process. Let me share mine for this book:
Christmas- check!
Paris - check!
A book about books - check!
Rebecca Raisin - check!
Already overcommitted for this week? - Never mind!
In other words, I was never going to say no to this one, and for good reason.
Anais is a successful writer who is going through a rough time at the moment. She has just divorced her cheating husband and somehow he got the apartment that she bankrolled and she has ended up with a crumbling hotel in the 6th arrondisement in Paris. She has also ended up with a chronic case of writer's block and there is a deadline looming. I guess technically she is writing. It's just that when you are a romance writer you can't really kill off your hero in a multitude of colourful ways within the first couple of paragraphs.
On the first day of taking ownership of the hotel, Anais and her cousin Manon meet the owner of the bar next door, Noah. Noah comes across a bit grumpy. He's not happy with the state of the hotel, he isn't happy when the rubbish skip is dumped outside the hotel and he has a weird obsession with needing clean windows.
Anais' plan is to do the bare minimum, refreshing four of the rooms to get paying customers in and sell it as a going concern. Job done! She does, however, want to ensure that the boutique hotel will give their guests something memorable to get the best return possible and so she is giving all the rooms a literary theme. It was really fun to ride along with Anais and Manon as they searched for furniture, accessories and books to complete the rooms.
What Anais doesn't expect is to find two rooms hidden behind a wall. One room is full of personal items, but the other is locked, but ultimately reveals a literary mystery. Who was the author who lived in these rooms, what happened to her, and can Noah and Anais find the final manuscript which will reveal the truth?
I have said it before, and I will probably say it again but I love the way that Rebecca Raisin writes about books and food and about places. In this case, the place is Paris and we are treated to a tour around some of the literary places in the local area, from bars, to parks and more. The spirit of Christmas also shines through. I would love to stay at this hotel the next time I visit Paris. Last time I was there it was just after Christmas and so there were bits and pieces of decorations around, but the idea of being in full Christmas mode is very appealing.
It did take me a while to warm to the characters, but I got there in the end, and I loved that we got a very small cameo from a couple of the characters from A Love Letter to Paris. I also enjoyed it when Margaret, the literary agent appeared, and not just because she has a good name! There was also a nice little secondary romance as well.
I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews and with the Bookish Books Challenge hosted at Bloggin' Bout Books. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour shown below. Thanks to the publisher, and Rachel's Random Resources for the review copy.
About the book
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel
Turn a tumbledown Paris hotel into a perfect boutique, bookish retreat, and have it open for Christmas? What could possibly go wrong?
When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it immediately. All she wants is to move on and forget her disaster of a marriage ever happened.
But selling it proves impossible, so she has only one option: to make it gorgeous and open by Christmas… when her funds will almost certainly run out.
She’s not counting on the grumpy American bar-owner next door, Noah, coming and interfering at every moment though. Nor is she expecting to find a mysterious room – which holds the key to a one-hundred-year-old secret – about a woman who chose love against the odds.
One thing’s for sure… as the fairy lights twinkle all over the city of lights and the first snowflakes start to fall… this will be a Christmas in Paris to remember.
A totally gorgeous, escapist romantic comedy, with an unforgettable mystery! A perfect festive read for fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Morgan to curl up with this winter.
Purchase Link - https://mybook.to/alwaysparissocial
About the Author –
Rebecca Raisin writes heartwarming romance from her home
in sunny Perth, Australia. Her heroines tend to be on the quirky side and her
books are usually set in exotic locations so her readers can armchair travel
any day of the week.
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