Can love at first sight, lead to happy ever after?
1963. Alexandra is in Paris – the city of love – for a short break before she heads to a Swiss finishing school that her relations are insisting she attends. Hoping to extend her time in the city, she accepts a job as a nanny; only to discover that the position is, in fact, at a chateau in Provence, and her employer is an impossibly good-looking French Comte. With no nannying experience and three silent, unfriendly children awaiting her care, Alexandra certainly has a challenge on her hands – but she’s ready to step up and do the best she can, if only to delay her arrival in Switzerland.
Once she settles into the beautiful chateau she soon warms to the children and, finding that they don’t go to school, sends for her friend David to help tutor them English, who brings his friend Jack to teach music and maths. All seems to be going well, until their father Antoine arrives home – and Alexandra realises she is inappropriately but rapidly falling in love . . . As Christmas approaches, can Alexandra be true to her feelings?
Before I start my review, I will give one caveat - Katie Fforde is one of my top three favourite authors and look forward to each new release with lots of excitement. I know that when I pick up a Katie Fforde read, I am going to enjoy it and I always devour it much too quickly.
Why do I love Katie Fforde's books so much? The answer is easy, Katie Fforde always immerses herself in her research. Each book has a new occupation or lifestyle within and, I know, that Katie has spent hours, weeks and months researching the theme to give the reader the opportunity to learn about it, along with a great cast of characters for us all to meet. I have read all of Katie's books and always know that when i want a cosy read or something to get me out of a reading slump that Katie is a firm favourite.
A Wedding In Provence is a fantastic read. I loved visiting France and setting it in the 1960's added another dimension to the experience. There was a multigenerational cast, each with their own little story within the book - I really liked the ex-mother-in-law of the family's father. She was a great character who I would of loved to have met. She certainly met her match with Alexandra!
Although the storyline is basically a love story, Katie Fforde's books are always so much than that and I would heartily recommend it as a great book to curl up with this Christmas. I will be gifting this title to my mum this Christmas as she too is also a Katie Fforde fan.
Thank you to Penguin, Ed PR and Netgalley for sending me this book to review, in return for an honest review.
