In Italy for Love – ARC Book Review

Julia Volpe’s Italian dream has turned into a nightmare. Still living with her ex, Luca, a year after they’ve broken up, desperate to sell the dilapidated B&B that was meant to be their future, Jules knows she needs to leave. There are just two problems. Her passport has expired and she’s broke.

Not quite ready to ask her parents for help – at the ripe old age of twenty-seven – Jules decides to head as far away from Luca as she can to work on an olive farm until she has enough money to pay for her passport and a ticket back home.

Jules has sworn off love, but she hadn’t bargained on the beauty of Cividale del Friuli, the ancient Italian town on the banks of the gloriously blue Natisone river. As the community of farmers, neighbours and locals generously welcome her into their lives, Jules can feel her defences crumbling. But it’s when she meets Alex, broodingly handsome yet charmingly gallant, that Jules truly knows she’s in trouble. Because Alex has sworn off love too, and his reasons run deep enough for him to keep his word just as Jules is starting to reconsider her resistance to romance.

Live your very own Italian dream and let Leonie Mack whisk you away. Romantic, spell-binding, truly touching and perfect for all fans of Jill Mansell, Mandy Baggot and Sarah Morgan.

Julia Volpe’s Italian dream seemed to have turned into a nightmare. Julia was preparing to leave but there are two things that are keeping her from leaving–her passport has expired and she’s broke. Julie breaks up with her ex boyfriend Luca and decides to work in an olive farm so she could earn some money, get her passport and return back to Australian. While working at the farm, she meets Alex, a handsome and charming man. Julia didn’t want to fall in love but the chemistry between Alex and Julia is starting to develop. Alex too had wanted to take a break from love life but when he meets Julia, things are different.

This book was great and well written. I actually liked how Julia is independent without depending on any others. There were some emotional parts but at the same time there are some happy moments in the book as well. The stories, the background story of Alex was very well told and it was emotional to read those parts. I also like the side characters, Arco and Attila.

Overall, this is a great romance novel and worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.