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A Wedding in Provence: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

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I had to give it three stars as I didn't feel the plot was entirely original, a Chateau instead of a castle, a gay friend and fellow employee, dressing the house and having a traditional Christmas and skating on the lake and even relations concerned that they should inherit. Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is a true country girl at heart.

While I couldn’t go to Provence during Lock Down, I had been to Provence a couple of times and had been to France fairly often, which helped. There are many interesting characters in this book, that help to add colour to the story, and the market scenes make me want to go and visit similar places, too! I loved Jack and Penelope reuniting and falling love again and even David f ding love, yet having to still stay hidden due to social convention. It is always a pleasure to escape from the real world into a Katie Fforde book, and this is no exception, though I still like her early books the best. Btw, I’d go ahead and admit surrender right now and prepare to lose your heart to a sassy nine-year-old.This book has a great cast of characters, from the old fashioned, rude and somewhat cruel ex-mother in law, to the ex-wife herself, poor Alexandra is really thrown into the thick of it with her new job in Provence. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Set in the early 60s, a chance meeting in Paris will change 20-year-old Alexandra’s life… at least for the summer. Alexandra is a sweet, kind girl, who means well and is blessed with seeing the positive in most things, which is an attribute you don’t see much of these days.

I first started writing when my mother gave me a writing kit for Christmas, and once I started I just couldn’t stop. When she goes for the interview she has to lie about her age as it is for a nanny position to three children and she is only 20! Yes, the romance is there, absolutely, simmering, in the background, but I do wish there had been more of the build-up, as the inevitable conclusion is so sped up! It was as if the Chateau and its inhabitants were just waiting for Alexandra’s arrival (and those who follow) to breathe new life back into it. She finds herself in a chateau, looking after three children, unaided, two of which aren't keen to have her there, with a grandmerè who doesn't feel she is qualified, an estranged mother of said children, who wants to whisk the children away, and a friendly dog.

She is delighted to have been chosen as Chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association and says, "Catherine Jones was a wonderful chair and she's a very tough act to follow. Some lovely friendships were forged and I enjoyed seeing the children blossom under Alexandra’s care. It’s the story of Alexandra, a 20 year old orphan who manages to fall into a job as a nanny to three children in Provence.

I also didn’t know that the French celebrate Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day but the way Alex and David introduced the more English traditions felt so fitting in this.

Overall I just really loved this book, there were a few occasions where I gasped out loud as I found myself just getting absolutely lost in the pages. It is an enjoyable story and the kittens almost make it worth reading by themselves but to me, it all seemed a bit predictable with too many stereotypes. However, there wasn’t anything in the story to make it feel as though it was set in that period apart from several references to Audrey Hepburn. Following on from A Wedding in the Country where three young women, Lizzie, Alexandra and Meg, meet on a cookery course and become firm friends, A Wedding in Provence is Alexandra’s story.

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