🎄Festive Book Review ~ Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin

Boldwood Books
 September 2024

Thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book

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.

🎄My Review..

After her disastrous marriage ended, romance writer, Anais and her cousin Manon, start to renovate a run down Paris hotel which Anais received as part of her divorce settlement. Noah, the American bar owner, who lives next door to the hotel seems resistant to the changes going on however, once the hotel starts to reveal its secrets both Noah and Anais get inextricably drawn into the literary secrets of  this mysterious hotel.

This is a lovely story with likeable characters who just make you smile, especially Manon, who is a feisty empowered woman who gets things done. The burgeoning relationship between Anais and Noah adds a lovely will they, won't they element which is fascinating to observe. As the story moves on I couldn't help but be drawn into the mystery which surrounds the hotel, but not only that, it's also a way of exploring some of the literary connections within the city of Paris, which the author describes so well. I have really enjoyed all the excitement of seeing this quirky, boutique hotel come back to life and loved unravelling all the literary references which help to make the story all the more memorable. 

Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel is a little bit of festive magic and is the perfect pick-me-up for the festive season.

 

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. The only downfall about writing about gorgeous heroes who have brains as well as brawn, is falling in love with them–just as well they’re fictional. Rebecca aims to write characters you can see yourself being friends with.People with big hearts who care about relationships and believe in true, once-in-a-life time love. Her new series for Boldwood will be set in Paris.

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