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Perfume Paradiso by Janey Jones #lovebookstours



Description
One week in Italy. One week to make her dreams come true . . .
Romance is the last thing on Charlotte Alexander's mind. Her perfume business is flourishing. And a glamorous new life in New York awaits. Just one more thing is needed: a supply of artisan lavender for her trademark scent.
But when Charlotte stumbles across the infuriating and infuriatingly handsome Alessio Rossini, her plans begin to fall apart. With New York finally in reach . . . should she follow her dreams or her heart?
A captivating, feelgood summer romance set in the beautiful Italian countryside.

I'm so thrilled to be on the Book Tour today.

Review
With a Jack Vettriano painting on the cover, I just knew I had to read this book. I loved every minute of it, just pure escapism into fantastic settings with wonderful writing.

Charlotte has created a fabulous perfume and she needs to secure a lavender field to supply the demand for the scent in her creation. She's also got a new life lined up in New York, but before she can take up that new life off she goes to Italy to find a lavender field. Unlike a too cool heroine you might not have anything in common with,  after minutes of arriving in Italy she's been splattered with wine and twisted her ankle in not so sensible shoes. Albeit rescued by a handsome Italian. She's a down to earth and loveable fashionista character. 

Her love life doesn't fair much better, but she certainly has her pick of handsome leading men to choose from. While she could choose an Italian stallion she actually goes for an Italian Mare called Calandra over men.There is a beautiful but haunting scene where she rides her out in a storm.

Although she is only in Italy for a week she does pack a lot into that time. As you might expect things don't quite go as planned. Between several visits to Venice (which are described so wonderfully) taking on the local mafia and sampling some fabulous food she partakes in a deal to secure a lavender field. 

The story doesn't end there though and we get to experience Charlotte moving to New York and celebrating a New York Christmas, finally fulfilling her dreams. Is there more to the story? Yes! There certainly is, but I will leave you to discover it, just as I did and loved it too. 

I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. My thanks to #LoveBooksTours and bwpublishing for the ARC to review and inviting me to the Book Tour.

Author Bio

JANEY JONES is a full-time writer with a love for food, fashion and all things French and Italian. She is the author of the fantastically successful Princess Poppy series, with sales of over 4 million copies. Before Princess Poppy took over her life, Janey had always intended to write contemporary fiction, and Perfume Paradiso is her second novel after the very popular Secret Life of Lucy Lovecake (writing as Pippa James).

@janeyjones23 @bwpublishing 
@lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours 

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  1. Meggy - Chocolate'n'Waffles22 June 2020 at 16:02

    Thank you so much for your amazing review and for supporting the blog tour!
    Meggy from Love Books Tours

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