BOOK REVIEW: Summer in San Remo by Evonne Wareham

Summer in San Remo by Evonne Wareham
Series: The Riviera Rogues (Book 1)
Genre: romantic comedy
Release Date: 18 July 2017
Publisher: Choc-lit
Anything could happen when you spend summer in San Remo …

Running her busy concierge service usually keeps Cassie Travers fully occupied. But when a new client offers her the strangest commission she’s ever handled she suddenly finds herself on the cusp of an Italian adventure, with a man she thought she would never see again.
Jake McQuire has returned from the States to his family-run detective agency. When old flame Cassie appears in need of help with her mysterious client, who better than Jake to step in?
Events take the pair across Europe to a luxurious villa on the Italian Riviera. There, Cassie finds that the mystery she pursues pales into insignificance, when compared to another discovery made along the way …

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My Review

Summer in San Remo is such a charming tale that I couldn’t put it down. I found the story intriguing from beginning to end – and I must admit to being a little surprised by the twist. I really didn’t see that one coming, which is unusual for me. As an author, I’ve often got it sussed from the beginning lol. But that didn’t happen!

Cassie was a well-rounded character who I thoroughly liked from the start. She did have some quirks that made sense further into the story when we discover the history with her parents. Yet she’s still a wonderful character to read about.

Jake was equally fantastic. I mean, clearly he’s your stereotypical ‘bad boy’ but as you go deeper, you see there’s much more to him. Not only that, but he’s gorgeous to boot.

I loved the way the story developed as the couple spent time together in San Remo. If anything, I’d have liked to read more about the place itself. Not having a clue where it is, I think a little more description about the places they went to would have been even better. But having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed Summer in San Remo and look forward to reading more by Evonne Wareham in the future.

On another note, I discovered that the author doesn’t normally write books like these. She usually writes romantic suspense. I’d never have known. She’s clearly a natural!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Evonne Wareham was born in Barry on the South Wales coast, but spent most of her working life in London. Now home again in Wales she is studying for a PhD in History and writing romance. She was a finalist in two reality writing contests in the United States and had a great time, even if she didn’t win. When not studying or writing, she loves to travel, go to the theatre, walk on the beach and sleep. She has won and been nominated for awards for her romantic suspense novels on both sides of the Atlantic, but Summer in San Remo is something different – a romantic comedy with a light dusting of crime – which is a change of pace from writing the dark scary stuff. She is a member of both the Crime Writers’ Association and the Romantic Novelists’ Association, which means she gets to go to twice as many literary parties.