The Hotel Riviera

by Elizabeth Adler

She thought she was in love...
American Lola Laforet is swept away in a whirlwind wedding to a handsome Frenchman and finds herself the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera, a gemlike retreat snuggled up against the blue Mediterranean. In their first blissful year as newlyweds, her life seems to be a dream come true. But then charming Patrick Laforet disappears one day with nothing more than a wave goodbye...

...until real romance beckoned on France's Cote d'Azur!
Six months later, Jack Ferrar, an American expatriate living on his boat, drops anchor in Lola's harbor and teaches her the true meaning of attraction. Lola is very attracted yet wary. Is he another rogue, or a man to be trusted? When various shady people-all claiming ownership of the Hotel Riviera-and the police appear, Lola and Jack have to track down the mysterious Patrick. And along the way, they fall in love. With great food, wonderful sensuality, and lush scenery, Elizabeth Adler holds you under her spell and transports you to one of the most romantic places on earth.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Mystery, Chick Lit, France, Contemporary, Audiobook

336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Born in Yorkshire, North England, Elizabeth Adler met her husband Richard (an American) while both were working in London. They have lived in England, Ireland, France, Brazil, and the United States and have traveled extensively. They have one daughter and live in Palm Springs, California. Her first novel, Private Desires (also titled Leonie), launched an enormously successful writing career, she also wrote as Ariana Scott. She has now written over twenty internationally acclaimed bestsellers.

Reviews

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book, but...
I hate characters that are allowed to utter a line like, 'it's good to have a man around.' Ugh!!! It's also good to have cookies around, but you never read that one.
Also, there was a lot of filler that didn't move the plot along, and the female lead jumps from the frying pan into the fire, romance-wise. Don't want to give any spoilers, but that one was pretty obvious.
But, even with all that said, it wasn't a bad book. Not great, but not bad.

[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Começamos logo no início da história com o desaparecimento do marido de Lola, o Patrick, aparentemente tudo parecia a correr bem e nada justificava o desparecimento dele. Por isso, começa a sua busca para encontrar o marido e saber se afinal ele está vivo ou morto e conta com a ajuda de Jack, mas acaba por ver que e saber o verdadeiro significado do amor através de Jack, até que o marido aparece. É um livro intrigante e muito misterioso em que nos vemos a questionar se afinal o Patrick está vivo ou morto e quando ele aparece, ( pelo menos da minha parte) queremos que a Lola opte pelo Jack. Adorei!!

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[Adam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Post Listen Review: I wish Elizabeth Adler would knock it off. This book is about poor little rich people in the French countryside (who can afford to live in the French countryside) that are so miserable because they don't have love in their lives. God this is getting old. If you want to hear about how that one percent we keep hearing about live, listen to this book. And if you want to be brainwashed into thinking that all women really need in their lives is a good man, listen to this book. If you want to hear about fast cars, expensive motorcycles and boats, listen to this book. If you want to be incredibly bored and horrified at the message this book gives to women, read this book. I hated this book. Let me tell you why.

First off, the woman, Lola Laforet owns a freaking hotel in France. She is not struggling. But she was dumb enough to marry this guy who sleeps around on her all the time. So she is soooo sad. Then the moron disappears and she is confused and sad. She supposedly tries to look for him but it doesn't seem to me like she tries that hard. And she is sad. Then it is assumed that he is murdered and that she might be the suspect. She is confused and sad. Then she sees a naked guy. She is not sad. The naked guy is with some chick but that doesn't really seem to bug Lola much. She looks at the woman and thinks,"he could spread her with butter and jam and she'd be perfect for his breakfast." That was the most unappealing combination of sex and breakfast I have ever heard.

Next, Lola has a pet hen. Why? Because the hen deserves her love more than her unfaithful husband (who might be dead but MORE importantly sleeps around) and sleeps in her bed. In her bed? A hen?? Man that is a lot of chicken crap to clean up in the mornings.

But she is so sad she listens to Barry White albums alone. Because the gorgeous French countryside is too damn depressing I guess.

Lola constantly says she doesn't belive in love buy she pines away that her no good, philandering, probably dead husband doesn't love her. She pines away that she doesn't have kids. She pines away over newlyweds. Yeah this is someone who doesn't believe in love right?

The manly dude who owns a sailboat and was the naked jam or whatever smells lavender, beeswax, a mix of other flowers and jasmine but in the next sentence it says he DOESN'T KNOW about FLOWERS. Anyone else see a glaring contradiction here? I do know nothing about flowers and I really could not tell you what jasmine smells like. The manly dude also compares Lola's eyes to Bambi. Cause tough sailor guys love to sit around and watch Bambi.

All of Lola's good memories she can think of only when she looks at crap she bought. Not pictures of friends and family, not the scent of mother's home cooking, no, the clothes and crap she bought. And in case you didn't think she was materialistic enough, she in her mind, defends Marie Antoinette, convinced that is was a misquote about eating cake. Even if it was a misquote, Marie Antoinette was anything but sympathetic to the tons of poor people around her, just like Lola.

Also, the bad guys in this are always people who started life poor but then became rich. So I guess being poor at birth makes you evil. What a wonderful stereotype to reinforce.

The husband who might be dead (or worse had an affair, yes Lola thinks it is worse for someone to sleep around than be DEAD) turns out not to be dead and in the end stops his lover from killing Lola but he dies in the process. This convinces Lola that the guy truly loved her. Let me tell you something. Trying to keep someone from getting murdered is just common courtesy, it is not love. And besides, she doesn't believe in love remember?

The least believable scene to me in this whole book is when the hen is murdered. Ok so the dead (but not really) husband's girlfriend kills the stupid hen, named Scramble (brilliantly lame name). Then the naked guy finds Lola crying over the stupid hen and he comforts her and thinks to himself how vulnerable she is or something. I guarantee you that is not what he was thinking. What he was thinking was, thank god that chicken is dead so next time we have sex in her bed I will not be rolling in chicken crap.

Chicken crap, that's a good way to describe this book. So for anyone who loves chicken crap, give them this to read.

Pre-listen guess: Oh boy, here we go. Another crap fest of strangers with smoldering eyes in landscapes none of us can afford to visit. I will be shocked if I think this deserves any stars at all.

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Depois de ter ouvido e lido várias críticas favoráveis a Elizabeth Adler, foi com alguma curiosidade que iniciei esta leitura.

Lola Laforêt era uma americana realizada, com um casamento estável e um hotel que representava tudo o que ela era. Desde a decoração, que à primeira vista poderia parecer descontextualizada, mas que no fundo tinha toda uma história, até ao local onde se centrava, mágico e para os seus hóspedes quase como um lar. Contudo, tudo muda quando o seu marido Patrick desaparece misteriosamente.

Sendo a minha primeira experiência com a autora fiquei bastante agradada com a sua escrita e com o modo como descreve o ambiente que envolve as personagens. Elizabeth Adler tem uma escrita bastante envolvente e um modo de descrever, neste caso o sul de França, que quase nos transporta para aquele mundo. Nota-se no seu modo de escrever, que a autora adora viajar e que fala por justa causa, o que é muito interessante.

Relativamente às personagens, penso que se encontram igualmente bem descritas e humanizadas. Novamente transparece que já viajou bastante porque o modo como descreve os franceses tem o seu quê de verdade.

Na minha opinião pessoal peca somente na mudança por parte de Jack Farrar, um americano que viaja por todo o mundo no seu barco, que é um mulherengo nato e que depois de conhecer Lola muda completamente. Acredito que as pessoas podem mudar, a vida encontra-se repleta de mudanças, pois não somos seres estanques, mas o meu lado céptico, considera difícil que uma pessoa mude do dia para a noite, só de modo de gradual. Contudo, o facto de Lola ter receio de se envolver e de recear sofrer ou de se entregar a ele, com medo que não seja de confiança, acaba por colmatar em parte este aspecto.

Quanto às restantes personagens gostei muito da Srª Nightingale, uma das inquilinas do hotel, pela sua força, coragem, perspicácia e bondade. Mostra ser daquele género de pessoas que se gosta instantaneamente e que são capazes de fazer tudo pelo próximo.

“Verão na Riviera” mostrou-se, deste modo, um livro agradável e leve, óptimo para passar uma tarde bem passada, sem exigir muito do leitor. Sendo os pontos mais agradáveis a reter, as descrições e o facto de não ser somente um romance, mas de também possuir um toque de intriga, mistério e suspense.

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[Maria João (A Biblioteca da João) · Rating 5 out of 5]

9 de 10*

Este foi o primeiro livro que li da Elizabeth Adler e fiquei agradavelmente surpreendida!
A história passa-se num pequeno hotel na Riviera, junto a uma praia privativa, e a personagem principal feminina é a chef e dona do hotel que gasta todas as suas energias em função do seu hotel e dos seus hóspedes.


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[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable read. The author really makes you feel like you are at the Hotel Rivera experiencing the sights, enjoying the meals, drinking wine with the patrons and feeling the end of summer warmth and breezes.

Lola March LaForet is the owner/chef of the little hotel in France. Her husband Patrick has disappeared and she's sure it has something to do with another woman. Suddenly his Porsche is found and she is suspect in his disappearance. Her friends elderly Miss N and hunky sailor Jack help her untangle the mystery of his disappearance and the underlying twist of her hotel being collateral as payment for Patrick's gambling vice. Add in an exciting high speed chase (with quick character chapters to get the pace going), a rich Greek aristocrat with a younger wife and some loving pets (Scramble, Bad Dog and Chocolate) and you have a fun filled story with a happy ending.

[Erin Beckwith]

I'm ashamed to say I wasted my time reading this book...impulse grab at the library. If anyone thinks the Twilight books are bad, well...they haven't read Elizabeth Adler. She makes Stephanie Meyer seem like Nabokov. To describe this book as "vacuous" would be an understatement. I will give it this, the descriptions of food were, well, appetite inspiring...but they were almost completely literal, and I couldn't help thinking of how the author lives in Palm Springs and probably has gobs of money and has possibly spent a better part of her life "using time well" with a loaded bank account and no employment necessary.

[Tania Martins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Acabei finalmente este livro e tenho a dizer que vou fazer uma pausa na autora!

Que protagonista tão sem sal, o contexto do livro é engraçado, Saint-Tropez, praias, sol, um hotel mas depois achei o enredo fraquinho! A fórmula é sempre a mesma, elas têm sempre maridos parvos que arranjam amantes e que as deixam e depois subitamente conhecem o amor mas só na última página é que surgem os pedidos de casamento, ele até tinha pinta e animou um bocado a história e a amiga dela inglesa é a melhor personagem do livro a meu ver, o que eu me ri com as saídas que a senhora tinha!

Em suma leu-se bem mas não me deixa saudades!

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing. It's one of my favorite books. It's sad, romantic and witty. It had a little action in it. I could not keep this book down. I highly recommend for anyone to read it when they get a chance.

[Booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book in a "just for fun" way... nothing deep here, but a good read all the same. Adler's characters are well devined, plots are interesting and mostly un[redictable. A delightful escape.

[Julie Towson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book is like taking a little vacation to the Cote Azur. Elizabeth Adler, the author has the ability to describe the Riviera and make you feel as if you are there.

[Merty · Rating 5 out of 5]

With Elizabeth Adler, you will get that fantasy escape and it was pure fun, easy, light reading for stressful times!

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it =) great author, quick fun reads!

[Ana Luisa Henriques · Rating 4 out of 5]

Um livro interessante com um cenário encantador na Riviera, consegui-me ver-me no Hotel Riviera, a comer as deliciosas refeições preparadas por Lola com muito amor!

Gostei ainda da reviravolta de Patrick (talvez) estar vivo e da forma como nos introduziram as várias mulheres da sua vida na história. Foi ainda interessante acompanhar a ligação crescente entre Jack e Lola numa altura em que Lola já tinha desistido do amor, tudo isto com a ajuda ainda de uma encantadora senhora viúva de um polícia, que ajuda a desvendar o mistério.

Mais um bom livro de Elizabeth Adler.

[Joy H.]

Added September 2019.
(first published 2003)
Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie.

This book started out very nicely and I was enjoying it, but after a good while the story became darker and I decided it wasn't for me. So I decided not to continue.

SEE SUMMARY AT:
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Hotel-...
AND
https://salon.overdrive.com/media/972...

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming and sweet. Love Miss N. I have never read a book by Adler before and I am sold.

[Vikki Vaught · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an enjoyable book with a delightful heroine. Jack is also a great hero. Happy reading!

[Tita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vejam a minha opinião em vídeo, AQUI.

[Filipa · Rating 3 out of 5]

O Hotel Riviera é um pequeno refúgio no sul de França. O hotel encontra-se situado mais propriamente em Cote d'Azur, perto de Saint Tropez, uma zona normalmente associada a riqueza, a extravagância. Um paraíso azul, invejável, onde Lola March Laforêt mantém o seu pequeno hotel que prima pela simpatia, qualidade de serviço e pela gastronomia saborosa. Isto porque Lola, não é só a gerente deste simpático hotel, mas também a chef de serviço. Este hotel é o orgulho de Lola e é também a sua razão de viver. Sem este espaço, Lola não seria nada, além de ficar sem casa e sem emprego. É, sem dúvida alguma, a sua joie de vivre. O hotel foi construído transformado depois de se ter casado com Patrick Laforêt, o francês que conquistou Lola em Las Vegas. Contudo, Patrick não pode ser considerado o homem de sonho de nenhuma mulher, pois além de ter o vício do jogo, tem também o vício das mulheres e há seis meses que este desapareceu e deixou Lola desamparada e com o casamento em suspenso.
Lola sabe perfeitamente que a única razão plausível para este desaparecimento é outra mulher, porque o seu marido é um ser-humano completamente previsível. Assim, Lola mantém a gerência do hotel por mais um verão, que sem ela saber, iria mudar o resto da sua vida.

Quando vê uma embarcação atracar na enseada onde tem o seu hotel, com um homem completamente fora do vulgar como comandante da embarcação, mal sabe que a sua vida vai dar uma reviravolta completa. Jack Farrar, um americano de Newport, e que adora viajar pelo mundo, não sabe igualmente, que quando conhecer Lola March Laforêt, a sua vida dificilmente será a mesma...

Sendo eu, conhecedora das obras de Elizabeth Adler, posso com certeza, dizer que Verão na Riviera não é dos seus melhores livros. De facto, esta leitura deixou muito a desejar, tal como a anterior já tinha deixado. Não posso dizer que vou deixar de ler esta autora, porque seria uma mentira, mas a verdade é que depois de ter lido Romance na Toscana, ainda não consegui ler outro livro dela que lhe comparasse ou superasse.
Este livro foi ligeiramente mais mistério do que romance, ao contrário dos anteriores. O foco principal está no desaparecimento de Patrick Laforêt e o romance é posto em segundo lugar e na verdade, fez a autora muitíssimo bem, pois foi exactamente o mistério que salvou o livro.
A escrita da autora continua ao nível de sempre e esse é um elemento constante que continua sempre a agradar-me - uma escrita leve, fluída e sem nenhum floreio em especial. É a típica leitura destinada a limpar a mente, leve e descontraída. Outro elemento constante na autora e aquele que vejo como sendo a sua imagem de marca, é as viagens que ela leva os seus leitores a fazer. Se quer viajar mas não o pode fazer por qualquer motivo, ler os livros de Adler é uma segunda escolha igualmente compensadora. A autora leva-nos a todo o mundo e neste livro podemos conhecer melhor o sul de França: Cote d'Azur, Marseille, Saint Tropez, e também um pouco de Itália.
Podemos deliciar-nos com as paisagens que a autora nos descreve, mas também com a gastronomia a rigor. Esta é uma marca indelével nestes livros.

O mistério não foi propriamente surpreendente, mas ainda assim, conseguiu trazer-me algumas surpresas com as quais eu não esperava. Gostei, sobretudo, da participação de Miss Nothingale, uma das hóspedes usuais do hotel Riviera, viúva de um ex-inspector da Scotland Yard, que tem uma mente desperta, ágil e que é a personagem que acaba por descobrir a pólvora, a chave do mistério de Patrick.

Contudo, o romance entre Lola e Jack desiludiu-me um pouco, foi um bocado pãozinho sem sal. Estava à espera de um romance arrebatador, digno do paraíso de sul de França e acabei por criar expectativas demasiado elevadas para este casal. Tiveram alguns momentos ternurentos, mas foi apenas isso. As próprias personagens tiveram um desenvolvimento muito superficial, especialmente Lola que é abandonada pelo marido e esperava mais exploração desta personagem. Já para não falar que achei ridículo que ela tivesse uma galinha como animal de estimação e achasse que a galinha a amava e compreendia. Eu gosto de te mente aberta, mas há coisas que simplesmente me parecem absurdas. Enfim.

Concluindo, este livro não me encheu as medidas, apesar de a vertente misteriosa ter sido interessante, bem como a luta pelo Hotel.
Uma leitura que não deve ser feita com muitas expectativas, mas que entretém.
Espero que o próximo livro de Elizabeth Adler me conquiste de forma mais notória.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are just fun. They are a little bit of all the classic mysteries you’ve ever read. They won’t keep you up at night and you know for sure everything will be fine in the end!

[Adriana Carvalho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sou uma daquelas pessoas que gosta de sair da zona de conforto, e este livro foi exatamente isso. Não é o meu género habitual, mas estava a precisar de ler algo diferente.
Nesta narrativa, viajamos até ao Sul de França, com a ajuda de Lola Laforêt. Lola é americana mas casou-se com o Francês Patrick Laforêt, e mudou-se para o seu pequeno hotel na Riviera, fazendo dele a sua casa e transformando num pequeno paraíso na terra. A sua vida é virada do avesso quando Patrick desaparece e ela é dada com suspeita. Para sua salvação, é ajudada por Mollie Nightingale, uma das suas hóspedes, e Jack Farrar, a pessoa que ela tanto procurou e nunca encontrou.
Para mim este livro foi interessante para quebrar a minha rotina. É uma leitura leve, um pouco previsível mas que acabou por me prender.
Este foi o meu primeiro livro desta autora, tens alguma sugestão? ☺️

[Daisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Admittedly, I only picked up this book because of my interest in the location of the book - as I thought the storyline would most likely be boring and predictable, and the characters unbearable; but the description vivid enough to satisfy my wanderlust. I am so glad that I was wrong. The Hotel Riviera is the perfect summer holiday read. I say this because the storyline is not too complicated or deep, but interesting enough to make you want to keep reading. It's about a woman who owns and invests her all into a small hotel in the south of France. The hotel itself used to belong to her husband's family, but he has mysteriously disappeared and so the responsibility of running the hotel, saving it and finding her husband falls on her shoulders.

All of the characters are extremely likeable, including the the antagonists of the book. Adler writes from the main character's points of view, giving us a good insight into the making and mindsets of each person in the book. The pacing of the book is very steady and nothing felt rushed; except for the resolution, which I feel could've been better executed. Other than the rushed resolution, the ending was neatly tied up. The style of writing is also very easy to read.

Like I said before, this book is the perfect summer holiday read. It's interesting enough to keep turning the page, but not too complicated that you have to think too hard. It's got a few love stories, covering: failed loves, dangerous loves, motherly love, romantic love, etc. It's got a little bit of mystery, food, travel; and it's the type of book that will leave you smiling and content in the end.

[Nathalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

As soon as I started listening to Elizabeth Adler's "The Hotel Riviera", I was hooked. And what is there not to like--gorgeous setting (in St.Tropez on the French Riviera) with lush descriptions of the Mediterranean and the beaches. The main character, American Lola Laforet (whose first mistake was to marry a Frenchman lol!) is a wonderful chef hence luscious descriptions of food! Lola is part owner of the Hotel Riviera, a small wonderful hotel which would be just the kind of place I would go to if I had any money--small, quiet, amazing food and by the beach!). There's Jack, the American love interest of a rake (haha) and the friendly British retired headmistress and even Lola's best friend, a hen called Scramble. There's some "great" bad guys (and especially Russian girl Ezbania (?--this was on cd). Lola's husband has disappeared and now a former girlfriend and a mobster are coming to claim the Hotel Riviera as a collateral to settle her no-good of a husband's gambling debt. But has he really disappeared or is he hiding somewhere with nefarious motives...I quite enjoyed the plot. The only downside--there is a couple of dumb love scenes which are a little too descriptive for my taste. Overall though, this was rather enjoyable with quite a few twists and turns! Definitely kept me on the edge of my van seat!

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical Elizabeth Adler storyline set in a lush tropical paradise. The story revolves around an American, Lola, who marries a Frenchman, Patrick, and becomes the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera. Patrick is less than the ideal husband, what with his womanizing and frequent disappearances. This time, however, he has been gone for six months and Lola is left wondering what has happened to him, all the while trying to cope with the running of the hotel. Now a new wrinkle - someone has dropped anchor in her harbor (Jack - an American expat who lives on his boat). The attraction between Jack and Lola blossoms. Complications come when a host of people claim ownership of the hotel. It seems the only way to settle the dispute is to find the wandering husband, Patrick, which is what Lola and Jack set out to do.
As far as plot goes, this is one of Adler's more far-fetched ones. I always enjoy the way she goes into detail about the surroundings, but I wish she would spend more time developing the plot. A good read, but not very satisfying if you're into a believable storyline.

[John Mcconahey]

The Hotel Rivera by Elizabeth Adler

The sorts of stories that rock my soul are those that have extreme credibility, leaving the impression that the events portrayed could have actually happened as they were described. Adler once again shortcuts that process, losing a few points on my WOWometer. All the same, this is still a pretty good book.

Lola Laforêt is patronne and chef at an eight-room hotel on the Côte d'Azur near St. Tropez. Six months earlier, her husband had forgotten her birthday and went to get her a gift. He never returned. Current guests of the hotel (as well as a handsome sailor anchoring offshore) become involved in Lola’s dilemmas and quandaries. She becomes not only a murder suspect, but also the object of a murder plot.

Once again, Adler’s descriptive ability lured me to enjoyment. With a smidge more attention to plot detail, I would rate this higher than just a pretty cool mystery.

[Dominika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Könnyed könyvre vágytam, amit meg is kaptam ettől a történettől!
Az emberek az ilyen könyvekre szokták azt mondani, hogy „tipikus” "semmi eredeti sincs benne", de én úgy vagyok vele, hogy jól esett, és bármikor ha ilyen könyvre vágyom akkor Elizabeth Adler könyveit fogom végigolvasni. Korábban olvastam a Toszkánai nyár című könyvét, és az is nagyon tetszett.
Nem szeretnék belemenni a szereplők vizslatásába, mert szerintem nem erre lett kitalálva a könyv, csak annyit szeretnék megjegyezni, hogy Miss Nightingale fejezeteit szerintem ki is hagyhatták volna + a végén kicsit gyorsan megoldódott minden.
Összességében tetszett, mert pontosan ilyenre számítottam, és így nyáron még a tájleírások is szebbek voltak! :)

[Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pink cover and romance sticker on the spine had me worried that this one was a sappy romance, but while there was romance, this was more of a thriller with romance thrown in, which worked for me. The chapters that are in first person from the protagonist's perspective were annoying, enough that I was not really rooting for her for the rest of the book, but I liked Miss Nightingale a lot. The climax was also a bit awkward, maybe because there was not enough character development for the critical players in this scene, so that the resolution seems weakly supported. But, for a book shelved at my library as a romance, this was still a fun read.

[Catherine Letendre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je ne sais pas si c'est dû à l'excitation d'être allée à la bibliothèque après 2 ans d'absence, le fait que l'histoire se déroule sur la côte d'Azur où je me rendrai dans moins d'une semaine ou parce que l'histoire était vraiment bonne, mais ce livre m'a beaucoup plue! Ce n'est pas un chef-d'oeuvre, mais le personnage principal, l'Hôtel Riviera, est tellement bien décrit qu'il donne l'envie de s'y rendre pour les prochaines vacances!

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had really enjoyed the historical fiction book by Adler, "Fortune is a Woman" (tho the title is hokey), but this was a little disappointing in that book's wake. It painted the French Riviera as a beautiful place but it was pretty much a "fluff" book. Those have their place of course but I wasn't sitting on a beach somewhere ;-)

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adler writes on-bodice-ripping romances about 40-something women. This protagonist runs a small hotel on the French Riviera. The story centers around her missing husband. She solves this mystery with the helps of her gusests and a handsome stranger who just happens to anchor his boat nearby. Good reading for a cold-suffering mom.