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Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello

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It was an okay book. I didn't care for the writing style. I found the author spent too much time describing everything (the colors and surroundings)

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Wonderful easy read. It took me right to Italy, my favourite country in the world. I adored all characters and enjoyed the story a lot.

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A light hearted, pleasurable and easy read. I always feel bereft after reading Daisy's books. You may ask why? Because I just do not want them to end! The cover of this book is exceptional, you can feel the warm air, hear the sea, feel the breeze, see the lemons and smell the gorgeous Italian food *mouth waters*. 

Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello, whisks the reader to a gorgeous Villa in Tuscany where Izzie is given the opportunity to plan a wedding. She has recently lost her job as an interior designer and although Tuscany holds some bitter memories for her she jumps at the chance of the offering.
Daisy has a way of writing that makes you feel like you are sat observing rather than reading the book. And this, her latest novel is whisks you off to Italy. The Villa is perfect and described as being in an idyllic area, gorgeous gardens and, a rather easy on the eye, chef Luca. 

Whilst a wedding, nearly always, brings romance and this one is no exception. Following Izzie's story is a pleasure, and it unravels quite a tale as you read through the pages. Which soon becomes compulsive. Bordering addictive!

I love Italy and thoroughly enjoyed escaping to the Villa. Thank you Daisy. Please do keep the books coming. This was a one sitting read and I enjoyed every minute.
Thank you to Ellie, Daisy and Canelo for our advanced copy and invite to join the blog tour.

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Isabella Jenkins, or Izzie as she's known, is happy with her job as an interior designer in London and with life until she is fired and has to start anew,

She's shocked and wondering what to do when her friend Meghan talks about her brother's wedding.

Meghan always wants to be there for Izzie as only a good friend should be and before Izzie knows it, she's jetting off to the Tuscan sun to help with organising the wedding.

Villa Limoncello is nestled in a rural part of Tuscany and proves a perfect retreat for Izzie. The characters are all nice, and everything seems too perfect at times. I was very surprised at how well they spoke English and found some parts of the book dragged, especially the first 40 percent. Perhaps the pace there was meant to set the scene and lure the reader in.

Just as with Daisy James' Paradise Cookery School series, an exotic location is teamed with rustic charm, friendly locals and good food. There are good times, as well as ones that do not go so well.

I enjoyed the wedding preparations and was swept up in the atmosphere, more so I think as I have very recently celebrated my own wedding. But it's a very quick and relaxing novel.

Part 1 of a new series, I am looking forward to the other books. I did feel that the characters were a little underdeveloped and stereotyped but maybe that was intentional, leaving room for more adventures in future books.

A good start to a new series and it is wonderful to review another Daisy James book.

Thanks to Daisy James and Canelo for my ARC in exchange for an honest and voluntary review and my place on the blog tour for this title.

3.5-4 stars.

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This was my first read by Daisy James, it was a feel good holiday romance. I loved the cover photo of this book so much that I couldn’t stop looking at it. I’m going to Italy in the Fall and this book is making me very excited for it.
I loved how fast the story picked up, it wasn’t a slow read. I wish that it had more of a romantic plot to it, it wasn’t till the very end that you felt the romance. You do fall in love with Izzie and with Villa Limoncello with in a couple of chapters. I would say that this novel is more about Izzie forgiving herself and falling back in love with life. Daisy James is a wordsmith that has a beautiful skill of painting a wonderful picture filled with emotion and plot. I felt as if I was standing in the garden at Villa Limoncello, smelling the lemons and watching the magic that is Italy fill all my senses.
Izzie is an interior decorator in London, that is asked to go to Italy to help stage a wedding scene for a movie. But she is still getting over a personal trauma that happened not so long ago. Filled with handsome men, beautiful scenery and making new friends. This novel is sure to warm your heart.
3/5 Stars for this warm romance novel.
Thank you Netgalley and Daisy James for the ARC for a honest review.

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Sunshine...the Tuscan countryside...handsome Italian men...Quirky secondary characters...a heroine whose searching for herself after a tragedy befalls her...a mystery wedding that takes place in a flower-filled garden...and limoncello -- if these sound like the elements of a good book, you'll want to read "Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello".

Izzy Jenkins suffered a big loss in her life and has been reeling over it for the past two years. As a result, she's become estranged from her parents, and has quit spending time with all of her friends except Meghan and Jonti, who seem to understand her sorrow better than even her fiance, who broke up with her. She loses her profitable interior design business, then even loses the job she had staging new homes for open houses. So when Meghan's brother needs help to stage a surprise celebrity wedding in the Tuscan countryside, Meghan recommends Izzy, and Izzy decides to take on the job and the opportunity to spend a week in a small town not far from Florence.

Throughout the week, she meets new people and begins to discover more about herself. She realizes that she is only a shell of herself since the tragedy hit, and begins to piece her life back together, in part due to the compassion and listening ear of a handsome chef at a local restaurant.

There are some fun secrets--and surprising reveals--in the book, but I don't want to hint at them because it will give the story away! So you'll just have to read the book and uncover them. But if you are looking for a Happily Ever After, you will get it with this book!

This is a clean romance, a feel-good book that takes you away to Tuscany for a while, and brings you along on Izzy's journey of discovery. A great take-along for a spring break vacation read!

P.S. The book includes a recipe for Limoncello, so if you can't visit Tuscany, you can sip this drink while you enjoy the book!

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Well written romance. Great plot, beautiful setting and great characters. I highly recommend this book to fans of romantic fiction.

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This is a lovely easy to read story from the author. Izzie finds herself inadvertently organising something which she isn’t at all prepared for.

With a lot of help, and willpower, Izzie starts to enjoy herself. Unfortunately her love life isn’t quite so easy to fix. With misunderstandings galore, the path to love won’t be easy for her.

Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy.

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Izzie's twin sister Anna was getting married in a couple months. And Izzie was also planning a hen party in Florence with her sister. But Anna dies and Izzie is left not knowing how to continue without her sister. Izzie loses her job and is offered a short term job in Florence making sure a wedding is pulled off successful for a celebrity. She meets several of the locals that help her with the wedding at the Villa Limoncello.
A feel good book that is enjoyable with lovable characters.

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A nice book, an easy read. I was surprised to read how amazing everyone's English was.
The characters were pleasant enough. I was hoping for something a little bit more.
All in all a comfortable read on a wet dreary day.

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The book starts with Izzie being fired from her job, and best friend Meghan helping to pick up the pieces. Th upshot is that she relunctantly heads to Italy to help out Meghans brother stage a set for a wedding.
You understand that there is a reason she doesn't want to go to this part of Italy, and as the story unfolds you realise why.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a voluntary and honest review.

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When interior designer Izzie loses her job in London, and is given the chance to plan a wedding in a Tuscan villa, she jumps at the chance in spite of memories which make Tuscany the last place she wants to go. Villa Limoncello is every bit as gorgeous as she expects, and she finds herself finally able to relax in such a beautiful setting, in part aided by the distraction of local chef Luca Castelotti.

This book was the perfect balance of romance and a poignant backstory that needed to be revealed. If you are looking for the perfect beach read, this is it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cover that completely encapsulates the book within, but the vibrancy of this beautiful cover radiates from every page. Daisy James has the power to make you feel as if you are there, under the azure sky, the smell of lemons floating on the warm breeze.

I only have one minor bugbear with the story. There is a saboteur, who is finally identified, and although it is clear he will be confronted ‘later’, I would have liked that to have been in the book. That, however, did not in any way detract from the book being a sublime lighthearted romantic comedy, and one that is perfect to read in one sitting, because quite frankly, you’re not going to want to put it down!

Thank you to Canelo and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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First, thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to read an e-galley of this book.

Izzie has unceremoniously been fired from her job by her boss's son. She's been given the opportunity to go to Italy to do a set-design for a wedding scene photo shoot, so she decides to go (who wouldn't want to go stay in a villa in Italy!). Unbeknownst to her, it's an actual wedding that is being prepared, but everyone helping with wedding preparations has signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Izzie is wondering what's with all the secrecy? She figures out that it's an actual wedding that's going to take place, with just a few days to go. She's feeling the pressure to have everything just right! Things start to go wrong, and incorrect assumptions are made, but all is revealed in the end!

I really enjoyed this story!
#NetGalley #WeddingBellsatVillaLimoncello

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A lighthearted romantic read set in Tuscany seems like a combo that couldn’t go wrong! Unfortunately there was something about it that didn’t click for me, and I ended up skimming through for a bit. Perhaps the story or style were just a mismatch for my mood or taste, as it seemed to delight many other reviewers. Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the complimentary digital copy.

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Izzy is an interior designer who has been feeling down due to a recent death, so when she loses her job as well things go from bad to worse....... until her best friend's brother offers her the opportunity to plan his wedding in Tuscany. She is soon settling down in the Villa Limoncello and enjoying the beautiful Tuscan countryside and food, the locals are great and she is soon working well with them to pull the wedding together........ especially one, the gorgeous Luca!

A lovely light hearted fun book set in a beautiful area with great descriptions of the scenery and food and plenty of fun and frolics to keep your interest. Perfect beach read.

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Isabella Jenkins is an interior designer based in London who has never truly recovered from personal tragedy. She's been going through the motions of living but has lost the colour from her life - and now she's also lost her job! However, fate has other plans for her and she travels to Tuscany to help her best friend's brother organise a wedding at the Villa Limoncello.

The locals prove to be great characters and most are helpful and supportive as she strives to get everything organised for this secret wedding. Get ready for humour and plenty of surprises as the story progresses. There are mysteries to be solved, disasters to be overcome and love to be found in this lovely read. Discover just why Isabella was reluctant to visit the region and explore some of the Florentine highlights with her. There's even a recipe for some delicious Limoncello of your own to make provided after the story ends!

It is a delightful read that I have no hesitation in highly recommending. Go on, escape to beautiful Tuscany in this delightful contemporary romance which is filled with hopes, dreams, surprises and schemes as well as unexpected love. I am so happy to discover this is the first story in a new trilogy and can't wait to read the next books!

I requested and was given a copy of this book, via NetGalley. This is my honest review of the book after choosing to read it.

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Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello is a light hearted story featuring Izzie, an interior designer. Izzie has been in the doldrums since a death in her family; when she loses her job, she is asked to step in to help plan a celebrity wedding in Tuscany. With the help of the village locals, can Izzie pull off the wedding and bring some colour back into her life?

A quick easy read with a host of colourful characters and an entertaining touch of romance.

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I loved this, such a sweet happy read, no scary traumas, just lovely characters and real chemistry. A few tears but a happy ending. A well paced book with plenty of feeling, read in one sitting I enjoyed it so much.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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Things haven't gone well for Izzy lately. Like any sensible person would do (if they have the money etc.) she opts to take off for Tuscany after her BFF's brother asks her to plan his wedding. The Villa is a bit run down but the people in the village are delightful and Izzy quickly starts to pull things together. She also starts a romance with Luca. Hmmm. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC>. This is a light, fast read which is perfect to while away a few hours.

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!
Wedding Bells at Villa Limoncello was the perfect escape. If you are looking to get away from life and experience Italy for a couple hours, I recommend this book! I loved the description of Italy as well as the romance between Isabella and Luca. A fun romp through the food and kitchens of Italy. With some added depth as Isabella navigates some hard situations and looks to her future.

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