Loved this book. Great characters, easy read, uplifting, funny, romantic and charming. A really nice story that is the perfect escapist read.

Such a great story. I was immersed in the characters' lives from the beginning.
Great descriptions set the scene and took me on a journey to another country.
Thoroughly enjoyable and recommended.

A lovely and entertaining story that I couldn't put down.
I love the great setting, the likeable characters and the storytelling.
I look forward to reading other story by this author.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

A Wedding in the Olive Garden, Leah Fleming

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance

Women's fiction again....sigh, its 2020, why do we have this outdated genre heading?

Anyway, I thought I'd love this book, an escapist read, romance and sunshine. I liked it, but sadly didn't love it as I expected :-(
I loved the Greek setting, the sunshine and sea, the food, the local flavour that made it feel real. What I had issues with were some of the characters, especially Griff and Sara. I understood why she did what she did, what I didn't understand was why she felt bad about it, why she kept it a big secret. Still, I guess a big chunk of book would have gone if she didn't – it just didn't feel right for me though. Griff was a lovely guy but he and Sara are really prickly to each other at first, she is rude to him on first meeting, shocked I get but rudeness once explained? Griff too is hiding, escaping, keeping things quiet and I understood that. You don't tell all the world your history when you first meet but when it was clear he and Sara maybe getting closer, perhaps a hint of the past would help? I don't know, it just seemed there wasn't that magic connection between them.
I loved Mel and Spiros, and the mother in law ( forgot her name). They were so real to me, especially when MIL goes all Mafiosa towards the end! There were some other great secondary characters too, and Sara's fledgling business provided some great moments.

Stars: Three, a good read, just some parts felt a little not-quite-right for me. As aleays though, reading is subjective and others will – and do – love this story.

Arc via Netgalley and publishers

A beautiful story set on a Greek island. A perfect summer read with the fantastic description of the settings - you could actually picture yourself there. The story follows the main character move to the island to begin a new life and her business venture into a niche element of wedding planning.

Lovely book to end. Didn’t want to put it down. It was well written. Easy to read and flowed well. Lovely location. Great storyline. Made me wish I was there Sharing the adventure

3.5 STARS

This book follows Sara, who lives in Sheffield, runs away on holiday to Santaniki, a small island village in Greece, after breaking up with her fiance. She originally went to stay for 3 weeks but the village stole her heart. She met quite a few locals during her stay who became friends. She had an events planning company in England but gets to thinking about starting an event planning company in Greece, focusing on weddings, as the weather and locals were enchanting - she didn't want to leave and suffer the rainy, cloudy weather of Sheffield. We follow her journey to and from Greece as she tries to bring this event idea to fruition. All in all it was a light and fun beach read. Lots of interesting characters and funny moments which were entertaining and the book left a smile on my face.

Thanks #Netgalley for the ARC. #aweddingintheolivegarden

Such a lovely book and absolutely loved the setting. It’s about Sara, who after having found out what her fiancé is heads to the island of Santaniki, where she think of starts a wedding service business. But she comes back home to think everything through and do some research. On heading back she begins to start her business. On this island she meets lots of new people who help her. Thins book has lots of turns to keep you hooked. I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend it.

With thanks to head of Zeus and netgalley for an arc .
Having read all of leah's books I was delighted to get an early copy.
Two words utterly FANTASTIC.
Leah has a way of bringing you into the book that makes it so real based in a small greek island was just so idilc I really didn't want it to end it was light but not fluffy full of intrigue and warmth between the locals and expats it was truly inspirational and mesmerising I really can't praise this book enough ❤❤

Sara flees home to the Greek island of Santaniki after a horrible experience.. She decides to become a wedding planner for people second time around.. She meets Griff who manages a retreat for writers and artists. Things don't get off to a good start with them