Thank you NetGalley for the eARC. This book was very good although they had a lot, lot, lot of very, very long sentences. The story could have been told with more punctuation.

Unfortunately this was just as bad as I thought it would be. I am half Spanish and have lived in Spain for over 30 years... Very little here is recognisable... Brocade curtains in the middle of Murcia? Asking for hot chocolate in a bar during the day? Gah. Even simple Spanish is mauled... Our heroine is able to pick up Spanish easily because of her Spanish ancestry??? Duh! COME on! Of the horrible cheap plot, the less said, the better,

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

Loved this
I was initially attracted by the cover, which is beautiful

Set in Spain, I am familiar with Murcia and found the language very evocative - the imagery is wonderful

I'm not one for spoilers or retelling of the story of a book - I like to leave it to the reader to discover the book which I like to do myself.

I loved the layering of characters and story and well worth a read

This is a romance with erotic elements set in the beautiful Spanish region of Murcia. Upon the death of her adoptive parents, young English art student Mireya learns she has inherited land in Spain from her “real” parents. Traveling with her friend, Gemma, she finds that the expected hacienda, is actually a large estate—large enough to murder for, and that’s how her mother died. Her father was accused of poisoning her, but never convicted. He spent prison time for a related charge, but no longer in prison, he is nowhere to be found. Encouraged by Sandro, a friend of her father, Mireya sets out to find her father and prove his innocence. Working together, she and Sandro quickly fall in love and their intense passion provides the erotic overtones for the book.
The setting for the book is so beautifully described, you can almost smell the fruit of the orange and lemon trees as Mireya and Gemma drive through the countryside. The hacienda itself, and all its outbuildings are described in detail, as well as the small village and its people. The plot involves two family dynasties going back four generations. Almost all the living relatives are involved some way or another. That’s a lot of characters to keep track of. Almost every scene has four to eight characters. On top of that, there is an extra love affair and a half going on in addition to Mireya and Sandro’s story. It makes it hard to get a real feel for the intensity of the feeling between the two lovers
While well written, this is an obviously a self-published book and badly in need of editing and proofreading.
I was provided with an advance copy of this book for an honest review. The opinion expressed and the rating are strictly my own.

A interesting novel, witty and sun soaked. Love and romance blossom with a darker vein of intrigue and loss throughout a good beach read.