I enjoyed her last book, Maggie Finds Her Muse, but I think I enjoyed this one even more.

Lucia Giannetti used to manage a very upscale hotel in NYC until a massive scandal basically saw her blacklisted in the entire industry. When she gets a job offer to run a hotel in Rennes, France, she jumps at the chance...not looking too closely or asking too many questions.

She arrives to find that the Hotel Paradis is in very bad shape and hasn't been open to guests in a long time. Turns out it's her job to fix it up and get it running again. Painting, maintenance, and everything else that gets thrown her way is not exactly in her wheelhouse, but she's determined to make the best of it. There are several live-in tenants, including an irritatingly gorgeous artist, Bing, who lives on the top floor. The two spend more and more time together, and the crumbling hotel starts to feel like an actual home to Lucy.

The book was sweet, and funny and I particularly enjoyed all of the secondary characters. The timing was perfect for me too because I read the book while spending a week in the south of France at an old property that had been turned into a hotel. I really felt like I was living the book as well as reading it.

I look forward to seeing what this writer publishes next, and where in the world it will be set.

I enjoyed the story line of this book. I felt transported and felt like I was a character on the sidelines while reading.

Another case of it's me, not you. This book just couldn't hold my interest. There was a lot of description of decor and it just pulled me away from the story. It just slogged on for me so I had to call it. Check out other reviews though if you like hotel stories.

I spent the first section of this book feeling lost. The character knew something major, and only hinted at this BIG THING (losing her job), but gives enough for us to just feel annoyed that everyone around us knows what’s happening and is talking about it in front of us.

Not for me!

I received an advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

This book didnt seem like a romance, more womens fiction. Which is fine! I was hoping it was more of a romcom which I was wanting to read. The story of Lucy did seem tragic, and unrelatable, but it was a unique story so I can appreciate that,

When Lucy takes a job at a hotel in Rennes, France, she gets... less than she bargained for. The hotel is not up and running, it is a disaster. The owner tasks her with getting it ready for customers with the help of the misfit crew that lives on property. The characters in the book were so charming. Dee Ernst has become a must-read author for me!

Love that the mc Lucy is late 40s having to start over after she gets pulled into a scandal that she was cleared from but that didn’t translate to being hired.

She’s now in France thinking she’s going to help a hotel get up to date but it’s very out of date. Excited to renovate this old European hotel and meet the cute artist.

Thank you stmartinspress and netgalley for the e-ARC for my honest and voluntary review.

I need more Dee Ernst books! Love the characters she creates and the adventures she takes them on. This new novel doesn't disappoint - Following the travels of Lucy, a former, high-powered hotel executive to a now disgraced, broke woman seeking to reinvent herself and her career at a new hotel in France. Once there, she realizes the charming hotel she envisioned turning around is a complete disaster. Humorous, captivating and hopeful. Loved this book!

Lucy Checks In by Dee Ernst is a romance with an older main character in her 40-50s. I had a hard time getting into the first half of this book. The French setting had great promise but overall this book was okay. I will not be posting this review.

This is another super cute romantic comedy style book. Boy meets girl and they both fall for each other when they know they should not! If you enjoy happy light hearted romance this is one for you.

Lucia Giannetti is 49 years old and looking to start fresh after a scandal in NYC. She was the hotel manager of a prominent hotel with great aspirations, when the owner disappears with millions and leaves Lucy down on her luck. This prompts a move to France, where she assumes the role of manager at Hotel Paradis. While in France, Lucy rejuvenates the hotel’s image, meets good friends, and finds love. I adored this story as it isn’t your traditional 20-something looking for love. Lucy’s character had more depth and life experience to dig into.

Sincere thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was as charming as the French boutique hotel it’s set in. 😍 Lucy feels like her life is over when, nearing 50, her life partner leaves her and her career ends all in one fell swoop. But she gets a second chance when she’s offered the General Manager position at a boutique hotel in Rennes, France. When she arrives, the hotel is not quite what she bargained for, but I’m the end turns out to be so much more. 💖 This was a quick and charming read!

This is a new to me author and I have to say I am looking forward to reading more by this author! I loved this book

Seems to have the beginning to a good plot but just couldn’t get me hooked. Don’t know if it was me being in a bit of a book slump but I couldn’t really get into the book. There was definitely something that could lead to something with two of the character though.

Long overdue on this one! I haven’t seen much about it on bookstagram, but I thought it was pretty cute. Loved the premise and the setting in France. I did like Lucy’s character and the growth she experienced throughout the book.

My one criticism is that the storyline with the hotel was a little too perfect and seemed too easy. I thought for sure Lucy would’ve faced more hardships. I did still enjoy this book, but won’t be one that really sticks out in my mind.

This was a cute and fast read with a story that made me want to visit Hotel Paradis.

Lucia Giannetti is starting over, After getting indicted in fraud charges and losing her job as a hotel manager in a glamorous hotel in New York City, Lucy has lost it all. But now, she has the chance to start over after getting an offer to manage a small hotel in Rennes, France. Lucy pictures a glamorous French hotel with all of the extravagances she has grown accustomed in her former job, but when she arrives, she realizes Hotel Paradis is starting from scratch. Not only the hotel is run-down and neglected, but Lucy's role is more of a builder and painter than a manager. She can't afford to quit the job so she stays and makes Hotel Paradis her home and the group of tenants living in the hotel her friends.

I truly enjoyed this story and grew to like Lucy much more than I expected. When she is first introduced, Lucy comes off as entitled and spoiled because of her former position as a hotel manager at a fancy NYC hotel. She truly believes she will arrive to France and just take over managing a successful fancy hotel with a loyal customer base. When she realizes she has been hired to remodel and set up the hotel from scratch, she has an attitude and entitlement issues that make her unlikable. It isn't until she starts to get to know the other tenants in the hotel that I started to warm up to her,

I truly liked to read the process Lucy goes through to set up the hotel including her role as a designers, painter, builder, and graphic designer. I liked how she goes from basically not knowing what she is doing to an empowered woman learning to embrace chaos. It was also heartwarming to have an older woman as the main character in a romantic story line as it seems that most books have younger women in these roles. I thought it was clever that her male counterpart is someone somewhat famous but also living a quiet life in the middle of a small town in France. I also liked the secondary characters and found them lovely. Their interactions with Lucy provided a great opportunity to get to know them and to learn about their small town. Overall, and enjoyable and fast read,

In this Rom-com, Lucia is a disgraced hotel manager through no fault of her own who travels to France to help rebuild a centuries old hotel and get a fresh start on her own life. This book was fantastic. Being in my late 40's, I love a romance with main characters that are more mature. Lucy is over 50 when she takes on this adventure. The other characters are clever and fun, the descriptions of the setting just beautiful and the food and wine bring it all home. I would love this one to be a series!

Do not let the cover of Lucy Checks In by Dee Ernst fool you, the girl on the cover may look young, but our MC Lucia (AKA Lucy) is actually forty-nine years old. Now, this doesn't make a difference to me, but I thought it was an interesting creative liberty taken by whoever illustrated the new cover (which in all other rights, I love). I am not too far away from 40, and something I have come to love is reading books that have an older female lead. Lucy along with many of the other characters in this novel completely stole my heart (some of them took a minute!), and I loved the wittiness and heart Ernst uses to tell Lucy's story. There are definitely some romcom qualities to this book, but overall, it felt a bit more like a romance to me and wasn't quite as funny as I was expecting it to be (this is NOT a bad thing though!).

Gillian Vance is the narrator extraordinaire for the audiobook and I loved her just as much as the setting in France. Her voice was fitting for Lucy’s character, and if you want a new audio to check out, I would definitely recommend this one! I loved the message that Ernst conveyed in Lucy Checks In, basically that age doesn’t matter, and you can do anything you set your mind to, and the fact that she had a mature and self-sufficient woman as the lead in this story. While I was expecting it to be funnier, and you will most likely have to suspend some disbelief, there were still plenty of times that this book made me laugh, and it warmed my heart as well. If you love strong female leads, some romance, and a story you can use as a getaway from everyday life, Lucy Checks In is for you.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This was my first book by this author and I throughly enjoyed it. A light and delightful read. I loved the descriptions of the hotel and could envision staying there. The characters were all interesting and made me want to not put it down. I love a feel good book! I would recommend this book to all my friends. Thank you for the ARC!

This was a slowww read and it took a lot of time to get involved in it. I also felt that the main character had mostly everything just work out for her and had little issue which would not be the case when renovating a building that old. 3.5/5 for me