The View from our Window
by Lj Ryan
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Pub Date Nov 01 2018 | Archive Date Nov 17 2018
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Description
“Definitely a light and refreshing read… this book has everything in it …death …sorrow …suspense …mystery …and romance.”
All Laurel needs is a new life for herself and her two children. Recently widowed, she moves to a picturesque village just outside Marseille. A world apart from her hectic life in Dublin, Laurel is determined to leave behind the person she once was. Reinventing herself and reconnecting with her children is what she really needs.
David is a successful French actor, recently divorced, under media pressure and on the verge of a mental breakdown, he moves back to his parent’s family farm in Aix-en-Esperance. David needs to find himself again, away from the ‘lights, camera and action of his very public career.
Laurel and David become friends and slowly their friendship develops into something more. With Laurel feeling part of a family in more ways than she could ever imagine.
Paul is a politician, recently promoted to Justice Minister. He’s confident, grounded and totally committed to his private love life staying exactly that way – private. But an investigation involving a family he was once friends with, lands on his desk, and with strict orders from the Prime Minister of Ireland, he needs to make this problem disappear.
Just as Laurel, David, and Paul feel their lives couldn’t get any better, ugly phantoms from the past reappear. Can these three friends work together and fight for what they love or will they lose it all?
“This delightful, complicated and twisty tale has the advantage of being a remarkably well-written saga.”
Advance Praise
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5☆ review from Nicole @ Emerald book reviews ⬇️
This delightful, complicated and twisty tale has the advantage of being a remarkably well written saga, as well as being an intelligent and sensational one, as author LJ Ryan gives voice to an incredible and well-rounded ensemble cast of characters.
In her book The View From Our window, set in both Ireland and France, we are given various points of view from the characters. Involving the intricate and messy world of politics, as well as the chaos of fame, the heartbreak and disillusionment of losing someone, having to hide a part of yourself and learning to live again, even if involves a new country and a new language and potentially allowing yourself to fall in love again with someone new. It also has this terrific and electrifying plot running through it that is full of danger and intrigue and suspense. So we end up getting the best of both worlds action and romance.
The dialogue was an interesting mix of English, Irish colloquialism, as well as a little bit of the beautiful French dialect, but this only added to the authenticity of the characters and setting. None of it felt contrite or cliche, which made for an even better reading experience. LJ Ryan clearly did her research before diving into this astounding and well laid out tale.
‘The cheers out in the hall petered out and an odd silence fell about the house. A door opened and closed, and she knew he was there. She wiped her hands on her jeans and swallowed back the tight ball in her throat.
“Well, hello there, Mister,” she said as she turned to him.
He smiled, but there were tears in his eyes. “Mon Amie, I thought I’d never get to hear you say that again.”’
You certainly get your money’s worth out of this story. It’s exciting, dramatic and fast-paced, with the added elements of romance, conspiracy, hitmen and adventure involved to give readers an exhilarating thrill ride from Dublin to France to Columbia. It has a really satisfying ending but from the little I uncovered, it might not be the final book for Laurel just yet.
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