Staying Out for the Summer by Mandy Baggot

 

From Amazon

This is one summer that won't end in tiers!

For NHS nurse, Lucie Burrows, it's time to put the past behind her and embrace Greek life.

Finally free from the UK restrictions, Lucie is excited for the summer of 2021. When her best friend, Gavin, finds the perfect Greek island getaway, Lucie is sure that this holiday to Corfu is going to be one to remember.

But when a landslide puts the village into a local lockdown, Lucie is thrown together with Michalis Andino, the super sexy village doctor. It's not quite the escape she had planned, but things could certainly be worse.

As Lucie relaxes into the Greek way of life, she begins to wonder whether this lockdown might just end in a new beginning – and a new love...

My thoughts

My thanks to Victoria Joss for the opportunity to take part in the Blog tour of this story.  I gave this a 4 stars or 8/10.  It is the perfect read to help you escape real life and immerse yourself in the lives of others 

Told during the current world that we live in, Staying out for the Summer is set in 2021 and all that the world has thrown at us.  Who doesn't want to escape the country that they live in to travel abroad to get away from it all?  I for one am looking forward to getting away at some point, as I am sure are many of you.

Lucie is no different than many of us in that respect, she's looking forward to travelling to Corfu to escape her current life to relax and get away from work for a while as she's been among the thick of things in her role in the NHS.  Things don't always go to plan though and in some ways, that's what makes for a good romance.  The lead up to the ultimate conclusion of boy winning the girl or man winning the woman, it's a story as old as time.

Mandy Baggot has a way with words and sets the scene well both in the UK and in the Greek setting that she knows so well, due to her obvious love of Greece and all things Greek including the men.

I particularly smiled at the detailing of the ball shaped pieces of food, that Michalis was given to eat by his sister that had been served up in the skull of a sheep.  I had to read the passage twice and her comment saying, ' ''Then I serve them in the skull. Like balls for brains! Ha!'' '  I am not sure that it would make me fancy eating them to be honest, but I bet they were far yummier than they sounded.  

If you enjoy a romance that has plenty of escapism, then this is the book for you.  Grab a copy and make yourself a cocktail or two, to enjoy while reading the story and you could almost make believe that you were sat by the pool or on the beach, watching the story develop before your own eyes.

My thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.