Men on bicycles, what’s not to like!!!

Synopsis

“…the opportunity of a lifetime.”

When physiotherapist Molly Matthews is offered a dream job by a guy who shaves his legs and has an obsession with his bicycle, she has serious doubts about accepting. But, as she keeps telling herself, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime and she’ll never get another chance like this. So, she does what anyone in her position would do – she agrees to join a professional cycling team for the most prestigious race in the cycling world – The Tour de France.

The reality, though, isn’t exactly what she had anticipated; instead of eating out at restaurants in pretty French villages and spending her free time lounging around the hotel pool, Molly finds herself living out of a suitcase for three weeks, massaging eight pairs of sweaty legs, administering ice baths and treating saddle sores.

And neither did she anticipate falling for a gorgeous, passionate, professional rider by the name of Alexander Duvall…

My review

In Belgium once the cycling season starts, there is just no way to escape all the tours that are all over the world. And here are also several classics, as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liège – Bastogne – Liège,…

And having an older brother who watches almost every stage of every tour, well, it makes me someone who knows a little bit the cycling world.

So having the opportunity of reading a book that takes place during one of the most important tours of the world, I grabbed it with both hands.

And it didn’t disappoint at all!

Molly gets the once of a lifetime opportunity to spend 4 weeks in France as a physiotherapist during the Tour de France after taking care of Alex Duvall, a rider of the team she will get her hands on.

But her expectations and the reality are so different, she wonders if this is really her cup of tea…

And the feelings for Alex are just not so superficial as she thought…

This

Is

Just

Such

A

Nice

Feel

Good

Story!

Yes, this story takes place during the Tour, but it’s not all about bikes, and stages, and yellow jersey and so on.

The real focus is on Molly, her feelings, her fears and her getting closer to Alex.

And she tries to follow the rules of the team, but the attraction is just too hard to resist.

Molly is just the usual girl with all her insecurities and wants to broad her horizons, but can she just leave everything behind to case a dream?

Everyone can be the Molly in this story, she is so recognizable and down to earth, what’s not to like about her?

And Alex is just so warming and adorable in his own way…

This is a story about a blooming love, taking you to amazing places in France.

And a perk for me was that those places all made a bell ring, as the mountains were real, the places were all known to me.

As Lilac herself says in her letter after the story, she took some liberties concerning the actual stages and the Tour, but even for those who follow the Tour and find the ‘errors’, the story is so lovely written that you cover them with the cloak of charity (I like the saying in Dutch better, which would be translated as ‘ cover with the cloak of love – staying in the love theme).

So yes, you are going through the stages of the Tour, but instead of feeling the intensity of racing on a bike, you are feeling the intensity of love!