Can producing a date show be also finding you love?

Synopsis

There’s someone out there for everyone… you just need to know where to look…

All NEW from bestselling author Della Galton.

Unlucky in love Poppy Allen is the producer of a brand-new TV show, ‘Date for a Day’ – think ‘Take Me Out’ meets ‘It’s a Knockout’!

Lovelorn contestants must perform a series of seaside challenges to win the hand of the starring lady and a ‘Date for a Day’.

Left heartbroken when Stephen, her childhood sweetheart eloped with her best friend on her hen night – Poppy has no plans to risk her own heart again. Besides, she’s far too busy filming contestants against the backdrop of the beautiful Bluebell Cliff Hotel and the stunning Jurassic Dorset coastline.

However, when sabotage on set threatens to stop shooting, Poppy discovers soulmates can be found in the most unexpected places…

My review

Poppy Allen is the producer of a brand new dating show, ‘Date for a Day’. Together with her director of photography Dave she is making the pilot episode, with her sister Alice as the starring lady. The contestants must perform a series of challenges, hoping that they will win over Alice.
Poppy is happy that her sister is putting herself out there, but her own heart is well locked away, after her childhood sweetheart eloped on her hen night with her best friend.
But will the beautiful Bluebell Cliff Hotel be the perfect setting for Poppy to open her heart again?

The thing I truly love about Della Galton’s books is that they all take place in beautiful places. I was already familiar with the Bluebell Cliff Hotel, so I was ecstatic of returning there!

Discovering how Poppy got her heart broken and has been betrayed by who she thought was her best friend, was a very sad moment.
So I understood why she has built huge walls around her heart, avoiding a broken heart all over again. However, even if I understood her, I knew it wasn’t a healthy situation…

A character like Poppy is just made to be loved… She is a good friend, a loving daughter and the best sister anyone could imagine.
Even if Alice is ‘only’ a stepsister, Poppy sees her and her stepfather as ‘real’ family and she loves them both with whole her heart. And there isn’t a thing she wouldn’t do for Alice, even if that means she has to put her own attraction towards one of the contestants aside, purely for Alice’s happiness.

If there is one place just perfect for Poppy to learn to trust and love again, it just has to be Bluebell Cliff Hotel!

It was lovely to see old characters again, and have the confirmation that none of them have changed a bit! Mr. B. is as weird as usual, and the bickering between him and maître d’ Phil are reason for laughing at loud, even if for the production it was reason of desperation!

Reading how a show is being produced was something new for me, but I liked reading how much there is to be taking in account, and it made me realize there is a lot of responsibilities to take! and it shows also that no matter how many precautions you take, there is always an inevitability!

But the aspect of this book I liked the most was seeing how Poppy dared to put herself out there. Not that she starts to date or flirt with every man that passes, but she is looking around her, to see if there is someone that she feels attracted to.
Of course I had a hunch who would be absolutely perfect for Poppy, but of course it cannot ever be that easy.

This was a very entertaining, lovely story about finding love and family and what we wouldn’t do for them. But it’s also about daring to take that one step, that yes, could be breaking your heart but on the other hand could bring you love and happiness!
Sometimes, all you have to do is dare to speak up, because you never know what the outcome will be!