A summer in Greece, working while re-evaluating your life and choices

Synopsis

Taking a chance on love is just the beginning…

When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty over the direction of her life and the high expectations of Maeve Fennimore-Bell, her domineering Hollywood producer mum, threatens to ruin her summer on beautiful Skopelos

Location manager Tyler Reed has his fair share of demons. His and Harlow’s lives have been entwined for over a decade and now forced to work together, their complicated past begins to unravel.

Harlow is desperate to break free and make her own way in the world, but with a fractured family, a long-hidden secret and a need to belong, can her happy-ever-after be found during one Greek summer?

Escape to the beautiful Greek isles with bestseller Kate Frost for the perfect uplifting, feel-good romantic read.

My review

Harlow Sands finds herself on a Greek island working for a big budget movie. While this is the opportunity of a lifetime for everyone else, it isn’t for Harlow.
Because the reason she is working on this movie, is because of her mother, Maeve Fannimore – Bell, a famous Hollywood producer, with extreme high expectations for her only daughter.
And to be honest, Harlow doesn’t know which direction she wants to take with her life… Add location manager Tyler Reed in the equation, and Harlow knows that this summer will be a long one, as Tyler is someone she knows inside and outside, and shares a secret with her.
No matter how beautiful Skopelos is, this one summer will turn out toe be an important one for Harlow as she has many things to consider for her own, and the presence of Adonis may be something to be taken in account, or not… 

Kate Frost always managed to transport me to amazing places, I can almost smell everything she describes so well in her books.
So being this time in Greece, I saw myself walking alongside Harlow. 

When I read the blurb of this book, I thought this would be a story about second chances at love, with both Harlow and Tyler being at the same place, working on set, and of course with a past.
But I was glad it wasn’t that kind of story. Perhaps because I didn’t completely liked Tyler (although he absolutely redeemed himself through the story) 

It’s obvious that Harlow took a serious step back in her career. But even if we didn’t know the exact reason behind it, I admired her of taking that decision and stick to up. She doesn’t even have an ounce of a doubt, because in her mind, it was the right thing to do.
What I also immediately liked about Harlow, was that she did want be appraised for her own efforts, and not taking advantage of her mother.

The relationships Harlow has through this story (with her family, her friends, love interests,…) shows us what Harlow is missing in her life. Her mother is not easy to please, her father has a new family (but the whole “new” family adores Harlow, so no case of even stepfamily!) and she feels that she owes some people for what happened in the past. 

And I felt that the journey Harlow is making in this one summer, is the main subject of this wonderful book.
While in the past Harlow had difficulties in sometimes standing up for herself, we see her finding her voce and starts fighting for herself.
And with this growth she is going through, it makes it possible for her to improve several relationships, with unexpected results. 

Add a Greek God like Adonis, and this is the perfect mix for an amazing trip, learning us more about the Greek culture, but also learning more about personal growth.
Adonis was a wonderful addition, with his own struggles and fears, but sometimes it takes two persons in the same situation to make a positive change. 

I found this again a marvellous book of the author, I enjoyed every bit of it! And adding several references to Mamma Mia! Was the last extra cherry on top of an amazing cake!