Book Review - Sleepless in Sicily by Emma Jackson - #HolidayReading Summer 2022

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Title: Sleepless in Sicily

Author: Emma Jackson

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Orion Dash

Publication Date: 29th July 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

Under the starry Italian skies, anything can happen...

For most women, getting locked into a storeroom with movie star and undeniable heartthrob Rowan during a pre-production shoot in London would be the stuff of dreams. But for shy makeup artist Lila, it's more like a nightmare. It doesn't matter that Rowan is kind, easy to talk to and even more gorgeous up close. With her social anxiety, she can't bear the idea of being embroiled in gossip and rumours about what exactly they were doing together.

More scandal is also not an option for outspoken Rowan, whose agency is threatening to drop him if he doesn't toe the line. After the two make their escape, they promise to keep the incident a secret, and when they meet again on set in stunning Sicily, they pretend not to know each other. But between the blue skies and sizzling Italian heat, it becomes impossible to ignore the attraction simmering between them...

Lila and Rowan couldn't be more different... but can they find a way to bring their worlds together?

For fans of Sandy Barker, Mandy Baggot and Samantha Parks, Sleepless in Sicily is the perfect summer holiday read.

Eye opening novel that deals with social anxiety in great detail, but also sensitively. 

For it is what main character Lila is dealing with the entire time and we can see just how it shapes her every interaction with everyone. 

Well apart from with Rowan who is on paper not a great match, given he is from a completely different world, and a movie star at that, but he is also salt of the earth, one of my favourite characters in a long while. 

Certainly my latest book boyfriend, I absolutely loved the guy and only wanted good things for him. 

I loved life on a film set, on location in Sicily and seeing how Lila deals with everything, despite being very far out of her comfort zone is inspiring. 

I devoured this book in an afternoon, poolside while on holiday and thought it was certainly a fantastic holiday read. 

Thank you to Orion Dash and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.