Book Review - That Holiday In France by Rhoda Baxter

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Title: That Holiday in France

Author: Rhoda Baxter

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Self published

Publication Date: 1st June 2020

Rating: 5 Stars

When Ellie’s boyfriend forbids her from going to France to attend her best friend’s wedding, she decides she’s had enough. She dumps him and goes to France by herself. But travelling alone is scary and Ellie realises how reliant she’d become on the men in her life.

On holiday, she learns to trust her own judgement and grows in confidence. Just when she decides she doesn’t need a man to complete her, she meets Ash, who is everything her ex wasn’t.

But is Ellie willing to give up her new found independence and link herself to another man?

• Friends to lovers
• Heroine asserting her independence
• Summer in France
• Tiny puddings

That Holiday In France is a standalone story set in the little Yorkshire village of Trewton Royd (and France). Ideal for fans of Mhairi McFarlane or Sophie Kinsella.

I love Rhoda Baxter's Trewton Royd Romances and it was good to be back in the Yorkshire village and also in France on this occasion.

Although if you didn't know the title of the book, you would be wondering whether Ellie is even going to get to Sophie's wedding, you see the reactions of her boyfriend, Luke and father to the thought of her daring to want to go abroad. 

To say they are xenophobic racists, and control freaks would be an understatement, and its amazing that Ellie as lovely as she is given the influences in her life.

Yet its once she does get to France, along with Ash who she sort of knows but not know, she has life changing realisations. I loved the France section of the story, and would have loved to have been to Sophie's wedding too, even if camping in a tent isn't quite for me! 

I can't believe how quickly I read this, it was one sitting in about 90 mins from cover to cover, I was enjoying it so much and I had time to just keep reading. It was an entertaining summery read that warmed me up on a cold winters night, and had me smiling. 

Another incredibly enjoyable book from Rhoda Baxter, and already looking forward to whatever she releases next. 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,