It Started With A Note - Victoria Cooke

Blurb

Superhero single mum Cath always puts other people first. But now that she’s seen her son safely off to university (phew!), life seems a little, well…empty.

So when Cath unexpectedly discovers some letters written by her great-grandfather during the First World War, she decides to take herself on an adventure to France to retrace his footsteps.

Cath expects to spend her holiday visiting famous battlefields and testing out her French phrase book. What she doesn’t anticipate is that her tour guide, the handsome Olivier, will be quite so charming! Soon Cath isn’t simply unearthing the stories of the past – she’s writing a brand new one of her own, which might end up taking her in a very unexpected direction…

Review

Cath's is forever putting everyone else's needs ahead of her own but now her son has left for university and fed up of being a butler to her bone idle jobless brother, she decides enough is enough and its time to do something for herself. She heads to France to retrace her great grandfathers steps (a solider in WWI), nervous to be travelling alone but excited to discover the wonder a new place can offer. She doesn't expect sparks to fly with the handsome tour guide Oliver... will this adventure be more life changing than anticipated?

This novel is perfectly balanced fun, laughter-inducing and uplifting. The blend of romance and WWI history is insightful and enlightening. A perfect read with great characters the prove sometimes it is good to step out of your comfort zone.

Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for sending me this in exchange for an open and honest review.

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