Sunday, December 17, 2017

Reviews by Marina & Jackie: When in Rome by CJ Duggan


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What's the saying again . . . when in Rome, do a Roman?

How did a self-orchestrated gap year turn into a less-than-enthralling lifestyle as a couch potato at her parents' house? Determined to get motivated and join life again, Sammi Shorten books a budget Bellissimo Tour to Rome, the Eternal City. What she hadn't signed up for was being stuck with an eclectic group of binge-drinking foreigners in a bed-bug-infested hostel from hell. Things in Rome really couldn't get much worse . . . could they?

When plans go completely awry Sammi's left with only one place to turn, and it's the one place Sammi really doesn't want to turn - to the man who might very well get her into the worst trouble of all: the gorgeous local tour guide, Marcello Bambozzi.

WHEN IN ROME is the fourth standalone book in CJ Duggan's sassy, sexy new adult series, Heart of the City.



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This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it!
Sammi heads to Italy on a spur of the moment trip! This book made me reminisce about my trip to Italy many years ago! It also reminded me of one of my favourite movies, 'Under the Tuscan sun’.
A beautiful holiday story that will draw you in...make you want to travel.
Sammi was a great character, true to herself and not wanting to really settle for the meager accommodations of her tour. Little did she know that when she meets the gorgeous Marcello, that things may go awry. OH boy, a dilemma happens and what can she do but wait it out. Experience life in the Italian way. This story just tugged at my heart and I fell in love with Marcello, and the things that happened in the story. I wanted to read so much more...but I'm glad to see it ended how it did.
Does Sammi find her way back home?? Is her heart intact?? Or has she left it in Rome??
Read it to find out. This is a real feel good read!!
Paperback Copy received from Hachette Au.
 



 


This is the first book I have read by C.J Duggan and it certainly won’t be the last, when you start a series at book 4 and you give it 4.5 Stars I think that tells you what a great series you have stumbled on. This author bought Rome to life, she describes it perfectly and you feel like you are right there with the characters experiencing life as only Italians can.
Sammie needs a break so she takes a gap year and books herself on a tour to Rome but things don’t go to plan and she finds herself stuck in a hotel with no reason to stay... well that was until she met the hot Italian stranger named Marcello.
If you love steamy romance and cities that come to life this is a must read, I need to go back and read the other books in this series before the next one comes out because I’m sure I will fall in love with every character and every city C.J. Duggan writes about.

Paperback copy received from Hachette Australia for review.





C.J Duggan is an Internationally Number One Best Selling Author who lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia. When she isn't writing books about swoony boys and 90's pop culture you will find her renovating her hundred-year-old Victorian homestead or annoying her local travel agent for a quote to escape the chaos. The Boys of Summer is Book One in her highly successful New Adult Romance Series.
Follow C.J on her website: www.cjdugganbooks.com



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