Escape to the French Riviera, Helga Jensen
Escape to the French Riviera, Helga Jensen
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Escape to the French Riviera

Author: Helga Jensen

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 02/20/2025

Categories: Fiction, Romance


Synopsis

When aspiring author Lucy attends a rich friend’s 50th birthday party in glamorous Monaco, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Heartsore after a broken marriage, she is not looking for love so when she meets Elias, and he offers to take her sailing on his employer's boat, she agrees only as research for the book she desperately wants to write. They bond over their adult children - who seem to want to clip their wings and force them into living like pensioners - and the chemistry is undeniable. But is he all he seems? And is she ready to trust again?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 11, 2025

Lucy and Elias have both found themselves on the wrong side of 50 as well as being on their own. This is their story, their meeting, the goings on about trusting each other, their children and possibly their future together? I really enjoyed that this book is about older characters (still marginally......more

Goodreads review by Emily on April 09, 2026

Nice easy read, I could really visualise the places that they were in......more

Goodreads review by Jayne on May 12, 2026

Loved this book, warming and summery. Loved the characters even the children of the lovers! I felt that I’d been on holiday in France. It is a must read.......more

Goodreads review by Mel on March 01, 2026

This is a sweet, cosy, and at times infuriating second-chance, later-in-life romance. Lucy and Elias have to navigate secrets, trust, a jealous ex, and teenage children who want to keep them apart in order to maybe find their happily ever after. I really enjoyed this book, especially the description......more