The Summer Villa

Favorite Quotes: Abandoned in the toilets at Connolly train station in the center of Dublin almost thirty years ago, she’d barely been breathing when she was found by a curious Irish Rail cleaner, who heard a noise from inside the ladies. There he found an infant, scarcely a few hours old, and had ca......more

This book was absolutely fantastic. It had the warmth of the friendship on the surface and a pot of bubbling secrets deep underneath. I loved the way author Melissa Hill lulled me to a level of comfort before pulling the rug from under my feet when the truth started revealing itself. One by one. Thr......more

It feels like it's been forever since I last read a book by Melissa Hill, so I was delighted to get the chance to read this one. Set both 6 years ago and in the present day, we see how the lives of 3 women change, from their first summer together at the Villa Dolce Vita. We have Kim, who is trying to......more

Three friends, Kim, Colette and Annie head to Dolce Vita in Italy separately but end up finding friendship. Through the course of several years, their lives go in different directions. When the get together again, Colette and Annie see how Kim made what was a lost cause to what is now a gorgeous ret......more

Three women needing to get away - American Kim, English Colette and Irish Annie. One crumbling villa - their destination Three friendships born. And relationships? Six years later, the friends, scattered across the world, meet up again for a reunion, masked as the launch of a new business venture, that......more