A Wedding in Provence: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

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However, we do get to enjoy the development of the relationship between the young nanny and her charges, as they go from wary to not wanting her to ever go.

I absolutely loved the story and the way it was told, and was totally invested in the family. I'd love to know what happens next. ' I’m not usually a fan of children in fiction, but here Katie Fforde made me care about Félicité, Henri and Stéphie as they have distinct personalities and voices. PDF / EPUB File Name: A_Wedding_in_Provence_-_Katie_Fforde.pdf, A_Wedding_in_Provence_-_Katie_Fforde.epubAlexandra is on her way from London to finishing school in Switzerland when she stops off in Paris for 24 hours. Whilst sightseeing she meets Donna. Alexandra comes to Donna’s rescue as her bag of shopping splits and she helps her to carry the escaped vegetables! Little does Alexandra know this small Good Samaritan act will change the trajectory of her life. Also, please tell me I’m not the only one that was getting all The Sound of Music vibes? Hello Captain Von Trapp aka Antoine! *sighs* (again!) It’s the whole saying so much without saying anything, isn’t it? Hello to The Look! Words are so underrated! I normally love anything written by Katie Fforde but this one didn’t work its usual magic for me. It’s the story of Alexandra, a 20 year old orphan who manages to fall into a job as a nanny to three children in Provence. Alexandra is a lovely character and her relationship with the three children is lovely although slightly reminiscent of The Sound of Music. The Chateau where they live is almost a character in itself and definitely feels like a real place that I can imagine visiting and the surrounding area of Provence is also well detailed. There are a host of other characters who are all lively and interesting in different ways too. She's offered the job but it's not quite what she expected, it's for the position of a nanny and it's not in Paris, it's in Provence!

Set in the early 60s, a chance meeting in Paris will change 20-year-old Alexandra’s life… at least for the summer. Oh come on, I can’t give all the story away! The story begins in late summer 1963. Alexandra is 20 years old having being orphaned very young. She had had a comfortable life and had nannies and later companions to guide her through the years after family decided to support her from afar. She has just completed a cookery course and made good friends. Not a way-wood way of life but unconventional. Her family from afar have decided that she should go finishing in Switzerland. Reluctantly she goes, stopping in Paris en route. she makes a new friend and helps her out with a dinner party taking the opportunity to stay in Paris a bit longer. She gets to hear about a job and decides that this would be the perfect opportunity to putting her cooking skills to good use and getting to stay in Paris a bit longer. Having decided, at Donna’s insistence, to spend a little longer than the planned 24 hours in Paris, Donna tells her about a job in Paris an acquaintance is looking to fill. When she goes for the interview she has to lie about her age as it is for a nanny position to three children and she is only 20! The only nannying experience she has had is that of her own nannies who brought her up after her parents died.This aside, I would still recommend this book and I would definitely read another Katie Fforde having enjoyed so many of her previous books. It’s 1963 and free-spirited heiress Alexandra has 24 hours in Paris before jumping on a train bound for finishing school in Switzerland. She bumps into Donna outside the Sacré Coeur, and there begins a chain of events that leads her to gaining employment from the handsome Le Comte de Belleville. He has ‘dark eyes fringed with long lashes’ and a ‘mouth that curled at the corners’. It comes as no surprise that she finds him ‘almost impossible not to fall in love with’.

I had to give it three stars as I didn't feel the plot was entirely original, a Chateau instead of a castle, a gay friend and fellow employee, dressing the house and having a traditional Christmas and skating on the lake and even relations concerned that they should inherit.

This bohemian story rolls along energetically, hardly pausing for breath, a cast of colourful characters gathering in the chateau as the story builds. This was your typical Hannah/Laura buddy read where the planned reading schedule goes to pot on the first night *snorts*. So, after a trying week at work I had a date with my sofa and the book on the Saturday and I wasn’t moving!