#Review #BlogTour The Holiday Escape @Heidi_Swain @ BookMinxSJV

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Holiday Escape by Heidi Swain.

I would like to thank Sara Jade-Virtue @TeamBATC for having me on the tour.

I’m a firm Swainette and really love delving into the escapism and loveliness that are her books. This particular one is a standalone from her Wynbridge and Nightingale Square series and it utterly wonderful.

In The Holiday Escape we meet Ally, who runs a holiday retreat with her dad in Kittiwake Cove. Although Hollyhock Cottage is most peoples’ ideal world, for Ally she feels trapped. She stayed to run the business with her dad when her mum suddenly passed away, but she feels like she wants more. She loves to travel and in particular loves Barcelona. So when she goes for a holiday for a week she feels hopeful. She has a wonderful holiday fling with Logan and comes back feeling guilt and leaving him (without telling him her real name) but rejuvenated.

When Logan turns up for a long stay rental at Hollyhock Cottage, Ally’s world implodes. When it turns out Logan has some secrets of his own, can Ally make it happen with the man she feels a deep connection with? Or will a base of lies come to haunt her?

Swain has the most wonderful knack of not only setting a brilliant background (in Kittiwake Cove), but in all characters, be they main ones or locals who you dip in and out of. I wanted to move there myself and have a drink in the local pub. I loved Ally’s relationship with her dad, her family was so important to her that she put her own life on hold indefinitely to support her grieving father.

The burn and fizz of the attraction between Logan and Ally was just lovely to read. I was so rooting for them. I could have banged their heads together at times as I wanted them to resolve things!

As with every Swain book, there are layers that are much deeper than you would think of a chic lit story. She peels them back slowly and you become more invested in each character with every new reveal.

This is the perfect read for summer. It will leave you with the warm fuzzies and that feel-good factor that is a must for an escapist read.

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You can purchase your copy here: Amazon UK

About the author:

Heidi Swain is a Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling author who writes feel good fiction for Simon and Schuster. She releases two books a year (early summer and winter) and the stories all have a strong sense of community, family and friendship. She is currently writing books set in three locations – the Fenland town of Wynbridge, Nightingale Square in Norwich and Wynmouth on the Norfolk coast, as well as summer standalone titles.

Heidi lives in beautiful west Norfolk. She is passionate about gardening, the countryside, collecting vintage paraphernalia and reading. Her tbr pile is always out of control!

Heidi loves to chat with her readers and you can get in touch via her website or on social media.