This is the first book by this author and really enjoyed it the cover really attracted me and I wasn't let down at all the setting of the book was fantastic and you really thought you were in Italy and love how each chapter starts with a recipe of something the grandfather use to cook gets you really into how close the family were. Full of romance and showing how going somewhere different can change your lifes for the better and show you what you really want also about families and supporting each other. The book is based around three sisters and their family and has you hooked from the first page.
Amanda, Sabrina and Louisa are theee sisters and all very different but all love there family just the same. They especially love their grandfather and sadly he suddenly passes away and they are pulled back together and decide to go to Italy where the grandfather is from and say their goodbyes out there and they know the funeral will be hard but have to do it. Little do they know that going out to a small village in Italy will change all three sisters life's for the better they hope. You have Amanda who is the older sister and has always been protective of her sisters she works in a great restaurant has a great home and a best friend but so Mei get is missing from her life. Then you have Sabrina who lives in LA and her life is full of parties and celebrities but her job is based in an office and her boss isn't very nice and want some her to suffer for her life so can Sabrina take charge and change her life then you have Louisa who dropped out of uni and feels like she is drowned out by the sorters successes but when she goes to Italy will the small village be able to change this for her. All three sisters need to take charge of their lives move forward and can they do this and be happy and can they find romance or not.
Greta read from the first page and highly recommend anyone to read it.

This is an accomplished debut from an incredibly promising author, and had the book been set to a backdrop of sunshine I would be saying its a fabulous poolside / summery read.

For I was reading this during the August heatwave, and what my eagle eyes had failed to spot was the line on the cover saying "Three sister. One Christmas. A whole lot of pastries". which may have given me a clue that this was a wintery title - and I am feeling rather miffed that I have accidentally broken my own vow not to start reading Christmas books until September this year.

For those of you who now me, I am a massive fan of a Christmas book, but yet this despite what I have just said above is not even a typical Christmas book - I certainly don't feel festive - although it is set in winter and around Christmas.

What I have said about isn't meant to be negative despite it potentially coming across that way - what I'm trying to say rather long windedly is this book defied expectations of both a book featuring Christmas and of one featuring pastries!

Now those pastries, and food wow was I getting hungry reading this book, and each chapter even starts with a delicious sounding recipe, and Amanda is an accomplished chef in her own right but she favours her grandparent's recipes. She would love to run her own restaurant if only she was brave enough.

Meanwhile we meet Sabrina who is living LA and managing a top ban, but things aren't as great as them seem, while younger sister Louisa is unfulfilled in her job. The catalyst for change in all of the sisters lives is a rather emotional event that tugged my heartstrings, but on the back of it the action was transported to a small Italian village not far from the Amalfi Coast.

Where the book was appealing before this is where it came alive, as I'm always a fan of stories set in Italy and the descriptions of this village and this coastline in winter, was described really well and I could picture it all so clearly.

The food descriptions were tasty and the three men for the sisters (well it is a romance) are all to die for, incredibly handsome and all seemed just too good to be true - and I couldn't work out which ones I was rooting for more!

This is an enjoyable book of sisters, family and learning to be true to yourself and that bad life events can be turned into huge positives if you look for the silver lining. I am definitely eager to see what this author is going to write next.

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.