Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #33 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.
Length: 384 pages.
Genre: Family Life
Note: This book is also publishing under the title Summer Wedding. I’ll be featuring this book in my upcoming Who Wears it Better? feature in May 2023.
From The Publisher:
A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape…
Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn’t been quite so successful. Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained, but that’s about to be rectified. Engaged yet again, Catherine is counting on this wedding to be what finally brings them together as a family, and she’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen.
Adeline doesn’t know what’s worse—that her mother is getting married a fourth time, or that she’s being guilted into witnessing the train wreck at Catherine’s luxury villa in Corfu. It brings back the pain of her parents’ split, of her mother’s infidelity and the baby that was the result. Not that she blames her half sister, Cassie, but then she’s never made an effort to know her, either.
Cassie, on the other hand, is thrilled by her mother’s news and admires Catherine’s resilience. She’s equally excited about meeting the mystery groom, and at the prospect of spending her summer in Corfu, where she can process a secret of her own she’s been keeping from everyone.
As Cassie and Adeline arrive on the island, they each have very different expectations of what this week will bring—they haven’t been entirely honest with their mother about their lives, either—but in the lead-up to the wedding, all will be revealed, for better or worse.
Why I Can’t Wait to Read The Island Villa:
Sarah Morgan is an auto-read author for me and I’ve enjoyed more than a dozen of her books. I love books about family particularly as well as in places I’d like to visit. I can’t wait to read this book which currently has a 4.45 rating on Goodreads.
Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!
Other Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:
Can’t Wait Wednesday #32 – Meet Me At The Lake
Can’t Wait Wednesday #31 – The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Can’t Wait Wednesday #30 – Happy Place
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
I used to always see this author’s books when I worked at a bookstore and always wanted to read them. I need to pick one up! Hope you get your hands on it soon!
thathappyreader
Thanks Lisa!
Molly | Transatlantic Notes
It’s lovely when we find an author whose work we consistently enjoy and will make sure we read whenever something new comes out; I feel that way about Cherie Dimaline and Celeste Ng! Thanks for the review of this book, it sounds pretty good and like a nice read to tackle!
thathappyreader
Thanks Molly. This is not a review though. Only a preview of a book I’m excited to read.
Wendy
Sarah Morgan is so talented. I have this on my TBR too.
thathappyreader
I agree Wendy! I’m sure we’ll both enjoy it. 😊
Carla
I feel the same way as you do about Sarah Morgan. I also have this book on my TBR and finally got approved for it this week, it had been pending for quite awhile.