Wednesday, 9 March 2016
The Other Side Of Morning by Joanna Lambert
Release Date: 8th March 2014
Publisher: Thornberry Publishing UK
Publisher: Thornberry Publishing UK
Genres: Romance
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Fashion
designer Thérèse D’Alesandro has recently moved into Higher Padbury Manor with
daughter Felica and stepson Marco. Joining forces with Ella Benedict’s
exclusive functions venue Lawns at Little Court, she is about to open a bridal
boutique.
Working
in London where he manages his father’s European restaurant chain, Marco has
both the looks and charm to guarantee him any woman; any woman, that is, except
the one he wants: Ella’s niece Charlotte. Marco knows he should walk away as
she’s already involved with rock star Christian Rosetti and is the most rude
and argumentative female he has ever encountered, but Charlotte has sparked
strong feelings within him; feelings which despite her attitude, he senses she
is also experiencing.
Recently
returned from abroad and now working for her father’s record company, Lucy
Benedict has discovered Christian’s guilty secrets – ones he has been keeping
safely hidden from her cousin Charlotte. Determined to cause mischief and at
the same time settle her own score with the arrogant star, she sets in motion a
chain of events which sees Charlotte eventually beginning a relationship with
Marco.
Rossana
Caravello, the D’Alesandros’s newly-arrived house guest, is due to inherit the
one of Italy’s premier vineyards on her eighteenth birthday. Aware they
would make an excellent addition to her husband Gianlucca’s international business
portfolio and eager to bring them into his possession, Thérèse sets about
engineering a match between Rossana and Marco, determined nothing will stand in
her way… including Charlotte.
From
rural West Somerset to the glorious rolling landscape of Tuscany and the
Italian Lakes THE OTHER SIDE OF MORNING is a story of love, betrayal, deception
and ultimate sacrifice.
Charlotte Kendrick knows that her relationship with rock god Christian
Rosetti is on a downward spiral. He has turned into an obnoxious,
overbearing male diva. Charlotte is feeling very confused and this is
further compounded by the arrival of Marco D'Alesandro. He is quiet and
unassuming and totally unaware of the effect he has on the female
population. Charlotte attempts to fight the attraction she feels for
him. His stepmother however has big plans for Marco in the form of
Rosanna, a young Italian heiress.
I totally loved this book. I first met the characters when I read Between Today and Yesterday and
fell in love with them then. It was great to see how some of them have
moved forward with their lives and matured. That being said, The Other
Side of Morning can be read as a stand alone book. Again Joanna Lambert
has woven a complex web of love, passion and a cracking story with the
next generation in this music dynasty! Full of interesting characters,
strong and smart women and a couple of villainous females who are intent
on doing whatever it takes to get their own way, this wonderful family
saga will have you engrossed and you will be hooked from page one.
Charlotte and Marco's attraction jumps right off the page and I think I
might have a new book boyfriend! That man is hot! And rich! And did I
mention hot?
Through The Other Side of Morning, Joanna Lambert takes us into a world
of wealth and the sort of privileged lifestyle we can only dream about.
But, even the wealthy are not immune to having their heart broken. And,
they don't always get their own way. Marco's stepmother Therese was
delightfully wicked and just the sort of character every book needs -
someone we love to hate! I'd highly recommend The Other Side of Morning.
*This review first appeared on my blog in 2014.
ABOUT JOANNA LAMBERT
Born
and raised in rural Wiltshire, Jo grew up with a love of books and a vivid
imagination. As a child she enjoyed creating her own stories and reading them
to her friends. College, work and eventually marriage meant writing was kept
very much as a hobby. Her career as a board level PA eventually moved into
management and it wasn’t until 2009 that she finally realised her long term
goal of publishing her first novel - When
Tomorrow Comes.
Juggling
work and writing, three other connected books - Love Lies and Promises, The Ghost of You and Me and Between Today and Yesterday - followed.
They became collectively known as the Little Court Series.
In 2013 she decided to give up full time work to concentrate on her writing. Two books have been written since - The Other Side of Morning, which finally wrapped up the Little Court Series and Summer Moved On, book one of a two-part love story set in South Devon. Although you can find her characters in glamorous locations like Italy, Grand Cayman, Bali and Australia, the core of her writing remains with village life, an environment she knows and loves. When she isn’t writing, she reviews for Hodder and Stoughton, Brook Cottage Books and NetGalley. Jo lives in a village on the eastern edge of Bath with her husband, one small grey feline called Mollie and a green MGB GT. She loves travel, red wine and rock music.
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