Books by Santa Montefiore
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review 1: I enjoyed this book. I'm not a fan of romance novels, but the supernatural element in this one was intriguing and kept the pace moving. I also enjoyed the setting, and most of the characters were well-developed. The ending was a little "safe," but I think it kept the story fro...
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review 1: This story is also called 'The House by the Sea'(in England). It is the first one I have read by Santa Montefiore and it made me want to read more of her books. The story describes two separate lives, which are eventually linked together. The story is beautifully told with lavi...
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review 1: I enjoyed this book. I have not read anything by Santa Montefiore so will be keeping my eye out for some more books. I learnt more about bees than I ever knew before, which wasn't much and research had clearly been done - at least it sounded to me like the author know what they...
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review 1: Okay, this novel was extremely predictable in terms of character development and plot, but nevertheless, it is worth reading. Gardening and nurturing the soil brings its own kind of magic into the world. This is a love story- all kinds of love between characters, a love story b...
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review 1: this is actually titled the summer house as well - just to confuse u! antoinette's world has fallen apart. her husband has died in a ski-ing accident aged 58. he was everything to her and she knew him better than she knew herself - or so she thought then at the funeral a girl cal...
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review 1: I marked it four stars but I would prefer three and a half. although in the end I liked the story I had a very difficult time with the ghost who was one of the main characters. I bought the book because it was set in Ireland , my favorite country. Ellen Trawton runs away from h...
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review 1: The book is a romance -- not great literature, but altogether satisfactory beach reading. There are two stories, apparently unrelated and the reader is left guessing at how they will eventually prove to be one story. Not everyone turns out to be who they seem to be, which causes...
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review 1: This heartfelt tale, set in Tuscany, Italy and Devon, England spans 4 decades and tells two distinct tales of love and betrayal, only to find the tales joined at the end in blissful forgiveness and reunion. Marina has a dark secret, and Rafa is not all that he pretends to be - h...
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review 1: Although it irks me I can forgive a book where the leading characters are an extremely rich devilishly handsome mid life crisis rake from the city, and an (of course blonde and willowy and still beautiful) woman likened to a sugared almond - sweet as sugar on the outside and hard...
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review 1: Compared to the writer's books like "The forget-me-not sonata" and "Meet me under the umbu tree", I found this story rather superficial and the plot quite thin. The story has been amply described in other reviews, so I will not elaborate on that. It tells about Angelica, a wri...
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review 1: De franse tuinman, een romantisch verhaal, een verhaal wat je aan het denken zet over het leven.In de franse tuinman heeft miranda claybourne grootse plannen met de tuin van het landhuis waar ze met haar man en kinderen is gaan wonen. Ze begint vol enthousiasme al moet ze snel to...
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review 1: The descriptions of the English gardens was lovely. The story itself was an unrealistic love story. I guess I have no feel for them anymore. Jean-Paul was sent to the English countryside by his parents, hoping that would help him grow up so he could then run the family wine estat...
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review 1: This book has been disappointing to say the least. I loved the older books by this author, namely "Meet me under the Ombu tree" , "forget me not sonata" , "the butterfly box" and " the swallow and the hummingbird". I remember that those books were beautiful and lyrical, touching ...
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review 1: NOPE. I grabbed this book from my work office's book exchange, and should have read the title as a big red flag. First off, I'm not too into romance or chick lit. But my biggest problem with this book is that all the clever phrases and quotes and jokes felt really familiar. Famil...
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review 1: I received The Beekeeper's Daughter to review from Simon and Schuster. I haven't read anything by Santa Montefiore before. To be honest, I was sceptical at first. However it is beautifully written. The main storyline moves between 1930s Dorset and Massachusetts in the early 70s. ...