The Hotel Riviera

A enjoyable bit of fluff. Full of loving descriptions of the hotel and the food the main character prepares. Makes you want to go to the south of France.

The pink cover and romance sticker on the spine had me worried that this one was a sappy romance, but while there was romance, this was more of a thriller with romance thrown in, which worked for me. The chapters that are in first person from the protagonist's perspective were annoying, enough that I was not really rooting for her for the rest of the book, but I liked Miss Nightingale a lot. The climax was also a bit awkward, maybe because there was not enough character development for the critical players in this scene, so that the resolution seems weakly supported. But, for a book shelved at my library as a romance, this was still a fun read.

A nice light read made for beach reading, but with enough intrigue and suspicious charcters that you don't drown in sentimentality. Enjoyable, but nothing to write home about.

Although primarily a 'romance' book, this had a nice setting and was reasonably well written.

It was formulaic, but I quite enjoyed it
The reader, Carrington MacDuffie was very good

Another great read from Elizabeth Alder. A really wonderfully warm, romantic, slightly mysterious read with great characters. I really enjoyed reading this, and was sad to see it end! I would defiantly recommend this book to everyone.