Hotel Portofino

Thank you Blackstone Publishing for this gifted copy.

I’m so excited to start 𝙃𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙤 and I even did a little happy dance when it arrived. This is a book I’ve been anticipating and am quite excited that PBS is making an adaptation. Historical fiction is my favorite genre and this book is set during the exciting Roaring 20s!

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Hotel Portofino has been open for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini's Italy.

To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Great War. All eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian, but events don't go to plan, which will have far reaching consequences for the whole family.

Set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate, and cuisine on British "innocents abroad," perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.

Today is another day of nasty weather here in North Dakota. Right now the roads are snow and ice covered so I’m not sure I’ll even make it to work. I swear this has been our worst winter for traveling anywhere since we’ve moved here. So if I’m stuck home I guess that means I get to read more, and I’m also going to get some meal planning done for this weekend… I should probably do some cleaning too. I’ll share the recipes I pick out in tomorrow’s post!

💬𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫?