Travel with Dorothea Benton Frank in All Summer Long


When I think of Summer I think of all the places I would like to go.  My dream trips would be to visit Europe more specifically London England, Paris France, and Venice Italy.   I of course would want to take friends with me and visit these sites.  In All SummerLong by Dorothea Benton Frank Nick and Olivia are granted this opportunity through one of Olivia’s clients.  Is this opportunity everything they would hope?

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Synopsis: 

All Summer Long follows one charming New York couple – prominent interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor and true southern gentleman.  They are seemingly polar opposites, yet magnetically drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years.

As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C., Olivia, the ultimate New Yorker, has reservations about the promise she made to retire in the Lowcountry, where Nick wants to return home and lead a more peaceful life.  Nick is ecstatic.  Olivia is not.   She can’t let Nick know that their finances are not what he thought.   Her client list is evaporating, their monetary reserves are dwindling and maybe that house she picked out on Sullivans Island needs too much work.  Thank God, for her assistant, Roni Larini, her right (and sometimes left) hand.

As they find themselves pondering the next step of their lives, Olivia and Nick travel with her billionaire clients and their friends and are swept up into the world of the ultra-rich and explore the globe with a cast of zany eccentrics over one tumultuous, hot summer. (Amazon)

My Thoughts: 

I enjoyed the story.   I would bring this one to the beach. Olivia and Nick are very likable as characters.  The billionaire and his wife are not my favorite characters in this story.   The author does a great job of developing the characters.  I also liked the changing of settings from New York City, to Charleston, to Nantucket, to Spain, and more.  I love to travel and this book has many destinations with interesting results.  I did feel that the story had some pacing issues, but overall a great beach read!

Rating:

4/5
To purchase a copy of Dorothea Benton Frank’s current novel By Invitation Only here.




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