Today I’m delighted to be spotlighting a sparkling contemporary romance from Olivia Lara, author of Someday in Paris.
About the Book
What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend’s phone holds the directions to true love?
‘Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend’s phone?’
‘He left it in my car. You must be the blonde in the red dress? I’m the Lift driver who dropped you two off earlier.’
And with these words, the life of the brunette and t-shirt wearing Maya Maas is turned upside down. Having planned to surprise her boyfriend, she finds herself single and stranded in an unknown city on her birthday.
So when the mystery driver rescues Maya with the suggestion that she cheers herself up at a nearby beach town, she jumps at the chance to get things back on track. She wasn’t expecting a personalised itinerary or the easy companionship that comes from opening up to a stranger via text, let alone the possibility it might grow into something more…
Olivia’s latest novel, The Meeting Point has been hailed by Goodreads reviewers as ‘a cute and romantic story’ with a page-turning quality and fluid writing style.
Protagonist Maya Maas is having the WORST day. A narcissistic author has refused her interview meaning she’s been unceremoniously fired from job. Deciding to surprise her boyfriend David, she flies to San Francisco only to call him and have David’s Lyft driver – Max – pick up the phone. David has left his phone in Max’s car – shortly after vacating it accompanied by a hot blonde that was a) definitely not Maya and b) definitely not ‘just a friend’.
Heartbroken and jobless, Maya is in need of help – and fortunately for her Max is happy to oblige. Using his knowledge of the area, Max and Maya begin a text conversation that leads to a personal itinerary and a growing friendship. But is Max everything he seems to be? Or is the possibility of love at first text too good to be true?
About the Author
Born and raised in Romania, in a family of book lovers and storytellers, Olivia studied marketing, communications, photography, and worked as a journalist for a newspaper and news television network.
An unapologetic citizen of the world, she spent a few years in Greece, Sweden, France, before settling in sunny California with her photographer husband and daughter, where she works in marketing and writes. Oh, and let’s not forget the ever-growing menagerie that completes the family: Pumpkin—a Maine Coon mix, three black cats and a siamese kitten.
When she’s not writing or thinking about writing, she reads (across all genres), watches old movies and collects vintage books, vinyl records, and eerie paintings.
SOMEDAY IN PARIS, her debut, published by Aria Fiction/Head of Zeus in May 2020 became a B&N, Apple, Kobo and Amazon Top 100 Bestseller and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards in 2021. Her second novel, THE MEETING POINT, is set to be published as an e-book on September 2, 2021, in paperback on December 2, 2021 in the UK and on March 2, 2022 in the US.
Find Out More!
The Meeting Point sounds like a really fun read for lovers of contemporary romance and will be on tour with The Write Reads until 05 September – so be sure to check out the hashtags #TheMeetingPoint, #TheWriteReads and #UltimateBlogTour to find reviews, content, and more!
The book is published as an e-book on 02 September 2021 and in paperback on 02 December 2021 (in the UK – the US paperback is coming on 02 March 2022) – just in time to make it onto your holiday or autumnal reading lists!
You can also find out more about Olivia’s books – and her upcoming work – on her website, or by following her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
The Meeting Point by Olivia Lara is published by Aria Fiction/Head of Zeus and is available to pre-order now from all good booksellers and online retailers including Hive, Bookshop.org, and Waterstones.
If you can, please support a local indie bookshop by ordering from them either in person or online! Some of my favourites include Booka Bookshop, The Big Green Bookshop, Sam Read Booksellers, Book-ish, Scarthin Books, and Berts Books.
My thanks go to The Write Reads for organising and inviting me onto this blog tour! There are lots of other reviews and spotlights on the tour so follow the hashtags #TheMeetingPoint, #TheWriteReads and #UltimateBlogTour for more reviews and content!
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