Under a Siena Sun by T.A. Williams
Lucy
needed a change of scene. She didn’t expect the change of a
lifetime.
Doctors
Without Borders has been Lucy
Young’s life for the past
four years. After being rescued from a conflict zone, she’s making
a change from saving lives under gunfire to practising medicine in
safe, serene Siena.
Now
treating wealthy patients at a private clinic, she's never felt less
comfortable. She’s used to helping those in dire need – not those
in need of a nip and tuck. Her turmoil grows when she encounters
injured tennis star David
Lorenzo, whose smiles make Lucy
forget her aversion to the rich.
She’s
soon falling for the sportsman but is she losing herself in this
world of excess? All she’s ever wanted was to help the
underprivileged, so can her future lie in Siena at the clinic –
with David?
This
sunny romance is the perfect summer escape for fans of Lucy Coleman
and Alex Brown.
This is the second novel I've read by T.A.Williams and again I'm
blown away by the descriptive narrative and the gorgeous Italian
backdrop.
After her dramatic rescue from her medical clinic base in The
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lucy Young's relief to be safe
and sound is palpable. As a busy doctor, she badly needed a holiday
after her gruelling workload in DRC, but knew it would only take a
few days before she'd get itchy feet again. After visiting her
parents in the UK, she flew to Tuscany to attend her friend's
wedding. Meeting up with her childhood friends leads to an unexpected
job offer. The position conflicts with her personal views but she
acknowledges it would allow her to fulfil some personal goals. After
much soul-searching she accepts the job and buys a home, only to
discover she's already met her mysterious neighbour…
The author has a wonderful way of incorporating enticing
descriptions of the featured locations as well as introducing us to
dynamic and intelligent protagonists. As a doctor who has worked for
Medicin Sans Frontieres for many years, Lucy is both passionate and
compassionate about her work and the patients she treats. In
comparison, David Lorenzo has earned millions as a professional
tennis player, who is struggling to accept his injuries can't heal
sufficiently to resume his career. For two people from differing
backgrounds and unlike views of the world, I enjoyed how they
interacted to find common ground and how both had to compromise to
find a solution to keep their relationship intact.
The secondary characters surrounding Lucy and David add to the
ambience of Siena and the surrounding Tuscan countryside as does the
inclusion of the mouthwatering meals and drinks enjoyed by them all.
Boris the black Labrador and his numerous siblings are an
adorable inclusion and highlight how animals are an invaluable
asset in forging friendships between their owners….eh, humans!
Overall, Under A Siena Sun is a delightful novel allowing the
reader to escape to a beautiful part of the world. If you enjoy
reading thought-provoking romances between intriguing characters,
you'll love this and other books written by T.A. Williams.
***arc generously received courtesy of the publisher Canelo via
NetGalley***
I’m a man. And a pretty old man as well. I did languages at
university a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and
Switzerland before going to Italy for seven years as a teacher of
English. My Italian wife and I then came back to the UK with our
little daughter (now long-since grown up) where I ran a big English
language school for many years. We now live in a sleepy little
village in Devonshire. I’ve been writing almost all my life but it
was only seven years ago that I finally managed to find a publisher
who liked my work enough to offer me my first contract.
The fact that I
am now writing romantic comedy is something I still find hard to
explain. My early books were thrillers and historical novels. Maybe
it’s because there are so many horrible things happening in the
world today that I feel I need to do my best to provide something to
cheer my readers up. My books provide escapism to some gorgeous
locations, even if travel to them is currently difficult.
Website:
www.tawilliamsbooks.com
