Eva had been clearing her mum’s house out after her death, her old family home, when she came across a letter addressed to her written by her mum Juliette when Eva was just a baby. Alongside the letter was a box filled with bucket list items that Juliette wanted to do but gave up trying when she fell pregnant with Eva.

Spurred on by the letter and the bucket list, plus the money she has been left in her mum’s will, Eva decides to take a trip around the world. She is safety conscious though and books through a place offering travel companions. Unfortunately, Eva’s companion has to pull out at last minute but organised a replacement for her – Danish Thor Anderson.

Eva and Thor are complete opposites and continuously rub each other up the wrong way. But with this being an important holiday for her Eva is determined to have fun and experience all that the countries have to offer and tick off some of her mum’s hopes and dreams on her bucket list.

If you like romantic comedies and travelling then you will love this book. It is filled to the brim with heart-warming moments that will make you feel all warm and cosy inside. It also has plenty of moment to make you laugh-out-loud.

The book was such a pleasure to read. The locations around the world had me craving to book my next holiday and get out more. The whole atmosphere throughout made me feel happy.

The characters of both Eva and Thor were well developed and it was nice to see two very different people coming together and using their differences to show the other their way of life and that they both excepted change.

From the first chapter to the last I was held to the pages. Ms. Martin has certainly done her research when it came to the countries abroad as you often felt like you were standing in them and experiencing the local delights.

The Summer of Chasing Dreams is a beautiful book that will have you laughing, smiling and feeling uplifted the whole way through and I didn’t want it to end.

About the Author

Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years’ service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds.

She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.

Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine’s competition at the Festival of Romance 2013 with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance 2014. She is the bestselling author of 18 books.