She heads to Jamaica for rest and relaxation and ends up starring in her own tropical rom-com, featuring an ex she can’t escape, and sparks that refuse to stay on holiday 🌴💘
Tori needs a holiday. London is cold and grey, work is manic, and after a regrettable New Year’s Eve hookup with her ex, her best friends won’t stop pushing her onto dating apps. So when a colleague offers Tori the last spot on a Jamaican getaway, she doesn’t take much persuasion.
But paradise comes with a twist. Not only is she forced to share a room with grumpy, recently dumped Robert, but her ex has turned up too, hand-in-hand with his new girlfriend. Ten days in the sun suddenly looks like ten days of torture.
Still, Tori is determined to make the most of her situation. And who knows, with sun-kissed beaches, poolside views, and a charming hotel piano player, this trip might just turn into the escape she didn’t know she needed…
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This book is about a New Year’s Eve that goes spectacularly wrong and sets off a sun-soaked chain of awkward, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt events. Tori begins the year with too much champagne, a brutal hangover, and the horror of waking up next to her deplorable ex. She escapes quickly, convinced things can’t get worse—only to be proven wrong when a last-minute Caribbean trip lands her sharing a room with someone else’s freshly dumped boyfriend, while her smirking ex and his girlfriend turn up too.
Phoebe Macleod leans into the chaos with warmth and humour, placing Tori in one cringe-worthy situation after another while letting her optimism and resilience shine. The alcohol-free resort is a clever contrast to Tori’s disastrous night, and the beach bar scenes add charm and sparkle. Gabriel is an absolute highlight—gentle, intriguing, and refreshingly grounded—while Throbbert brings much-needed comic relief. Any, on the other hand, is spectacularly irritating, though clearly written that way to stir things up.
Light, escapist, and emotionally satisfying, it delivers laughs, second chances, and a thoroughly enjoyable ending.
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