Retreat To The Spanish Sun written by Jo Thomas published by Random House UK

When Eliza’s children grew up and flew the nest she downsized to a smaller house. Little did she know that eventually they would all come back to live with her! With an online college deadline looming, Eliza needs to get her final essay written but there just isn’t the room or the head space to do it at home. When she sees an advert for a house sitter, Eliza regards this as a chance to escape her noise, hectic life and find peace and quiet in rural Spain. However, things don’t quite go to plan, and she finds herself looking after the owners’ pigs as well as his finca and his dogs – but it’s given Eliza a new zest for life.

Jo Thomas has done it again! She never disappoints when it comes to story telling – she reels you in from the first page and together you go on a wonderful journey with your new found friends within the pages of the book. If you are a fan of Jo’s you will know that she has an absolute passion of food and cooking, and her love for it is infectious – this books centres around tapas – I am proud to say that I now have a better knowledge of Spanish ham and how the pigs are bred to produce it!

Brilliant book!

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