Perfume Paradiso

- Blurb -

Piedmont, the height of summer. Bee can' t wait to conclude the biggest deal of her life. An ambitious young city girl, she' s at the top of her game as a perfumier. Her heart is set on making an international success of her new fragrance -- which means she has lavender fields to buy. And so Bee arrives in the sleepy town of Lavandula. It' s gloriously picturesque with its ice-cream parlours and cobbled streets, but from the get-go, this Italian adventure doesn' t go quite according to plan. A sudden downpour and twisted ankle get Bee off on the wrong foot with Alessandro - an infuriatingly arrogant local entrepreneur - and soon it feels like he' s thwarting her at every turn. Until one day, Bee' s host, the elderly and charming Umberto, suggests a road trip out to some faraway lavender fields. A trip that unexpectedly throws Alessandro and Bee together. As the heat rises, so does the tension in Alessandro' s vintage sports car - tension that' s broken only by encounters with a racing cyclist and a wedding party. After an impromptu night in the mountains, Bee' s life will never be the same again. . . but Alessandro is an enigma - and where does that leave Bee' s dreams of world domination on a grand and perfumed scale? ' Has a flirtatious charm and incredible feel good vibe that fizzes throughout. . . fresh and radiant, and brimming with a wonderful optimism' - Little Bookness Lane' Like a perfect glass of Buck' s Fizz: bubbly, effervescent with a cool sharp tang. I loved it' - Shaz' s Book Blog