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The Olive Branch

By: Jo Thomas
Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
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Escape to Italy with The Olive Branch. The irresistibly romantic new novel from Jo Thomas, award-winning author of e-book runaway best-seller The Oyster Catcher.

It's amazing what you can buy online these days: memorabilia, fashion accessories, a crumbling Italian farmhouse...

After a Prosecco-fuelled girls' night in gets out of hand, Ruthie Collins awakes to discover that she has bid for her dream Italian home online - and won. Recently out of a relationship, a new start is just what she needs. Anything is better than sleeping on her mum's settee.

But arriving in Southern Italy, Ruthie doesn't know the first thing about running an olive farm. And with new neighbours - the tempestuous Marco Bellanouvo and his fiery family - to contend with, all Ruthie wants is to go back home.

Life can change with the click of a mouse. But all good things - friendship, romance, and even the olive harvest - take time to grow. Can Ruthie finally put the past to rest and find her own piece of the Dolce Vita along the way?

©2015 Jo Thomas (P)2015 Headline Digital Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Italy Comedy Feel-Good

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After really enjoying the Oyster CatcherI thought I'd try another of Up Thomas's books. The Olive Branch storyline was; broken relationship, took a risk and went far away to a new life. Struggled against adversity but love conquers all! Disappointed as this was too similar a storyline to the Oyster Catcher therefore not engaging.

A bit formulaic

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That's s us a story of escaping to Italy to try and make a new start. I would think mainly appeals to women. Light hearted and entertaining.

Worth a listen. It is a light hearted story of escapism to try a new life (which I am sure we have all thought about).

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I so enjoyed this book . It has great humour ,romance and I was there in the vineyard
With them . A delightful story .

Beautifully read by Rachel Atkins

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a woman finds herself in a broken marriage and throwing caution to the wind buys a house in Italy.
at first the locals do not accept her. but then she finds a man who is first hostile because she bought the home his family was supposed to own.
A happy ending though.

great listen

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I loved this story. lovely and light. easy to listen to. interesting and intreguing. I can see myself in it.

loved it

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Very predictable, and with a nice "taste" of Italy.
Definitely chick-lit but a good and pleasant read.

Summer reading

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Loved it. Couldnt sop listening. Perfect for my holiday once my books were finished

Lovely story

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lovely story with really nice reader, could easily picture myself in Italy. very wishful thinking at present!

very engaging Story

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Jo Thomas writes very good stories set in different parts of the world, and although they all seem to follow a similar format, they are all highly entertaining, with individual, very real characters. I especially loved Late Summer at the Chateau, and the stories set on Winter Island and in Lapland, but this one is very good too. The bonus of reading Jo’s books is that I am much better informed about reindeer herding, wine making and olive oil production, and the countries where these things happen. Of course the writer can research these things, but how on earth does she get so accurately and descriptively into the nature and character of the individual people in these places? I am going to work my way through all of Jo’s books, and then wait impatiently for her next one. Absolutely brilliant narration too!

Fabulous again!

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I really loved listening to this audiobook, yes the storyline was a bit predictable, but it was told in such a lovely way , she had me yearning for the italian food, wanting to visit a little Italian village and wanting to taste the olive oil( of which I’m not really a fan)
By the time the story was coming to a close, I was wishing it would never end.

A wonderful Italian romance

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