The Island Getaway The Island Getaway

The Island Getaway

escape the winter blues with this brand new sun-soaked read

    • 4.7 • 3 Ratings
    • £7.99
    • £7.99

Publisher Description

Get some sun this month with The Island Getaway by Lucy Diamond ☀️

'A slice of escapism ... temptingly conjured up' THE TIMES


The dream holiday just got complicated . . .


On the sun-drenched island of Kefalonia, the new arrivals at The Ionian Escape hotel are hoping for a break from everyday life. But some of them are bringing a lot of baggage . . .

Disgraced TV star Miranda Vallance feels like the worst person in the world. Her sister won't speak to her and her job's on the line. She's desperate to put things right, but how?

Eighty-two-year-old Evelyn Chambers has come to fulfil a promise to the love of her life. If she can steel herself to go through with it, that is . . .

And when celebrity chef Frank Neale checks in, rumours swirl around the hotel. But is it his wife, Leonora, who has more of a reason to escape to Greece?

The Island Getaway is a big-hearted novel from the queen of bestselling fiction, celebrating second chances, true love and the life-affirming joy of unlikely friendships.

'Intricate, colourful, beautifully told . . . Lucy Diamond writes with such charm and warmth' HAZEL PRIOR

'A wonderful, warm tale of intertwined lives in a gorgeous Greek setting' LULU TAYLOR


Readers love Lucy Diamond

'I can't wait for my next book from Lucy Diamond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Fabulous story telling and the most wonderful reading experience . . . spellbinding' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Another book by Lucy Diamond that I couldn't put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I love all of Lucy's books' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Lucy writes with such warmth and sympathy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Praise for Lucy Diamond

'Fabulous, uplifting and life-affirming' MY WEEKLY

'Lucy has a way of dropping you into the heart and minds of her characters' FIONA PALMER

'Warm, tender, but also funny' THE SUN

'No one does real life like Lucy Diamond' VERONICA HENRY

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2025
30 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Quercus
SIZE
3.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Wooleejumpa ,

A well deserved 5*

Set during late summer, this is Ideal winter reading. The Island Getaway follows the lives of guests and staff during two weeks at the family-run Ionian Escape Hotel.

Most guests arriving at the hotel look forward to a relaxing and uncomplicated holiday, others have very personal and sad reasons for being in Kafalonia.

Soap Star Miranda is hiding from the press due to her recent bad behaviour, grieving widow Evelyn is revisiting places she knew in happier times, and Frank's wife, Nelly, can no longer ignore his hedonistic behaviour.

As the days pass individual life stories unfold with separate chapters for each character, I was full of anticipation for what would happen next.

Total escapism, after reading this, every reader will want to plan their own Ionian escape.

Recommended for a feel-good and satisfactory read.

With thanks to Ella of Quecus Books and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book, this review is my personal, unbiased opinion.

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