Amelia, fresh from a breakup and getting fired after throwing a coffee mug at her ex-boyfriend’s head (and unfortunately missing), jets off to Europe to escape her problems in San Francisco. She backs out of her best friend’s wedding for the trip, causing a major falling out between them. Running away from reality, she winds up on a remote Greek island. After too much alcohol one night, Amelia and James, the only other guest at her hotel who is nice albeit a bit boring, wake up to find that that they are married. And to make matters worse, the owner of their hotel is dead and he’s left the hotel to the new couple. Amelia and James are forced to work together to figure out how to get out of their situation. But the more time she spends on the island, the harder Amelia finds it to go back to San Francisco and leave James, and she’ll have to decide where her home truly is. 

 

Thank you so much to @netgalley, @sourcebooks, and @sierragodfrey for the ARC! This story was an absolute DELIGHT! I devoured it over the course of an afternoon by the pool, which was the perfect way to read this. The plot was so cute and I really loved all of the characters (especially the multiple versions of Yorgos). The accidental marriage was hilarious, and there was a lot of great slow burn and tension building banter. The Greek island, though fictional, sounded like a dream and gave me the travel bug. I was a little annoyed with Amelia in the beginning when she blew off her friend’s wedding, but her character grew a lot and I loved her by the end of the book. The Second Chance Hotel comes out September 12!