This is another enjoyable, quick, easy read by Julie Caplin. Hattie isn’t looking for love but finds it while escaping to France after a failed relationship. It’s romance, in a French chateau, in the summer — what’s not to love?

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy of this book.

Get ready to uncork Julie Caplin latest escape read by traveling to France. In the heart of wine country, Hattie finds herself planning Gabby's wedding at Luc's family's chateau.

This is Hattie's chance to pursue her wedding planning dreams while piquing Luc's interest. Caplin's charismatic characters and romantic escape reads provide traveling adventures within her captivating books. As a sneak peek, readers who love Paris, 'The French Chateau Dream' enlists a weekend in the capital city.

Thank you to #NetGalley for the early edition in exchange for an honest review. I love Caplin's novels but it felt disjointed until midway through the book and not on par with her prior titles. When the characters started working together to plan the wedding, I felt like the author recaptured in her unique style and I was swept away by the French countryside and bottles of champagne.

When Hattie's boyfriend gives her an ultimatum, it's him or her chance to start her wedding planning business by planning a wedding in France for her cousin it's just the push needs to break off a relationship that has deteriorated over the last two years.

But once she gets to the beautiful chateau in the Champagne region of France she finds it might all be a bit more than she bargained for. The chateau is a working vineyard and family home, but most of the grander rooms are grubby and in desperate need of refurbishment. In addition, the locals are hostile and she can see her first wedding being her only one.

Luc is the handsome French son of the chateau's owner. At odds with his father, he has only agreed to work for the family business if his father agrees to let him make champagne again (rather than sell the grapes to other winemakers). He only has one year to make things work and he is worried that if the wedding is a success his father will see it as a new income stream, rather than a one-off favour for an old friend, and his home will become a wedding venue.

When they first meet Luc and Hattie feel sparks, but when their agendas conflict will romance triumph?

Another gentle romance set against a backdrop of gorgeous food and wine, add in a jealous local, buried secrets and you've got a great summer read.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This book was OK. Not my best from this author but i enjoyed it all the same. At times I couldn’t relate to the main character Hattie and I felt that her and Luc’s relationship felt a bit rushed and slightly unbelievable.

The overall storyline was good but I wished there was more about the location or more detail about the wedding.

4 stars

Hattie, in need of an escape, goes to France to take on a job as a wedding planner - a role she has only done before as an assistant. She is leaving behind a broken relationship and isn't looking for love, but then she meets Luc - the son of the chateau's owner where the wedding is due to take place. It is a really fun, romantic, summer read and I would highly recommend it.

I've had this book on pre order for quiet some time, and it certainly doesn't disappoint. This whole series has been one I've been wanting to read and it's been sat in my to he read pile for so long however French Chateau Dream is everything I hoped it would be and more.

When Hattie is offered a job of a lifetime organising her cousins wedding, she can't get over to France and the stunning Chateau they've rented for the occasion. Enter Luc, the gorgeous owners son who is at the Chateau for reasons of his own. As sparks begin to fly between them there is only a few things or a certain someone who is determined the wedding isn't happening at the Chateau.

As with all great romantic books this has everything you want: handsome hero, stunning Chateau and a dream of making champagne with two people slowly falling in love but can Hattie finally see that she needs to stop feeling like she needs to be there for her lover ex Chris?

I can't wait to go back and read the rest of the books especially as there is a cameo of one character from an earlier book in the series. I want, need, a sequel to this as I've got one question: does Luc get to fulfil his dream?

The French Chateau Dream is a frothy, light tale of adventure and finding new love in the setting of a beautiful French chateau. If you enjoy escapism and romance then this is the book for you,

Thank you very much for the Aporoval. I will be sharing a full review soon, but I’m very excited to join Hattie on an adventure to the gorgeous French countryside. I’m definitely in the mood for a good escapist novel as I’m sure our readers are as well in this transitional period from spring to summer. Not all of us can travel for a variety of different reasons so it’s so nice to have this I do to delve into.I’m also excited to read about her Roman e with the dashing Luc as well!

This is such a warm and relaxing read with great characters, some of whom will be familiar to those who’ve read others in the series, although this is very much a standalone book in its own right. The setting of the chateau and vineyard are lovely and it’s interesting to see how Hattie sets in motion the desire to bring life back to the chateau. There’s a few problems along the way, most often amusingly caused by Yvette but overall this is such a happy, positive and uplifting read.