Review: A Tropical Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2013
This delightful novel has everything I enjoy in a story .  Humor, a beautiful tropical island, a love story, and.... a sweet one-eyed rescued dog. It did have one thing I don't like.  A terrible tropical storm!Zoe Hughes is the owner manager of a resort on the island of Tonga. It's called Honeymoon Heaven, and has received a lot of notoriety as a wonderful  honeymoon retreat. Part of the glamour of the resort is the fact it is run by the perfect married couple.  A well known magazine wants to come to the island to photograph the resort, and the happy couple who run it. Zoe is thrilled by the publicity, but terrified that they will find out there is one big fat lie. .  Zoe and her husband Rory are separated and have not spoken in a year! Rory is a workaholic business man in LA known as the Ice Man.The first few years of their marriage Rory worked very hard setting up his business to be able to provide nice things for Zoe.  Soon he just loved the thrill of the takeovers, and making more money.  Zoe tried telling him how unhappy she was, but he was never home.  So, she left. Now she desperately needs his help.  He agrees to come, but secretly plots how he will get her to go back to LA.Rory's first few days in Tonga are hysterical.  He struggles to try and run his business with an antiquated computer system and no cell phone service. Gradually he settles in to island life , though continuing to plot getting Zoe back "home".The description of the Island, it's people and Zoe's life there is excellent.  You can almost feel the warm sun, and tropical breezes.  There is danger from an unexpected source and a looming storm coming their way.  As a reader I just wanted to shake Zoe and Rory to make them see how much they really loved each other.  I certainly don't blame Zoe for never wanting to leave her paradise.I highly recommend this novel , it is a wonderful story, and I found my self smiling when I turned the last page. Oh, and it has a lot of ABBA music!This novel was given to me for an honest review. No compensation was offered nor accepted.