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Lucy Checks In
Lucy Checks In: A Novel | Dee Ernst
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Dee Ernst's Lucy Checks In is a delightful work of romantic comedy about a disgraced hotel manager who travels to Rennes to rebuild a hotel and her own life in the process. Lucia Giannetti needs a fresh start. Once the hotel manager of a glamorous NYC hotel and intimately involved with the hotels owner, Lucy had her entire future planned out. But when the owner disappears, taking millions of dollars with him, Lucy's life as she knows it falls apart. Two years later, forty-nine years old and unemployed, Lucy takes a job in Rennes, France to manage the Hotel Paradis. She pictures fur quilts and extravagant chandeliers, but what she finds is wildly different. Lucy is now in charge of turning the run-down, but charming hotel into a bustling tourist attraction. Between painting rooms, building a website, and getting to know Bing, the irritatingly attractive artist, Lucy finds an unexpected home. But can she succeed in bringing the Hotel Paradis to its former glory? Witty and heartfelt, Lucy Checks In is an inspiring and feel-good novel about reclaiming your life, finding love, and creating a home in places you never thought possible.
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bookandbedandtea
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This is a feel good story about starting over after a devastating career loss. The inhabitants of the little hotel are charming and I enjoyed getting to know them while they restored the hotel. This is a quiet read, with no surprises, but it was lovely. And it has me longing to move to France.

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TorieStorieS
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After a disastrous relationship nearly destroys Lucy‘s hotel management career, an opportunity in Rennes opens up. Moving to France and diving in to a project not at all what she expected turns out to be just the second start that Lucy needs! Sweet, with plenty of fun decorating and projects, this makes for an enjoyable light read that still tackles serious topics and involves a largely older cast. I really enjoyed this one!

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robinb
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I loved this one! My second book by this author. Lucia is a disgraced and heartbroken ex high-end hotel manager in NY when she desperately accepts a job in Rennes, France. She is hired to update a very old hotel (sight unseen) and is shocked when she discovers just how much work needs to be done to open. She is aided by the owner and several tenants who live in the converted stables. This is a sweet, feel-good story about regaining one‘s 🔻

robinb confidence, letting others in when you‘ve been burned and figuring out what YOU want in life. The supporting cast are so wonderful and lovable, and there‘s humor as well as a simmering bit of a “mature” romance (late 40s, early 50s) to swoon over as well. My favorite takeaway? Watching as Lucia comes into her own and takes back her mojo. Recommended. 4.5/5⭐️ 2y
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