Lucy Checks In

and finds so much more than a new job!

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summary

Author: Dee Ernst
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After a bad break up with the owner of the a beautiful hotel Lucy managed, she was left not only with a broken heart, but with a mess of legal troubles. The owner of the hotel, also known as Lucy's long term boyfriend, stole huge amounts of not only her money, their employees' money. He left Lucy with potentially being charged with being in cohorts with the hotel manager on more than a romantic relationship. The government and many of the employees believed that Lucy had every intention of running off with the hotel owner and all the money. 

Two years later, she is gifted a chance to start over. After all of the questioning, trials, and insane lawyer fees, which cleared out the savings her ex was not able to steal from her, Lucy was deemed innocent. She had nothing to do with all the money stolen; she had no clue that her ex was up to. Though she was proven innocent, her name and image in the hotel world was ruined. Lucy accepts a job as a general manager for a hotel in Rennes, France called Hotel Paradis, which was built in the early 1700s! 

Lucy arrives in Rennes and is overwhelmed by all that her new hotel needs from her. She learns the true meaning of "elbow grease", while developing relationships with the owner of the hotel, the unique and wonderful people that live on the property, including artist and author, Bing. 

Lucy gets a new start at life with these characters of Hotel Paradis, they accept her as their own, and genuinely care about Lucy. They help Lucy learn to let go of the past, of the hurt from her past; they help her learn to love herself, trust herself and her own judgement again, especially when it comes to love. 

Lucy is not the only character that gets a chance at a new start, all the residents that have worked or invested in the hotel get a chance at new things with the opening of the hotel. Even her family in the states get new starts, although the new starts are results of heartbreak. 

Lucy learns to make decisions that bring her heart joy, that allows her to follow her heart for love, not her career. 

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My thoughts

​Lucy Checks In was one of those books that took me on a trip, I felt like I was walking and living with the main character, Lucia! And it was a wonderful trip!

The book was a delightful read, that I hated to see end. I wanted more of the French life, the French food, the hotel, the characters! The book ended exactly as I hoped it would with an unfortunate family sadness, but happy endings for Lucy, the hotel staff, and more!
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I love reading on my kindle, but there are some books I wish I had read as a real book, because they are so good; this is one!

All in all: 5/5 ⭐️
Book Release Date: August 16, 2022

A huge thank you to Net Galley and St. Martins Press for allowing me to read Lucy Checks In as an advanced reader copy. It was definitely a great book and Dee Ernst did a wonderful job transporting me to France for a couple of days!

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