Walking out on her cheating fiancé and domineering mother eight weeks before her wedding Anna heads to Gatwick Airport and the Amalfi Coast. Realing the relationship with her mother is beyond repair she decides to try a new life in Italy. On the first day of her journey she takes a wrong turn off the main road and finds a picturesque town down a winding country road. A dramatic rescue finds Anna embraced by the community of the small fishing town of San Lavello. In San Lavello she finds a place to live, a job and some very special friends. What’s more, she starts to find her real self. Through Leonora, a former actress and Elisa, Anna begins to live her life the way she wants to live it. As the friendship with her boss, Dante, grows, apprehensively she starts falling in love with him. With the town of San Lavello under threat of development Anna finds herself helping to save the town she has come to love but can she start afresh while there are still unresolved issues at home?
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Miss Price
Format:Kindle Edition
I'm giving the book a 4 star because I genuinely enjoyed reading this book and you can't argue with the price. I found the storyline really interesting and I couldn't put it down, even though it was a little predictable at times. What detracted from leisurely reading was the awful jarring and poor grammatical errors in the book. I read the book on my kindle and the first error popped up 5% into the book. Sack the proof-reader (if there was one)!!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By JennyP
Format:Kindle Edition
This is now available as a book, I've just read it (very quickly because I couldn't put it down either!) The characters were very likeable and the descriptive writing was excellent, I could just imagine what they would look like, along with very clear images of the location. This has made me long to go to Italy even more than I did before reading it! I can't believe that this is Katie's first book and I sincerely hope there will be many more to come because I just didn't want it to end.
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
By G Kingerlee
Format:Kindle Edition
A beautifully descriptive, emotionally engaging 1st novel from this very talented new author. Anna's journey will touch everyone who reads it, many people will relate to it and it will certainly stay with you long after the last page has been consumed. I simply couldn't put it down and finished it in several days, having been lucky enough to read it in paperback. San Lavello is brought to life with a detailed romanticism. It is absolutely one to recommend to all your friends. This exceptional author is one to watch out for in the future, please please write more Katie. Diggin it Katie!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Jake Barton
Format:Kindle Edition
Candles in the Sand is a first novel and has soared up the Amazon charts. That's unusual enough to make me decide to take a look at it. It's a Romance, so not my usual genre of choice, but I immediately realised why this book has achieved such startling success - it just works! The descriptions of sunlit locations in Italy are as good as any travel writer could produce and there's a real story here too; a voyage of discovery where the main character seeks to find her true calling and her true self.
Well composed, well written, ideal for lounging in the sun and escaping into another world, this book deserves its success. Credit to the author for a powerful and effective first novel and I imagine there will be many readers out there clamouring for her next offering.
Strongly recommended.
Well composed, well written, ideal for lounging in the sun and escaping into another world, this book deserves its success. Credit to the author for a powerful and effective first novel and I imagine there will be many readers out there clamouring for her next offering.
Strongly recommended.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By tigertoots
Format:Kindle Edition
What a great read; I couldn't put this book down I wanted to get to the end to see what was going to happen & I really didn't want the story to end. The author uses such descriptive words I felt I was there with the sun on my face. I really can`t wait for the next one and I have already passed the book on to my mum
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By jo-jo foz
Format:Kindle Edition
I loved this book, the images created by this talented wordsmith make me want to visit the town and meet the wonderfull residents! I searched kindle for more books by the author but could find none, i will definately be keeping a watchfull eye. All in all a real page turner that kept me reading into the wee hours even knowing i would be shattered at work the next day
52 of 58 people found the following review helpful
By Kate
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I actually downloaded this book to my kindle by mistake - I was searching for another one with a similar title, but thought I would give it a go anyway. I wasn't expecting an intricate plot - from the descriptive blurb it sounded like an easy holiday-style read that suited me perfectly, having just finished a rather gritty, hard-hitting title.
From the outset I found the writing style quite basic and jarring - I didn't find that it absorbed me into the story, and I found the characters quite irritating and not particularly well formed - to be quite honest, apart from the future of the town, I found I really couldn't care less about what happened to any of them. A lot of the description of how a particular character was feeling was repeated over and over, and some of the dialogue just didn't make sense. This just seemed to get worse as the story continued and, largely because of the jarring writing style, it struggled to hold my attention.
The storyline was predictable, which isn't always a problem with reading this type of book - but to the point where you could already see exactly what was going to happen with each character a mile off, which was a shame. I think I would have enjoyed it more if all the loose ends hadn't been so neatly tied up. Of course, you could argue that it's just escapism and I'm sure many readers enjoy that type of plot but this really wasn't for me.
I did enjoy the descriptions of Italy and San Lavello - for me those were the only passages where the writing came to life, but everything else fell flat. I've read a lot of holiday/chick lit so it's not that I had ill-conceived expectations of the genre, but for me this really didn't work at all.... Read more ›
From the outset I found the writing style quite basic and jarring - I didn't find that it absorbed me into the story, and I found the characters quite irritating and not particularly well formed - to be quite honest, apart from the future of the town, I found I really couldn't care less about what happened to any of them. A lot of the description of how a particular character was feeling was repeated over and over, and some of the dialogue just didn't make sense. This just seemed to get worse as the story continued and, largely because of the jarring writing style, it struggled to hold my attention.
The storyline was predictable, which isn't always a problem with reading this type of book - but to the point where you could already see exactly what was going to happen with each character a mile off, which was a shame. I think I would have enjoyed it more if all the loose ends hadn't been so neatly tied up. Of course, you could argue that it's just escapism and I'm sure many readers enjoy that type of plot but this really wasn't for me.
I did enjoy the descriptions of Italy and San Lavello - for me those were the only passages where the writing came to life, but everything else fell flat. I've read a lot of holiday/chick lit so it's not that I had ill-conceived expectations of the genre, but for me this really didn't work at all.... Read more ›
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I downloaded this onto my Kindle expecting the usual fun, light hearted, easy reading, chick lit. This book needs to be labelled Mills & Boon. Appallingly written, very childish, totally predictable. When Anna got her man only 40% into the book I thought there would be a twist or a turn. Not a chance, more inane drivel all the way to the end. I wanted to slap Anna by the end of the story and the mothers both did such a u-turn they must have had total brain transplants. I'm not a literary snob, I read all sorts of stuff and this is down there with the latest dross by Martina Cole (which was in my opinion even worse than this, so bad that I actually burnt it).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
an excellent read
Happiness can be found, even after a shifty start, really lovely story, makes you believe in fairy tales, happiness forever.
Published 14 days ago by Mrs. P. A. Thornhill
2.0 out of 5 stars
Needs an Editor
While the premise of this novel is a nice one with good settings, there are so many editing errors it takes the reader out of the story time and again. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Pam Howes
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good read
Very lovely story just had to continue reading till late in the evening till it ended.
Must find another like it
Must find another like it
Published 1 month ago by MRS P C LYNE
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easy read just right for your holiday
Predictable story but a lovely easy read. The imagery of Italy has you believing you are there and part of the story
Published 2 months ago by J HAWTHORN
5.0 out of 5 stars
Candles on the sand
A truly enjoyable romantic story . Unlike so many books which at times leave you feeling depressed this is a story of hope love and happiness.
Published 2 months ago by Jill Ivey
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
I haven't read any other books by this author but this one was good. I will look for others by her.
Published 2 months ago by Glenys Wood
3.0 out of 5 stars
A nice enough story
but it didn't really grip me. It was very lightweight with not a lot of substance. I wouldn't buy any others from this author
Published 3 months ago by hazel
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Candles on the sand by Katie Stephens
I liked the title ---- couldn't wait to get to next chapter --- Very good book ---Will read it again !!!!
Published 3 months ago by ruth
3.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable
A feel good story but a little bit predictable. The kindle version was poorly written, very bad grammar in places as if it had been translated from another language into English.
Published 3 months ago by claudsmum
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jeannie saunderson
I found this book great and would recommend it for reading we'll enjoyed it. Once you start you can't put down.
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