Born and raised in New York City, Ramona Keene dreams of attending photography school and traveling to Paris, but her reality never quite catches up with her imagination. Instead, she works at her uncles' quaint bookstore, where the tea is plentiful and all the adventures are between the covers of secondhand books. But when the new landlord arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy's quiet life comes crashing down. He plans to triple the rent, something her uncles can't afford.
In order to earn the money to help save the bookstore, Romy applies for a job at ExLibris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary journeys. Romy snags the oddest internship ever: retrace Phileas Fogg's journey from Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days and plan a suitable, contemporary adventure for a client. The task is close to impossible; sticking to the original route means no commercial aircraft permitted, and she’s got a lot less than eighty days to work with. Shaking off her fear of leaving home, Romy takes on the challenge, only to discover she’s got competition. Worse, Dominic Madison turns out to be the – unfortunately hot – nephew of her family’s worst enemy.
Can Romy win the race and circle the globe in time to save the bookstore? And what happens when she starts to fall for the very person who may just be the death of her dreams?
Thoughts/Review:
This book had everything I loved – reading about a quaint bookstore that needs to be saved, a Jules Verne’s adventure by traveling all over the world, and of course falling in love (with the enemy) oops. Since I read an early ARC Copy, I was not able to appreciate the illustrations available in the finished copy, which I definitely will be snagging very soon.Ramona "Romy" Keene, a New Yorker and our introverted heroine who dreams of travelling to Paris and going to photography school needs to put on hold her dreams to save her uncle’s second hand book shop as the new landlord is set at increasing the rent which means closing down the bookstore. Romy has an opportunity to save the bookstore by joining the ExLibris Expeditions to perform a literary journey in 80 days to travel around the world - Romy has less than 50 days to do this. Mission Impossible if you ask me.
This was the perfect read for me during the quarantine, where my travel dreams are put on hold and yet through this book, I was taken to so many adventures. I loved the beautiful writing that was vivid, and so beautiful and fun- I enjoyed the plot and enjoyed reading about the characters in this book especially Romy and Dominic. This was the perfect escape.
I really enjoyed this book so much!
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:
kc dyer loves to travel. When she’s not on the road, she resides in the wilds of British Columbia, where she likes to walk in the woods and write books. Her most recent novel, is a romantic comedy, published by Berkley Books. EIGHTY DAYS TO ELSEWHERE is the madcap story of a young woman so desperate to save her family’s bookstore that she undertakes a race around the world, but ends up falling for her competition.
She is the author of FINDING FRASER, an international bestseller in romantic comedy, and published by Berkley Books. US Weekly called FINDING FRASER a “humorous but relateable self-discovery tale”, and Bustle named it a ‘Must-Read for OUTLANDER fans”.
For teens, kc’s most recent work is FACING FIRE, a sequel to the acclaimed novel, A WALK THROUGH A WINDOW, published by Doubleday/Random House. kc is represented by Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
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