Books with author Claire Dowe

TOO LATE FOR PRINCE CHARMING?It used to be said that a single woman of a certain age is more likely to be killed by a terrorist than get married.But when terror strikes, love strikes too.Laura McLove—bored, single, 49—takes a Christmas shopping trip to Paris and falls into the arms of a handsome Hungarian, Max, who she meets during a December weekend turned violent.Six months later, now engaged to be married, she arrives at Max’s family’s villa at Hungary’s Lake Balaton whilst he attends to his sick mother in Budapest.Alone at Levendula—Lavender Villa—on the Hungarian Riviera, she encounters caretaker Mrs Szabó and stumbles on a real-life spy ring, a missing manuscript—and a mystery that leads all the way to Hollywood.Levendula, once famous as an artists’ salon, had been under surveillance by the communist regime. What happened when the secret police came one night in 1972? And where is the missing manuscript?In a world where everyone had been informing on everybody else, Laura attempts to uncover the truth—all the while fiancé Max is delayed, then delayed again in Budapest as their engagement begins to hang in the balance.This light-hearted and contemporary older woman romance is set around the little-known Lake Balaton—the largest lake in Europe—in particular, at the stunning 'Hungarian Riviera' region. A Hungarian-style 'Lives Of Others' with a little bit of Hollywood glamour—Read HOLLYWOOD BALATON, book 3 of the Laura McLove novels today!Laura McLove also features in The Budapest Artists’ Club, and The Naked Sommelier, but is a stand-alone novel, the third in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Naked Sommelier (Laura McLove novel 1)The Budapest Artists' Club (Laura McLove novel 2)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle Single

What if it’s better to arrive than travel hopelessly?SUSSEX, ENGLAND. When frustrated writer, Laura McLove, leaves London to go back to the land, she meets her match in a beautiful young French sommelier.Enrolled at ‘alternative school’ to study organics, Laura is immediately smitten by Leo, a rugged natural wine expert and avid traveller. Abandoning her novel, she writes instead in a gratitude journal every day, summoning the Law of Attraction to manifest the following summer with him—happy and in love. Losing weight and undergoing minor cosmetic surgery—all the better to be ready when the moment for love arrives—she is taken aback when Leo announces his own romantic plans for the summer. And she still hasn’t written a word of that novel. Can Laura manifest herself onto his plans? Out of the blue and on the last day of term, the Law of Attraction reveals itself. But should she join him on his US coast to coast road trip?What happens when the Law of Attraction manifests what you really want, not what you think you want? Read THE NAKED SOMMELIER, the first Laura McLove novel to find out!The Naked Sommelier is a contemporary light-hearted tale with a metaphysical twist, set in the world of natural, organic and biodynamic wine, and takes us through biodynamic wine terroir from Sussex to France and the USA.The Naked Sommelier features Laura McLove, who also features in The Budapest Artists’ Club, and Hollywood Balaton, but is a stand-alone novel, the first in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Budapest Artists' Club (Laura McLove novel 2)Hollywood Balaton (Laura McLove novel 3)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle SingleIf you love wine, if you love humor, download a copy of THE NAKED SOMMELIER today.

What if the past is a foreign country? BUDAPEST Laura McLove–lover of music and dance alike–encounters Zoltán, a handsome Hungarian dancer, and returns to Budapest to find him and for closure on some strange events that occurred nearly twenty years ago. Arriving downtown on Franz Liszt Square, Laura enrols an old friend in her search around Budapest bars and nightclubs, all the while telling the story of the winter she lived there on the square, when she found herself the fall-girl at the centre of a peculiar musical instrument heist. But Zoltán remains elusive and she finds herself reminiscing over everything and everyone that might have been, but wasn’t. When she retells the final betrayal from all those years ago, she realises it is either now–or never.Will she ever find Zoltán? And if the past for Laura is indeed a foreign country, can she cross the threshold of the dance floor once more–alone?Buy THE BUDAPEST ARTISTS’ CLUB today and find out!This light-hearted and contemporary second-chance romance takes us into the world of Budapest musicians and dancers and is focussed on the imaginary Budapest Artists’ Club. Our story takes us from London to Pest, into the Buda Hills then down to Lake Balaton and back again. It features a charismatic Gypsy violin player, a chain-smoking Hungarian academic, a Jewish instrument-maker, a powdery-blue Trabant as well as a range of characters unique to this great city, with musings about love, wine, music and the great composers along the way. Come along down to The Budapest Artists’ Club and read this delightful tale for yourself.If you love music, if you love dance, if you love humor, download a copy of THE BUDAPEST ARTISTS’ CLUB today.The Budapest Artists’ Club is a love poem to the stunning and magnificent city of Budapest.The Budapest Artists’ Club features Laura McLove, who also features in The Naked Sommelier, and Hollywood Balaton, but is a stand-alone novel, the second in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Naked Sommelier (Laura McLove novel 1)Hollywood Balaton (Laura McLove novel 3)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle Single

“Maybe it’s better to arrive than travel hopelessly.”SUSSEX, ENGLAND. When a frustrated writer leaves London to go back to the land, she meets her match in a beautiful young French sommelier. Enrolled at ‘alternative school’ to study agriculture, Laura McLove is smitten by Leo, a rugged natural wine expert, who is also an avid traveller. She attempts to seduce him using the Law of Attraction in the hope of joining him for his summer trip - and maybe learning a little about wine along the way.This contemporary on-off misfit love story takes us through biodynamic wine terroir from Sussex to France then New York’s Finger Lakes and finally across Route 66 to the end of the line at Santa Monica.The Naked Sommelier is a contemporary light-hearted tale with a metaphysical twist, set in the world of natural, organic and biodynamic wine, written in a Bukowski-esque style.The Naked Sommelier features Laura McLove, who also features in The Budapest Artists’ Club, but is a stand-alone novel, the first in the series.Other books by Claire Doyle:The Budapest Artists' ClubHungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle SingleIf you love wine, if you love Bukowski, if you love humor, download a copy of THE NAKED SOMMELIER today.

“I slipped out the door alone this time–this one last time–dance shoes in hand and headed east.”Laura McLove–lover of music and dance alike–encounters a handsome Hungarian dancer and returns to Budapest to find him and get closure on the strange events that occurred nearly twenty years earlier.Late Spring, and arriving on Franz Liszt Square, Laura enrols an old friend to search for Zoltán around the bars and nightclubs of Budapest, all the while telling the story of the winter she spent in Budapest where she found herself at the centre of a peculiar musical instrument heist.This light-hearted and contemporary second-chance romance takes us into the world of Budapest musicians and dancers and is focussed on the imaginary Artists’ Club–where everyone knows your name. Our story takes us from London to Pest, into the Buda Hills then down to Lake Balaton and back again. It features a charismatic Gypsy violin player, a chain-smoking Hungarian academic, a Jewish instrument-maker, a powdery-blue Trabant as well as a range of characters unique to this great city, with musings about love, wine, music and the great composers along the way. Come along down to The Budapest Artists’ Club and read this delightful tale for yourself.The Budapest Artists’ Club is a love poem to the stunning and magnificent city of Budapest.The Budapest Artists’ Club features Laura McLove, who also features in The Naked Sommelier, but is a stand-alone novel, the second in the series.Other books by Claire Doyle:The Naked SommelierHungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle SingleIf you love music, if you love dance, if you love humor, download a copy of THE BUDAPEST ARTISTS’ CLUB today.

TOO LATE FOR PRINCE CHARMING?It used to be said that a single woman of a certain age is more likely to be killed by a terrorist than get married.But when terror strikes, love strikes too.Laura McLove—bored, single, 49—takes a Christmas shopping trip to Paris and falls into the arms of a handsome Hungarian, Max, who she meets during a December weekend turned violent.Six months later, now engaged to be married, she arrives at Max’s family’s villa at Hungary’s Lake Balaton whilst he attends to his sick mother in Budapest.Alone at Levendula—Lavender Villa—on the Hungarian Riviera, she encounters caretaker Mrs Szabó and stumbles on a real-life spy ring, a missing manuscript—and a mystery that leads all the way to Hollywood.Levendula, once famous as an artists’ salon, had been under surveillance by the communist regime. What happened when the secret police came one night in 1972? And where is the missing manuscript?In a world where everyone had been informing on everybody else, Laura attempts to uncover the truth—all the while fiancé Max is delayed, then delayed again in Budapest as their engagement begins to hang in the balance.This light-hearted and contemporary older woman romance is set around the little-known Lake Balaton—the largest lake in Europe—in particular, at the stunning 'Hungarian Riviera' region. A Hungarian-style 'Lives Of Others' with a little bit of Hollywood glamour—Read HOLLYWOOD BALATON, book 3 of the Laura McLove novels today!Laura McLove also features in The Budapest Artists’ Club, and The Naked Sommelier, but is a stand-alone novel, the third in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Naked Sommelier (Laura McLove novel 1)The Budapest Artists' Club (Laura McLove novel 2)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle Single

“What if it’s better to arrive than travel hopelessly?”SUSSEX, ENGLAND. When frustrated writer, Laura McLove, leaves London to go back to the land, she meets her match in a beautiful young French sommelier.Enrolled at ‘alternative school’ to study organics, Laura is immediately smitten by Leo, a rugged natural wine expert and avid traveller. Abandoning her novel, she writes instead in a gratitude journal every day, summoning the Law of Attraction to manifest the following summer with him—happy and in love. Losing weight and undergoing minor cosmetic surgery—all the better to be ready when the moment for love arrives—she is taken aback when Leo announces his own romantic plans for the summer. And she still hasn’t written a word of that novel. Can Laura manifest herself onto his plans? Out of the blue and on the last day of term, the Law of Attraction reveals itself. But should she join him on his US coast to coast road trip?What happens when the Law of Attraction manifests what you really want, not what you think you want? Read THE NAKED SOMMELIER, the first Laura McLove novel to find out!The Naked Sommelier is a contemporary light-hearted tale with a metaphysical twist, set in the world of natural, organic and biodynamic wine, and takes us through biodynamic wine terroir from Sussex to France and the USA.The Naked Sommelier features Laura McLove, who also features in The Budapest Artists’ Club, and Hollywood Balaton, but is a stand-alone novel, the first in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Budapest Artists' Club (Laura McLove novel 2)Hollywood Balaton (Laura McLove novel 3)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle SingleIf you love wine, if you love humor, download a copy of THE NAKED SOMMELIER today.

What if the past is a foreign country? BUDAPEST Laura McLove–lover of music and dance alike–encounters Zoltán, a handsome Hungarian dancer, and returns to Budapest to find him and for closure on some strange events that occurred nearly twenty years ago. Arriving downtown on Franz Liszt Square, Laura enrols an old friend in her search around Budapest bars and nightclubs, all the while telling the story of the winter she lived there on the square, when she found herself the fall-girl at the centre of a peculiar musical instrument heist. But Zoltán remains elusive and she finds herself reminiscing over everything and everyone that might have been, but wasn’t. When she retells the final betrayal from all those years ago, she realises it is either now–or never.Will she ever find Zoltán? And if the past for Laura is indeed a foreign country, can she cross the threshold of the dance floor once more–alone?Buy THE BUDAPEST ARTISTS’ CLUB today and find out!This light-hearted and contemporary second-chance romance takes us into the world of Budapest musicians and dancers and is focussed on the imaginary Budapest Artists’ Club. Our story takes us from London to Pest, into the Buda Hills then down to Lake Balaton and back again. It features a charismatic Gypsy violin player, a chain-smoking Hungarian academic, a Jewish instrument-maker, a powdery-blue Trabant as well as a range of characters unique to this great city, with musings about love, wine, music and the great composers along the way. Come along down to The Budapest Artists’ Club and read this delightful tale for yourself.If you love music, if you love dance, if you love humor, download a copy of THE BUDAPEST ARTISTS’ CLUB today.The Budapest Artists’ Club is a love poem to the stunning and magnificent city of Budapest.The Budapest Artists’ Club features Laura McLove, who also features in The Naked Sommelier, and Hollywood Balaton, but is a stand-alone novel, the second in the series.Other books by Claire DoyleThe Naked Sommelier (Laura McLove novel 1)Hollywood Balaton (Laura McLove novel 3)Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle Single