Chasing The Italian Dream

Jo Thomas, Corgi, £7.99

Mum-of-three Thomas’s latest offering, full of sunshine, food and romance, has the potential to be the perfect summer holiday companion.

The former Woman’s Hour and Steve Wright Show radio producer sets this little piece of escapism in Italy where lawyer Lucia is contemplating her grandfather’s retirement from the family pizzeria and the threat of her not-quite ex-husband Giacomo taking it over. What will she do?