Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the gifted eBook. This is my honest review.

A BRAND NEW sparkling, uplifting story about love, friendship and learning to spread your wings from Samantha Tonge✨🦋 Perfect for fans of Shari Low, Faith Hogan and Evie Woods!

Una Lowe lives a perfectly edited life in London. Other than her best friend, she’s careful about who she lets in. Emotional complications are just that – complicated. That is, until she rescues a rare white swallow… who might have just flown in to change her life.

Because, when her beloved swallow fails to return from migration one year, Una’s world crumbles. But a viral social media campaign brings a miraculous response from a man in Bavaria named Konrad, who claims the bird has also visited him. Which leads him to invite Una to his picturesque village for the chance to see their shared feathered friend together.

Stepping out of her comfort zone, Una flies to Germany. Amidst snow-dusted streets, local festivals, and Konrad’s undeniable charm, Una’s protective walls begin to fall down.

But when the complication she’s avoided her whole life comes for her, she’s forced to confront her deepest fears. As autumn turns to winter, and inspired by the tiny, brave bird that brought them together, Una must decide if she is finally ready to risk her heart.

Is the only way to know if you can fly to face a possibility of falling…?

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Samantha Tonge certainly knows how to write a book that captures a reader’s attention. My Chance to Fly certainly captured mine! I have read books by this author before, so I knew it would be an excellent read.

Una lives her life her own way, she doesn’t let anyone in emotionally, only her best friend. She rescues a rare white swallow, Blue, which may just be the catalyst which changes her life. Her swallow doesn’t come home from migration and Una falls apart.

A campaign is started in the search for Blue and it is a campaign that sees Una travel to a small town in Germany. There she meets Konrad, a man who claims to have seen Blue! Can this turn into something more than Una could ever dream of?

Such an uplifting and heartwarming story with the message that sometimes you have to push that little bit further to find what you never knew you needed! Una was dominated by her life of routine and safety. I loved seeing her grow and learn to take a chance. I understood just how much she needed that safety, I felt every step she took deep within me.

Samantha Tonge creates characters that are so human and in that alone I could invest in Una. I felt like I was with her as she very carefully took the brave step to try to find Blue. There is a little bit of Una in us all, it is whether we take that chance to fly. We all should!

My Chance to Fly is such an easy read. I read this in one day, and I just felt so happy to be with Una on her journey and didn’t want to tear myself away from her. Samantha Tonge writes such amazing feel-good stories! I highly recommend this book to anyone who reads Shari Low or Faith Hogan (both authors who I love too!).

Author Bio

Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK. She studied German and French at university and has worked abroad, including a stint at Disneyland Paris. She has travelled widely.
Samantha has sold many dozens of short stories to women’s magazines. She is represented by Darley Anderson Agency & Associates. In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category. In 2020 one of her novels won the RNA’s Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award. Currently Samantha writes uplifting, emotional women’s fiction for Boldwood Books. She seeks to raise a smile, and make a reader feel they are not alone with the challenges of life.

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