<p><b>Escape to Italy with THE OLIVE BRANCH - the irresistibly romantic new novel from Jo Thomas, award-winning author of ebook runaway bestseller THE OYSTER CATCHER.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b><b>You can buy almost anything online these days.</b><b></b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> But is a crumbling Italian farmhouse a step too far?</b></p><p> </p><p> Ruthie Collins certainly thinks so when she arrives amid pouring rain to an olive farm she doesn't know the first thing about running.</p><p> </p><p> But for Ruthie, newly single, anywhere has got to be better than her mum's settee. Hasn't it?</p><p> </p><p> Life can change with the click of a mouse. But the finer things - friendship, romance, and even the olive harvest - take time to grow. Can Ruthie put the past to rest and find her own piece of the Dolce Vita along the way?</p>