The Cafe by the Sea

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The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand.Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up and she hasn t looked back What would she have done on Mure It s a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious and hopelessly in love with her boss.But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she s suddenly swept once into life with her brothers all strapping, loud, and seemingly incapable of basic housework and her father Yet even amid the chaos of their reunion, Flora discovers a passion for cooking and find herself restoring dusty little pink fronted shop on the harbour a caf by the sea.But with the seasons changing, Flora must come to terms with past mistakes and work out exactly where her future liesFunny and heartfelt, The Caf by the Sea is a delightful summertime novel that puts a modern twist on the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothers story. New Read [ The Cafe by the Sea ] by [ Jenny Colgan ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I always love a book by Jenny Colgan She always knows how to make me smile and I always loose track of time reading her books So when I found out she had a new book coming out I immediately preordered it and it feels like I ve been waiting for it for AGES So in this book we meet Flora who is born and breed in Muir A beautiful, rustic, Scottish Isle However she has moved to London to live out her dream to be a lawyer Although at the moment she is a paralegal as she hasn t taken her final e I always love a book by Jenny Colgan She always knows how to make me smile and I always loose track of time reading her books So when I found out she had a new book coming out I immediately preordered it and it feels like I ve been waiting for it for AGES So in this book we meet Flora who i...Flora swore she would never go back home to Mure, the little Scottish island where she grew up Instead, she settled in London, working and enjoys the life there Well, enjoy is a bit far fetched, but she has a great friend, Kai, at work and a crush on her boss, Joel However, he is definitely out of her league Then, she has to go back, thanks to a millionaire with big plans for the island So, now she has to face her past, her father, and the brothers she left behind And, who knows, going bac Flora swore she would never go back home to Mure, the little Scottish island where she grew up Instead, she settled in London, working and enjoys the life there Well, enjoy is a bit far fetched, but she has a great friend, Kai, at work and a crush on her boss, Joel However, he is definitely out of her league Then, she has to go back, thanks to a millionaire with big plans for the island So, now she has to face her past, her fath...This was a lovely book about family, expectations, relationships and yummy baked goods Just whatI was looking for after finishing a particularly grim mystery Findreviews and bookish fun atMeh Definitely not as good as Bookshop on the Corner Loved the descriptions of Scotland and the quirkiness of the town and its people, and Colton, despite his less than stellar first impression, but the ending was annoyingly predictable, at least the romance part, and I wasn t thrilled with that at all Fintan s storyline was cute and I was rooting for him, but Flora, not so much Updated to add now that I m on a computer and can hide spoilers, I will tell you why I was so disgusted with the Meh Definitely not as good as Bookshop on the Corner Loved the descriptions of Scotland and the quirkiness of the town and its people, and Colton, despite his less than stellar first impression, but the ending was annoyingly predictable, at least the romance part, and I wasn t thrilled with that at all Fintan s storyline was cute and I was rooting for him, but Flora, not so much Updated to add now that I m on a computer and can hide spoilers, I will tell you why I was so disgusted with the ending view spoiler Women do not need to read anystories that feed their I can fix him if I just love him enough codependent fantasies The fact that Joel was as broken as he was, albeit for very valid reasons , and yet somehow managed to...Jenny Colgan books have become a go to fave of mine when I want to read something warm and cozy, something that makes you feel fuzzy and safe Like wrapping yourself up in a blanket on the sofa in front of the fire, with a warm cup of tea or coffee on a winters night She s always been a dependable go to author for me, when I don t want to read anything too heavy, but still want a fab read Initially I didn t find this with the The Summer Seaside Kitchen It just didn t ...This was a major disappointment after the bestseller, Bookshop on the Corner, that I discovered by this author earlier this year After Bookshop I thought I had a new author Now I m thinking Bookshop was an outlier Bookshop was quite bookish, as you might expect, which was a big draw for that book But even , that story was about a young woman who had a driving life passion not a life driving passion for a man, which was pretty much the yawny case with for Cafe , and when confronted by a This was a major disappointment after the bestseller, Bookshop on the Corner, that I discovered by this author earlier this year After Bookshop I thought I had a new author Now I m thinking Bookshop was an outlier Bookshop was quite bookish, as you might expect, which was a big draw for that book But even , that story was about a young woman who had a driving life passion not a life driving passion for a man, which was pretty much the yawny case with for Cafe , and when confronted by a sudden requirement to figure out what to do with her life, made a number of risky courageous decisions to go on the direction of what she wanted to do with her life, who she wanted to be, what difference she wanted to make in the world Over the course of the book Bookshop, not Cafe , she grew into her natural independence and adopted c...As she was growing up, Flora dreamed of escaping her life as a farmer s daughter in a small village on Mure Island Then when her mother died she railed against her well meaning neighbors and well and truly burnt all her bridges Three years later she is working as a paralegal for a prestigious law firm in London.But life in the city is anything but perfect Her job is a grind, her coworkers are hard and don t get her and she is secretly in love with a senior partner who treats women like dispos As she was growing up, Flora dreamed of escaping her life as a farmer s daughter in a small village on Mure Island Then when her mother died she railed against her well meaning neighbors and well and truly burnt all her bridges Three years later she is working as a paralegal for a prestigious law firm in London.But life in the city is anything but perfect Her job is a grind, her coworkers are hard and don t get her and she is secretly in love with a senior partner who treats women like disposable commodities Then Joel, the senior partner, takes on a new client who is building a resort on Mure Island and wants to stop a wind farm spoiling his view...Apparently, I am easy to please when it comes to books There seems to be a checklist that I was previously unaware of that will almost guarantee that, if followed, I will enjoy the book.1 If there is a dog, especially one with a big personality.Pets in general shape our lives to an enormous extent I cannot leave my house without giving scritchies to two dogs that aren t even mine. My own dog is spoiled to such an extent by my father that she literally has a football season wardrobe This big Apparently, I am easy to please when it comes to books There seems to be a checklist that I was previously unaware of that will almost guarantee that, if followed, I will enjoy the book.1 If there is a dog, especially one with a big personality.Pets in general shape our lives to an enormous extent I cannot leave my house without giving scritchies to two dogs that aren t even mine. My own dog is spoiled to such an extent by my father that she literally has a football season wardrobe This big burly farm grown man who ...Originally reviewed here AngievilleI was not expecting this I was simply not expecting just what was to come when I picked up this deceptively pleasant looking novel My mom gifted me a copy of Jenny Colgan s The Caf by the Sea awhile ago, but it took until the other night while I was browsing my shelves after starting and stopping no fewer than four different books for me to snatch it up off my TBR shelf and give it a go And I m not remotely ashamed to say that I didn t even make it past Originally reviewed here AngievilleI was not expecting this I was simply not expecting just what was to come when I picked up this deceptively pleasant looking novel My mom gifted me a copy of Jenny Colgan s The Caf by the Sea awhile ago, but it took until the other night while I was browsing my shelves after starting and stopping no fewer t...4.5 stars Review to follow

The Cafe by the Sea
  • English
  • 18 February 2017
  • ebook
  • 416 pages
  • 0062662988
  • Jenny Colgan
  • The Cafe by the Sea