
251 pages Boldwood Books publisher March 2, 2023 publication date
ABOUT THE BOOK
Bella is happiest running her tiny antique business from the front room of her cottage on the Boardwalk.
To ensure she has enough income coming in, she also rents out two of her bedrooms to paying lodgers.
But she didn’t count on having a secret crush on Jack Collins, one of her lodgers and her best friend’s brother…
As if life wasn’t complicated enough,her world-travelling mother appears on her doorstep on the same evening that Jack’s ex-fiancée arrives on the Boardwalk determined to win him back.
Bella has a lot of thinking to do and soon discovers that not all gems sparkle.



So charming, what is not to love when you live in a brilliant cottage on the boardwalk overlooking the breathtaking sea. Going out your front door the sea spray cools you and the view is amongst the best you’ve ever seen.
Bella seems to be living the charmed life, a little antique business she runs out of the front room of her cottage and renting out a couple of rooms to boarders for supplemental income.
Life is great, she’s wonderful friends, since childhood with Jack, her best friends’ brother.
Would it be weird to start to have romantic feelings for him? Would he think it was weird? Would she lose her friendship with her best friend? Ugh, so much to think about, should she try to take that first step?
When something unexpected happens in her family will she embrace the changes, or will it be a hinderance to all she has accomplished so far?
A heartwarming rom com about the choices you make not only affecting yourself but those closest to you.
Warmth, family, choices, personal growth and friendships all blossom in the gorgeous book.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
MEET THE AUTHOR

Welcome to my author page. I write a contemporary romance series set on the island of Jersey where I live with my three rescue dogs near two beautiful beaches.
Jersey is part of the Channel Islands and the largest of them, next is Guernsey – think The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society. We are nestled in the Bay of St Malo fifteen miles from the French coast and I can see the beach from my bedroom windows. There is a huge French influence here in Jersey from place names to food. We have countless beautiful views and over thirty beaches, and it occurred to me that if I love living here this much maybe readers might enjoy escaping to this pretty, romantic island through my books.
My latest series set on a fictional farm on the island is my Hollyhock Farm series. Welcome to Hollyhock Farm came out in May 2024 and Second Chances at Hollyhock Farm will be out on 16 November, with a third book following in 2025.
As for my other books, New Beginnings by the Sunflower Cliffs (originally published as A Jersey Kiss and a finalist in the Contemporary Romance Category, Romantic Novel of the Year Awards (RoNAs) and the Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers, is the first book in a four-book series. I’ve also written my five-book Golden Sands Bay series and three-book Sunshine Island series, all of which are out now.
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