In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning...

Claire Marlowe owns 'The Townhouse by the Sea' with Luca, the hotel's charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside down.

And the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. There's a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets . . . and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past.

Here are affairs of the heart, secrets, lies and scandal - all wrapped up in one long, hot weekend.

Saving for my hols in Cornwall! Will read & release it there....

On the face of it this is a likeable & easy read about various weekend visitors to a Cornish hotel. It's predictable in that you just know who will fall out, end up together etc but the characters are interesting enough to keep it an entertaining read. The characters are such that you can't help but want a happy ending for one & all.

But hang on a mo...why do we want this happy outcome, after all some these situations were caused by men cheating on their wives so a happy outcome for him is just more heartbreak & pain for her as his past misdeeds are revealed! Colin's wife, I thought must be a saint to accept his eleven-year-old" indiscretion".... & yet I couldn't feel sorry for her as she would stay with him as she didn't want to give up her lifestyle...apologies for the spoiler.

A story of deceit, lies, secrets & adultory, plus the heartbreak of losing a child, of losing a parent & of searching for a parent you've never known -it covers all bases & yet despite this manages to be lighthearted & have the feelgood factor. All of which results in an ideal relaxing holiday read. 😀

Left on the bookshelf in Dairy Cottage

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