This is the second in this series and I love it! Thank you Bookouture for having me on the tour.
Synopsis
Welcome to the little Irish village of Emerald Bay where the sun is shining, the locals are gossiping, and romance is in the air. But will returning home be the fresh start Imogen Kelly needs?
Thirty-two-year-old Imogen Kelly is meant to be living her best life in Dublin but the bright light s of the city aren’t making her truly happy. So she leaps at the chance to take on an interior design job at the big country manor at the edge of Emerald Bay. It also gives Imogen an excuse to return to the place where she spent an unforgettable summer with her first love, Lachlan Leslie, the heir to Benmore House.
Imogen’s heart is full of hope at the thought of seeing her childhood sweetheart but on the way there she nearly has an accident on the winding, muddy country road. She arrives at Benmore House late and flustered, only to discover the builder working with her on the renovation project is none other than Ryan O’Malley – the class prankster who was forever pinging her bra strap at school.
Within seconds it’s clear he’s still a cheeky charmer, even if he’s transformed into a gorgeous guy who unexpectedly sets her pulse racing. Forced into close proximity with relentlessly cheerful Ryan, who’s forever (badly) singing rock ballads at the top of his voice, Imogen at first finds him an annoying distraction.
With St Patrick’s Day celebrations in full swing, Imogen has her work cut out to keep the job on track. Spending more time with Ryan, she discovers that, behind his warm smile and generous ways, he’s nursing heartache. But when she finally sees blue-eyed Lachlan again, Imogen has to face up to the truth about the secret summer romance they shared.
My review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We're back in the little Irish village of Emerald Bay. this time it's Imogen's story. She almost literally gets run over by an old class mate Ryan while trying to rescue a duck family, which immediately made me like her. She lands up by working alongside him at an interior design job. A design job at an elaborate house. When her past and present collide she needs to let go of her past and rewrite her future. With the help of the 'forced proximity ' she discovers that what she thought she wanted isn't actually it anymore.
I love this series! I love the whole family and reading the various sister's stories, I really hope there'll be more books for the other sisters 😉. I love that there was a bit of catch up with Shannon and James and the rest of the Kelly family. It felt like a bonus epilogue.
I loved the descriptions of this little village and the colourful characters that pop in and out and the sense of community and how people just pull together to help each other. This was a comforting and feel good read that I loved.
If you like small town, forced proximity/ friends to lovers, family, then you'll love this. You don't have to have read the first book in this series but it will add to it and make you love it even more.
About the author
Michelle Vernal is a New Zealand author who writes stories that will take you onto the page with her characters and make you feel part of their lives. She writes with humour and warmth, and her readers describe her books as unputdownable, feel good and funny. Her writing has been likened to Maeve Binchy but with a modern-day vernacular. In 2015 she was shortlisted for the Love Stories Award. In 2020 she won the Reader's Favorite Gold Medal Award for Chick lit, and in 2021 was shortlisted for the Page Turner Book Awards.
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Welcome to the little Irish village of Emerald Bay where the sun is shining, the locals are gossiping, and romance is in the air. But will returning home be the fresh start Imogen Kelly needs?
Thirty-two-year-old Imogen Kelly is meant to be living her best life in Dublin but the bright light s of the city aren’t making her truly happy. So she leaps at the chance to take on an interior design job at the big country manor at the edge of Emerald Bay. It also gives Imogen an excuse to return to the place where she spent an unforgettable summer with her first love, Lachlan Leslie, the heir to Benmore House.
Imogen’s heart is full of hope at the thought of seeing her childhood sweetheart but on the way there she nearly has an accident on the winding, muddy country road. She arrives at Benmore House late and flustered, only to discover the builder working with her on the renovation project is none other than Ryan O’Malley – the class prankster who was forever pinging her bra strap at school.
Within seconds it’s clear he’s still a cheeky charmer, even if he’s transformed into a gorgeous guy who unexpectedly sets her pulse racing. Forced into close proximity with relentlessly cheerful Ryan, who’s forever (badly) singing rock ballads at the top of his voice, Imogen at first finds him an annoying distraction.
With St Patrick’s Day celebrations in full swing, Imogen has her work cut out to keep the job on track. Spending more time with Ryan, she discovers that, behind his warm smile and generous ways, he’s nursing heartache. But when she finally sees blue-eyed Lachlan again, Imogen has to face up to the truth about the secret summer romance they shared.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We're back in the little Irish village of Emerald Bay. this time it's Imogen's story. She almost literally gets run over by an old class mate Ryan while trying to rescue a duck family, which immediately made me like her. She lands up by working alongside him at an interior design job. A design job at an elaborate house. When her past and present collide she needs to let go of her past and rewrite her future. With the help of the 'forced proximity ' she discovers that what she thought she wanted isn't actually it anymore.
I love this series! I love the whole family and reading the various sister's stories, I really hope there'll be more books for the other sisters 😉. I love that there was a bit of catch up with Shannon and James and the rest of the Kelly family. It felt like a bonus epilogue.
I loved the descriptions of this little village and the colourful characters that pop in and out and the sense of community and how people just pull together to help each other. This was a comforting and feel good read that I loved.
If you like small town, forced proximity/ friends to lovers, family, then you'll love this. You don't have to have read the first book in this series but it will add to it and make you love it even more.
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