Today I am featuring the second in Kiley Dunbar's Port Willow Bay series, Matchmaking at Port Willow. You can read my review of the first in the series here Summer at the Highland Coral Beach.
Beatrice Halliday has been working hard at the Princess and
The Pea Inn, loved up with landlord Atholl and enjoying planning events for the
locals. But at Christmas there's a kick - as she realises she's expecting.
Despite being fearful of the future, Beatrice is graced with
a distraction: the prospects of helping a romance flourish when a married
couple spend their first child-free holiday at the Inn – and it becomes clear
they need some help rediscovering each other. In true Beatrice fashion, she
cant help meddling.
Featuring the story of a first love, a new family, a
marriage in crisis, and an octogenarian love affair, you'll fall head over
heels for this heart-warming rom-com.
My Thoughts
Having enjoyed the first in the series, I found that I picked up the story seamlessly. There is plenty of mileage to be had from the characters we already know and the new ones proved to have some interesting depths. Family proved to be a major theme in the story and I was delighted that Beatrice was still showing her problem- solving side, alongside showing us her vulnerabilities. Loss and grief still hover in the background but there is an underlying feeling of hope and renewal.
There is plenty of humour to be found in the villagers who form such a lovely community. I liked the subplots, especially seeing how guests Ruth and Mark tried to sort out their problems, encouraged by Beatrice. The setting is as stunning as before. Port Willow feels like a magical place, full of hope and possibilities. This really feels like Nina and Mutt's story. At the beginning they could not be more different but as the story develops, you see Nina rediscover what she actually wants to do with her life. Mutt has his own secrets which eventually are discovered. You do feel as though Port Willow has a healing power.
In short: can love find a way?
About the Author
Kiley Dunbar writes heart-warming, escapist, romantic
fiction set in beautiful places, with One Winter's Night being shortlisted for
the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2021.
Kiley's five novels include: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (May
2021), One Winter's Night (September 2020), Summer at the Highland Coral Beach
(2020), Christmas at Frozen Falls (2019) and One Summer's Night (2019).
You can read my review of Christmas at Frozen Falls here and Summer at the Highland Coral Beach here. and One Winter's Night here.
and on the 'Kiley Dunbar Author Book Page' on Facebook.
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