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The Twenty Dates by Ko Porteous #Review #EmptyNesters

It is good to return to The Empty Nesters series by Ko Porteous. The Twenty Dates was published by All Ways Publishing Ltd on October 8th. You can read my review of Book 1, The Freshman Parents   here The kids have left, assuming love endures. But can yours? Book #2 in The Empty Nesters Series   Claire’s marriage is in (total!) crisis. Her husband, Mark, is distracted, presumptuous, and utterly clueless - smart scales for their 19th wedding anniversary? Really? Perhaps she'd be better off alone. At least there'd be less laundry.   When Claire suggests separating, Mark panics. He asks for one last chance: twenty dates, one for each year of their marriage, to prove they're better off together than apart. What follows is a series of adventures Claire never saw coming - some mortifying, some exhilarating, and some that make her question everything she thought she knew. About Mark. About marriage. And about the woman she's quietly become while she wasn't payin...

Love Blooms at Hollyhock Farm by Georgina Troy #Review

 

Welcome back to the blog to Georgina Troy for another in her Hollyhock Farm series. Love Blooms at Hollyhock Farm was published by Boldwood Books on April 19th and takes us back to beautiful Jersey.

 
Spring has sprung—and so have sparks at Hollyhock Farm!

After an amazing year looking after Hollyhock Farm, on the beautiful island of Jersey, pregnant Lettie needs to step back from farming. The problem is, with her family overseas, there’s no one to take over.

But then help comes from two places at once. Handsome fire-fighter Joe needs to escape his small home since his mother and her new husband came to stay; he offers to help run the farm in exchange for board in one of the spare rooms. Then, adventurous newcomer Skye takes the other room, excited to try her hand at farming in such an amazing place.

But managing the farm together may be more than either of them bargained for, especially as each of them drives the other crazy, in more ways than one. Will the tension get too much for Joe and Skye, or could love bloom with the Jersey flowers this spring?


 My Thoughts

Beautiful Jersey shines out in this return to the island. Fate brings together Joe and Skye who have their own reasons for wanting to live on Hollyhock Farm and help Lettie out as she nears the end of her pregnancy.  You feel a little that Joe is too nice for his own good as he allows his mother and her new partner to take over his home and plead poverty.  Skye is on the lookout for her unknown father and with very little to go on, is hoping that she will be able to track him down over the coming months. They both find a measure of peace and purpose in looking after the farm animals.

    Family is a large focus of the story and as events unfold, several characters have a lot to process, with family dynamics spun off the scale. Both Joe and Skye start off on the wrong foot with each other and are initially horrified to find out that they have to live at the farm and work alongside each other. With a 'will they, won't they?' romance to follow, this makes for a very enjoyable summer read. 

In short: can enemies become lovers? 

 

 About the Author

 

Georgina Troy writes contemporary romance series set on the island of Jersey where she lives with her family and three rescue dogs near two wild and wonderful beaches.

 

Her latest series is set on a fictional farm on the island. Welcome to Hollyhock Farm and Second Chances at Hollyhock Farm are out now. Love Blooms at Hollyhock Farm is out April 2025 with a fourth book out later this year.

Georgina's other series:

The Sunflower Cliffs series

The Golden Sands Bay series

The Sunshine Island series

 

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Thanks to Georgina Troy, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

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