Life Begins at the Cornish Cotage by Kim Nash #Review #SandpiperShoresBook2

 

We are returning to beautiful Cornwall with Kim Nash. Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage  was published by Boldwood Books on October 31st.

When life gives you heartbreak 💔, sometimes it also gives you a second chance… 💕

When Tom Sullivan returns to the quiet village of Sandpiper Shore, Emma can hardly believe her eyes. She hasn’t seen him since they played Romeo and Juliet in their school play – a lifetime ago, before real heartbreak, and long before she ever imagined life as a widow.

The last thing she wants is to relive the past, especially with someone who once made her teenage heart flutter. But when Emma agrees to put on a charity pantomime to raise money for the air ambulance service that helped her late husband, she’s thrown firmly back into Tom’s path.

As rehearsals begin and the local community rallies around her, Emma finds unexpected joy in bringing people together – and a surprising connection with Tom that feels far too real to ignore. Maybe it’s time for Emma to become the leading lady in her own life, not just for the show, but for herself.

Full of warmth, humour and heart, this is a story about letting go and discovering that it’s never too late to take a chance on love.

While this novel is set in the same village as the other books in the Sandpiper Shore series, it can be read as a STANDALONE

 My Thoughts

This is an escapist story which whisks you back to Cornwall, a gorgeous setting if ever there was one. If you have read the first in the series, you catch up with the lives of a group of friends who have settled near each other. Although Emma is filling her time with different initiatives, you sense the loneliness at the centre of her life.

 

 When she agrees to produce the local pantomime, Emma brings the community together. She also gets to meet up again with a friend from her youth and a whole heap of emotions are stirred up. You soon realise that it is not only Emma who has trepidation about taking a risk with her heart and looking for a new relationship. Beneath the veneer of their settled lives, you see that several people have misgivings about taking a risk. There are humorous moments and colourful characters involved in the production. Each of them allows you to see more about Emma's character as she deals with them. Emma gains your sympathy due in part to her initial doubts and kindnesses she shows.

In short: slow burn romance and a second chance plot  

About the Author

Kim Nash is the bestselling author of uplifting, heartwarming, romantic, feel-good fiction. She has wanted to write books since she was a little girl. Her other dream, is to live in a home that has a view of a golden sandy beach and the sea sparkling in the sunlight. Until that dream comes true, she’ll continue to write second chance romances about women who live or move to the seaside on her behalf. She is published by Boldwood Books.

One of her greatest writing achievements is to be nominated for the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2020, and she was delighted when Claudia Winkleman had read her book and said it was 'Totally warm and absolutely lovely.' 

She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni, is Author Community Director for publisher Bookouture (a division of Hachette UK) and, as an avid reader, started her career in the publishing industry as a book blogger. 

When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog at Cannock Chase, reading and binge-watching TV. She's also quite partial to a spa day, lemon drizzle cake and a gin and tonic (not all at the same time!)

Kim also runs a book club in Staffordshire and organises local and national reader/author events.

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Thanks to the author Kim Nash, Boldwood Books Compulsive Readers, Anne Cater and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.  

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