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The banner and book cover sum up the delights of this new book! Don’t we all long to “come home”? Enjoy!

Home is where the heart is…

Holly doesn’t have time for a holiday this year. But when her job threatens to send her over the brink, her boss insists she take a sabbatical. So she packs her bags and escapes to her beloved grandmother Gigi’s house on Wishington Bay, which has sat empty since Gigi passed away.
 
But Holly’s dreams of a coastal escape take an unexpected turn. Holly didn’t expect to spend time with any man this summer – let alone an Aussie Adonis…but when she meets her next door neighbour Gabe and his little dog Bryan, it’s clear her quiet summer of strolling along the sand and wandering through the seaside village’s tiny streets on her own will come with a hefty dose of distraction.
 
With a summer to fill and Gigi’s wonderful and surprising house to sort through, Holly knew it would be a summer packed with old memories. She just didn’t expect to make so many new ones…
 
Coming Home to Wishington Bay is the new gorgeous uplifting rom-com from Maxine Morrey, perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Tilly Tennant!

Purchase Links:

UK– https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Home-Wishington-Maxine-Morrey-ebook/dp/B07JH9MW41

US – https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-Wishington-Maxine-Morrey-ebook/dp/B07JH9MW41

JENA’S REVIEW

Coming Home to Wishington Bay by Maxine Morrey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“His smile was soft, and his eyes did that sparkly thing and somewhere in the hard, protective shell I’d built around my heart, I felt a crack.”

Who is this young career woman with the well-protected heart? She is Holly, a focused financial management professional who has done well at her prestigious London job. She has the London flat and lifestyle to match. So, why is she coming “home” to Wishington Bay. Isn’t her home in London?

That’s what this “funny and uplifting holiday romcom” is all about. What happens when our goals and plans and love affairs get turned upside down? When we meet Holly, she has been betrayed by her lover and she has experienced a health scare- her panic attacks are increasing in frequency and duration. So, much so, that her boss orders her to take a sabbatical.

She reluctantly retreats to Wishington Bay for the summer, where she has inherited her Grandma Gigi’s beach-side house. She hasn’t been to the place since her grandmother passed, and things have changed. Specifically, an “Australian Adonis” now lives in the other side of the beach house.

Holly’s plan is to fix up her grandmother’s place and then sell it and resume her life in London. Readers will bond with Holly, as I did, as we see her change her view of “home”. Can Wishington Bay become home for Holly? And can she open her heart and home to love?

There are many well-developed and lovable characters in this book, including the doggie “Bryan”. (yes, he spells it with a “y”.) Many will be able to relate to Holly’s panic attacks and how she learns to handle them. Just a warning- they are clearly described, but in an objective manner- no undue drama, and Holly receives care and compassion from others. The love and romance sparkles like the sea and the beach setting and small village proved a tranquil respite we all need. My only quibble is that twice in the book, Holly uses language I “try” not to use- language that seemed out of character.

I recommend this charming book and I thank HQ Digital, NetGalley and Rachel’s Random Resources for a review copy. This is my honest review.

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Author Bio

Maxine has wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember and wrote her first (very short) book for school when she was ten.

As time went by, she continued to write, but ‘normal’ work often got in the way. She has written articles on a variety of subjects, as well as a local history book on Brighton. However, novels are her first love. 

In August 2015, she won Harper Collins/Carina UK’s ‘Write Christmas’ competition with her first romantic comedy, ‘Winter’s Fairytale’.

Maxine lives on the south coast of England, and when not wrangling with words loves to read, sew and listen to podcasts. Being a fan of tea and cake, she can (should!) also be found doing something vaguely physical at the gym.

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