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Welcome to your happy place…

Stella Hutton has everything under control. Her high-flying career as a lawyer relies on her keeping a calm, rational head on her shoulders. She hasn’t got time for love, or space for a man in her glamorous new apartment, a converted warehouse overlooking the rugged cliffs of Micklewick Bay.

But when a handsome stranger walks into the Jolly Sailors pub, with a sparkle in his blue eyes and a head of dark curls, everything changes. Making a beeline for her, Alex Bainbridge introduces himself while a gorgeous Labrador waits at his feet. Electricity instantly sparks between Stella and Alex, as her heart flips inside her chest and her usual strict rules about men fly out the window…

Stella thinks her crush will pass. But every time she bumps into Alex — on her daily jog along the promenade, at the supermarket, inside the Happy Hartes Bookshop — her feelings only grow stronger. Her close-knit group of friends have never seen her like this before. After thirty years of being happily single, has Stella finally met the one? Or will her cherished independence sabotage her chance at a forever love?

Escape to Micklewick Bay in this uplifting, feel-good page-turner, perfect for fans of Heidi Swain, Jenny Colgan and Phillipa Ashley.

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My Review

This is book #3 in the Micklewick Bay series. Whilst it is part of a series, it can easily be read as a standalone book as each book focusses on a different character. So, in book one we met Florrie, in book two we met Maggie, and in this book we meet Stella. I love Stella’s character – she’s so likeable and easy to relate to. She spends a lot of time working due to her being a high-flying lawyer and, apart from her mum and her friends, she doesn’t really have time for a relationship with anyone else. However, when charming Alex Bainbridge moves to Micklewick Bay could this all change?

I loved this book, just as I have done with the other books of the series. It’s always a pleasure to return to Micklewick Bay and I enjoyed going back for Stella’s story this time. Whilst her life seems happy now, Stella’s background of not knowing who her father was is quite sad and you just know that all the secrets surrounding this will eventually appear as the book moves on. I did like Alex’s character (who sounds gorgeous!) and would have been quite happy to be bumping into him around the Bay as Stella did!! There was obviously some chemistry between the two of them and it was fun following their story to find out if anything comes of it! It was lovely to see again some of the other characters which we’ve already met from the previous books and when Stella and her friends are all together there are certainly plenty of laughs to be had!

The story flowed along well, and I enjoyed every bit of it, unable to put it down until the end. It’s such an easy book to read and is full of heart-warming and light-hearted moments! Of course, there are a few bumps in the road in Stella’s life as we move through her story, but these fitted into her storyline perfectly! A truly lovely read, which I would recommend! Will there be a book #4?…I do hope so!

The Author

Eliza J Scott lives in North Yorkshire with her family and has wanted to be a writer as far back as she can remember. She is inspired by her beautiful surroundings and loves to write heartwarming stories based on romance and friendship with a generous dollop of community spirit and a hint of humour. She has written and self-published ten novels and has been an Amazon UK Kindle bestseller.

When she’s not writing, Eliza can usually be found with her nose in a book or working in her garden doing a spot of plot wrangling (of the writing variety), and battling against the weeds. The weeds, unfortunately, are currently winning but Eliza is undeterred. Roses are amongst her favourite flowers and she doesn’t need much of an excuse to visit a plant centre where a new rose always seems to mysteriously find its way onto her trolley much to her husband’s astonishment.

Eliza also enjoys having a catch-up with friends over tea and cake, as well as bracing walks in the countryside, rounded off by a visit to a teashop – for yet more tea and cake!

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