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When is it time to stop running?
Coralie Casey is haunted by her past. Deciding it’s time for a fresh start, she sets up ‘Sweet Cleans’, a range of natural beauty and cleaning products, and escapes to Penmorfa, a quiet coastal village in west Wales.
Gethin Lewis thinks he’s about to put his home village Penmorfa behind him for good. Now an internationally-acclaimed artist living in New York, he just has to return one last time to wind up his father’s estate.
But the village soon disrupts their carefully laid plans. As truths are uncovered which threaten to split the community apart, Gethin is forced to question his real reasons for abandoning Penmorfa, and Coralie is made to face the fact that some stains just won’t go away.
My thoughts:
Romance in a quaint Welsh village, filled with gossiping ladies.
Coralie is running from her past, what past we do not know, but we learn. Sure it was...something, but I did feel she made too much of a big deal of it. But she is sweet, loves her new place and is just nice you know.
Gehtin hates the same village, he wanted out and out he went. Famous painter and disliked by certain people in Penmorfa. But he also is a nice guy. He had reasons to get out. These two together works, they are both not looking, so we know something will happen. The road there takes awhile. A bit of talking, which leads to flirting, which leads to talking. Yes no rush here. You can't rush love, not even lust at times.
Even with the gossiping old ladies this was a nice village. People felt close, even if they talked dirt behind each other's backs. There is a family that gets a backstory too as they know Coralie, and Gehtin. The parents have marital issues and their daughter is back and preggers. A sidestory that gives warmth and drama to this story.
Conclusion:
Romance that takes time, a village that I want to visit. That is this story.
Cover
Eh
Eh
Genre: Women's fiction
Pages: 336
To Be published: October 7th 2012 by Choc Lit
Source: For review
Amazon US
AMazon UK
There's a kitty on the cover! Also, TGIF! :)
ReplyDeleteLol, there sure is :)
DeleteI love this kind of book :-)
ReplyDeleteThey are great :)
Deleteit sounds nice, I loved the cover it's so sweet.
ReplyDeleteIt does look sweet :)
DeleteNot crazy about the cover, but the story sounds good! There aren't enough books set in Wales, IMO. The homeland of my ancestors! Well, a few of them anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteOh your ancestors are Welsh? So cool :D I wish mine where, lol. Yes I love Wales
DeleteIt seems so sweet...pass me that smoked herring!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Oh you
DeleteYeah, your right, the cover wouldn't ping my book-buying radar.
ReplyDeleteIt looks a bit...dunno really
DeletePainter? Hm... yea.. I might have to try this one! This sounds like a sweet book. I love those some times!
ReplyDeleteThey can be the best when needed
DeleteI love small town romances like this with colorful town folk..adding this tale to my list! Great review.
ReplyDeleteThey are so weird and fun :D Though I am glad I have no gossiping ladies here
DeleteLove the sound of that town and gossiping old ladies...woohoo! That means a lot of drama. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes drama alert ;)
DeleteSounds right up my alley!
ReplyDeletethis type of small town drama is usually fun.
ReplyDeleteThey sure are
Deletehahaha gotta love those old bettys who have no life but gossping. xD ooooh Welsh setting? Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI know, Wales, could it get any better ;)
DeleteI know, that feeling is just..great, even if two of the ladies were horrid
ReplyDeleteSounds good, but I hated that monniker: Woman's fiction. Why not contemporary romance?
ReplyDeleteWell, because there is not that much romance in it when it all comes down to it. In contemporary romance the feelings seems to be all over the place, while here there were lots of other things and the romance came later
DeleteThat cover is terrible, but the story overall sounds like a good read!!
ReplyDeleteLol, can't win them all
DeleteThis sounds cute and I love romances that take time to build. I'll be looking for this one when it comes out in October.
ReplyDeleteI love that too :) It feels more real
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