SPRING is here so what better way to start recharging your
batteries than an early visit to the warm sunshine of a picturesque seaside
village nestling in Cornwall?
Debut novelist Jennifer Bibby (pictured below) admits she is happiest by the
sea, and loves to travel and enjoys exploring the lives of women as they set
out on life-changing adventures, new friendships and of course, the promise of
romance.
And when her favourite kind of romantic hero is a typical
bad boy turned good (with a dark and hidden backstory just waiting to be dug
out!) then you know you’re in for a rollercoaster ride... and on this occasion,
through the gorgeous sun, sand and sea of Cornwall.
All artist Freya has ever wanted to do is paint so when she fails her Master’s Degree in Art, on the same day that her boyfriend Matt decides he needs a ‘more serious’ partner, to Freya – now artistically ‘burned out’ – it feels like the end of the world. Luckily, she has a saviour in the shape of best friend Lola who invites her to the sleepy Cornish village of Polcarrow to work in her cafĂ©. With nothing keeping her in London, Freya jumps at the chance of a summer by the sea.
Readers will adore basking in the warmth and healing power
of Bibby’s gorgeous summertime odyssey as friends old and new, and a caring,
close-knit community, rally round a young woman who is learning to love again.
Using art as her central motif, Bibby lets her words paint
pictures so we can feel the sun on our faces, and hear the sigh of the waves
and the calls of the gulls as Freya resets her life and follows her heart to a
place to call home that seems a million miles from busy, bustling London. Charming, uplifting, and packed with wonderful characters,
this is the perfect story to kick off a summer of loving!
(Simon & Schuster, paperback, £8.99)
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