Summer at the Highland Coral Beach: A romantic, heart-warming, and uplifting read

Kiley Dunbar

Mar 2020 · Port Willow Bay Book 1 · Hera books Ltd

About this ebook

'Sweet, funny, and emotional...the perfect escape.’ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Reader Review

Escape to the Highland Coral Beach and let the sunshine warm your heart...

Beatrice Halliday needs a holiday. Booking a trip to the Highlands on a whim, Beatrice hopes learning Gaelic in a beautiful Scottish coastal village will be just the change her life needs.

But Port Willow Bay isn’t exactly as the website promised... Instead of learning a new language, she’s booked in to learn the ancient skill of willow weaving, her hotel room is Princess and the Pea themed (with a stack of mattresses for her bed!) and her tutor is Atholl Fergusson, grumpy - but utterly gorgeous - landlord of the hotel where Beatrice is staying. Worse still, she’s the only one booked on the course, meaning lots of time spent up close with Atholl (and his mesmerising blue eyes).

But as Beatrice finds herself falling in love with Port Willow Bay and its people, and as she discovers the kind heart beneath Atholl’s stony exterior, can she really leave?

Escape to the beautiful Scottish Highlands with this utterly romantic, feelgood book; one visit to Port Willow Bay and you’ll want to come back! Fans of Sarah Morgan, Carole Matthews and Holly Martin will be captivated.

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Ratings and reviews

Beatrice needed a getaway, perhaps not one fueled by three glasses of wine, a nine hour train journey and a Princess and the Pea styled 4 poster bed in the strange little village of Port Willow Bay. But she’s here, and not quite herself: prone to bursting into tears or turning a sharp tongue on anyone’s path she crosses. But she’s here and ‘stuck’ at least until Monday when the trains run again. Atholl and his brother Eugene run the inn/pub, and Atholl has worked to bring “craft tourism” to the bay in the hopes of increasing tourism and bringing new life to the little town. For years, the population has dwindled, and the regular residents are far more male than female. While Beatrice thought she had enrolled in a Gaelic class, she discovers with the rather questionable help from Gene, that she is, in fact, there to learn willow weaving. Not happy with any of it, she’s determined NOT to stay, and not to get involved. But this little town and it’s people – both residents and visitors are engaging, adding a bit of quirky to the mix, not to mention her own recognition of stuffing down her history and her words, all compounding her grief. From discovering stories of the residents’ lives and marriages (or dissolution of same) as well as her knack for organizing and bringing people together, a bit of good natured meddling and some growth allow her to open up to Atholl, and get some much needed confidence, acceptance and perhaps even a way to move on from the loss of her child and her marriage. With good humor, plenty of scenery, a bit of confusion and several communications gone awry, the story is a wonderfully told and emotional escapist tale that brings plenty of smiles and happiness to all in the end. I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility. Review first appeared at I am, Indeed

About the author

Kiley Dunbar is a Scot living over the border in Northern England where she teaches English and creative writing, devours romance novels, fusses over Amos the Bedlington Terrier, and loves two little Dunbars. She thinks making imaginary people find happiness and fall in hopelessly in love has to be the best job in the world.