Blog Tour: Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage by Kim Nash

Michelle finally has the life that she wants. A couple of years earlier she had moved to Cornwall to a place that she loved, she had made some really good friends, her business is going well and she has fallen in love with a gorgeous Greek doctor named Demetri who she could see being part of her life ....well....forever! It's a long way from the life she was living before moving to Sandpiper Shore.

When Demetri announces that he needs to return to Greece to care for his sick mother, Michelle is torn. Can she start again...again? When she decides that this is something that she cannot do, Michelle and Demetri agree that the best way forward is no contact after he leaves. It would hurt too much to still be talking to each other.

Michelle is heartbroken but she is beginning to pick herself up again with the help of her friends, Jo and Emma who we met in the previous books in the series. One day she is shocked to find a man on her door step. At first, she thinks it is Demetri but it turns out it is Makkis, his brother. When Michelle explains that Demetri has gone home Makkis is surprised as he says that their mother is fine and suggests that there are other reasons for him to return home. Did Michelle really even know Demetri at all, or has she been played.

Makkis stays with Michelle and soon he is offering to help out with her business dealings and more. Can she trust Makkis more than she could ever trust Demetri?

A good guide to how invested you are in the characters in a story is how you react to some of the things that they do. As Michelle made several of her decisions I was yelling noooo in my head! I did, however, love the storyline with her brother. That part of the story made me feel quite emotional!

In all three books in this series, building community is a really important part of the story. In the first book, the friends were instrumental in building a Lonely Hearts club for the town. In the second it was a Christmas pantomime and in this one it was a barn dance (in an actual barn). When I was very young my family was involved in square dancing so we used to go to a lot of barn dances!

Once again, Kim Nash has delivered a really lovely story of friendship and love, healing and growth all set in a nice community near the beach in Cornwall! I am already hoping for the next book!

I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted at The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews and British Isles Friday hosted at Joy's Book Blog. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the review copy and Rachel's Random Resources for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour! Check out the other stops on the blog tour as well!

Rating 4.5/5

About the Book

Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage

💔 How do you mend a broken heart? 💔

Michelle finally thought she’d found love with her hot Greek doctor. But when Demetri reveals he’s returning home to care for his sick mother, Michelle’s dream future crumbles. Choosing not to follow him feels like losing more than just love - it feels like losing who she’d started to become.

Determined not to fall apart, Michelle decides to throw herself into rebuilding her life in Sandpiper Shore, but then unexpectedly, Demetri’s brother, Makkis, arrives on her doorstep. Offering him a room seems like the kind thing to do… but the constant reminder of her lost love is difficult for her heartbroken soul.

And the more time she spends with Makkis, the clearer it becomes: there are parts of Demetri she never knew… Just as Michelle starts to heal with a little help from her friends, she’s faced with a decision: fight for the love she knows she deserves, or finally learn how to let go…

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About the Author 

Kim Nash is an author of uplifting, romantic, feel-good fiction, having wanted to write books since she was a little girl. She works as both Digital Publicity Director for publisher Bookouture. She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni. When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog and reading, as well as running a book club in Staffordshire and organising local and national reader/author events.



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Blog tour: Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage by Kim Nash

 

Welcome back to Sandpiper Shore. In the first book in the series we met Jo who had just moved to the town as well as her two new friends, Michelle and Emma. The second book in the series is Emma's story!

Emma is a widow who lives on the same property as her friends Jo and Michelle. She is actively involved in the community as an organiser for the Lonely Hearts Club, which helps her fill her days and brings together lonely members of the community for different activities. She has no interest in meeting someone new, although her friends are trying to convince her that she is still young enough.

One day Emma is talking to the local vicar and his wife, and finds herself roped into organising a pantomime to raise funds for the local air ambulance. Back in her youth, she had been rehearsing for a version of Romeo and Juliet where she was Juliet when her heart was broken by her Romeo, a boy called Tom. Unable to face him, Emma became involved in the activities behind the scenes and loved it while someone else took the role of Juliet!

Complicating matters, that same boy has recently moved into the local area and is encouraged by his daughter to join the pantomime company. Tom went on to marry the girl who replaced Emma. Now a widower, he has returned from his life in Australia and is looking to settle into the community. And the chemistry between the two is still there! (Oh, yes it is!)

Emma now has a lot to do in a very short time from writing the script (which is inspired by Cinderalla), finding her cast, organising costumes, the stage sets, ticket sales and so much more. She doesn't have time to be distracted. And when her leading lady makes it clear that she has eyes for Tom, Emma can't face the idea that history might repeat itself. But what if Emma doesn't know the whole story of what happened all those years ago? Would that change things for her now?

This book has a cracking start which made me smile from the opening paragraph:

Two years ago I lost two things. One was my husband. The other was myself. I must be really careless because as if that wasn't enough, while out for lunch one day with my friends, I also lost my dignity.

And the enjoyment continued all the way through the book. I particularly enjoyed getting to know Emma as she started to recognise that she has allowed herself to be shaped by her husband and has tended to ignore her own needs. Now, though, that can change as she realises that she can live life on her own terms, even if that is from the simplest thing like not making sure the cushions on the couch are perfectly lined up. 

The pantomime performance is front and centre of the whole story (oh yes it is!) and I loved a couple of the character's performances in particular, but you will have to read the book to find out who they are! The pantomime is very much associated with a British Christmas season. A couple of years ago I went to a pantomime that was put on by a community theatre group in Perth and it was a lot of fun! I was so tempted to put in way more pantomime lines like "It's behind you. Oh no it isn't! Oh, yes it is" in my post. I feel I was very constrained by only including two! 

I have read quite a few of Kim Nash's books set in Cornwall, and I think this is her best yet! Bring on the next one. 

I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted at The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. The blog tour for this book is a collaboration between three different tour organisers so thanks to the publisher for the review copy and Rachel's Random Resourced, Random Things Tours and Compulsive Readers Blog Tours for the opportunity to take part in this bumper blog tour! Check out the other stops on the blog tour as well!

Rating 4.5/5

 

About the book

When life gives you heartbreak , sometimes it also gives you a second chance… 

When Tom Sullivan returns to the quiet village of Sandpiper Shore, Emma can hardly believe her eyes. She hasn’t seen him since they played Romeo and Juliet in their school play – a lifetime ago, before real heartbreak, and long before she ever imagined life as a widow.

The last thing she wants is to relive the past, especially with someone who once made her teenage heart flutter. But when Emma agrees to put on a charity pantomime to raise money for the air ambulance service that helped her late husband, she’s thrown firmly back into Tom’s path.

As rehearsals begin and the local community rallies around her, Emma finds unexpected joy in bringing people together – and a surprising connection with Tom that feels far too real to ignore. Maybe it’s time for Emma to become the leading lady in her own life, not just for the show, but for herself.

Full of warmth, humour and heart, this is a story about letting go and discovering that it’s never too late to take a chance on love.

 

About the author

 

Kim Nash is the bestselling author of uplifting, heartwarming, romantic, feel-good fiction. She has wanted to write books since she was a little girl. Her other dream, is to live in a home that has a view of a golden sandy beach and the sea sparkling in the sunlight. Until that dream comes true, she’ll continue to write second chance romances about women who live or move to the seaside on her behalf. She is published by Boldwood Books.

One of her greatest writing achievements is to be nominated for the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2020, and she was delighted when Claudia Winkleman had read her book and said it was 'Totally warm and absolutely lovely.'

She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni, is Author Community Director for publisher Bookouture (a division of Hachette UK) and, as an avid reader, started her career in the publishing industry as a book blogger.

When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog at Cannock Chase, reading and binge-watching TV. She's also quite partial to a spa day, lemon drizzle cake and a gin and tonic (not all at the same time!)

Kim also runs a book club in Staffordshire and organises local and national reader/author events.

Blog Tour: The Cornish Cottage by the Sea by Kim Nash

 

After really enjoying all the books in Kim Nash's Cornish Cove series, there was no way I was going to miss her latest book, which is the first in a new series. We are still in Cornwall, but this time it is in a village called Sandpiper Shore.

When Jo Jenkins inherits a cottage by the sea from her ex-husband's aunt, she is most surprised, especially seeing as she hasn't seen Aunt June for many years. Jo's divorce from Michael has left her battered and bruised in more ways than one. Her two daughters don't mean to take her their dad's side, but they expect her to just be around to be at their beck and call like she was as a stay at home mum. She was cleaned out financially but somehow he was still able to keep their expensive holiday home in Spain where he now lives with Jo's ex-best friend, Claudia.. Jo also feels like she doesn't have many true friends any more. 

With her beloved mum's encouragement, Jo decides that she will do the unthinkable. She is going to move into the cottage in Cornwall, sight unseen. She does second guess herself a bit when she arrives. It is not the picture perfect cottage that she fell desperately in love with all those years ago. It is falling apart, it is full of stuff that she will need to sort through, and the outbuildings all need a lot of work too. What it does still have is an amazing beachfront location and a ton of potential. 

The sheer amount of work and money needed to do it is overwhelming though. Fortunately, Jo meets handyman Seamus, apparently the hottest single man in the village, who is willing to help out with ideas and costing estimates, and more if she will let him. Jo also meets two woman who she instantly bonds with, Emma and Michelle, and soon she is building a new life for herself, much to Michael's disgust. 

The part of this book that really resonated with me was the conversations about what it means to be lonely, and how hard it is to get out of that space. Whilst I have my lovely husband, I do find myself struggling with friendships and some family members at the moment. Everyone is so busy so it feels like unless I organise something then I won't see people and I feel invisible, which is how Jo felt with her family too. I admire how Jo, along with her new friends, proactively did something to make new friends, and also to reach out to other lonely people in the community as well. 

There were a couple of things in this book which had me stop and pause. One was a twist that was a bit too coincidental, and a bit of miscommunication but otherwise this was a good read,. I also am not sure I get the cottage. I get that it is bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. It is also described as being in a resort but having outbuildings large enough to convert into accommodation. Maybe my idea of what a resort is is a bit different to how they are in Cornwall. Oh well, it's a minor thing. Regardless, I look forward to reading the next books in the series!

I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour shown below. Thanks to the publisher, Netgalley and Rachel's Random Resources for the review copy.

Rating 4/5

About the book

The Cornish Cottage by the Sea

A new start by the sea…

For Jo Jenkins, life has always been about putting others first. But with her children grown and her ex-husband as rotten as ever, she knows it’s time to put herself at the heart of the story. So, when she inherits a beautiful beachside cottage in Cornwall, she grabs the chance to start over.

The crumbling old cottage needs a little love, but so does Jo. And with the help of her new friends – a kind-hearted jeweller, a no-nonsense businesswoman, and a local Jack of all trades with a past of his own – Jo begins to rebuild more than just bricks and mortar.

But tucked away inside the cottage is a secret that could change everything. As the waves roll in and the sea air clears her mind, Jo must decide if she’s ready to let go of the past. Will she finally learn to embrace the life she truly deserves?

Purchase Link - https://mybook.to/CornishCottage

About the Author

Kim Nash is an author of uplifting, romantic, feel-good fiction, having wanted to write books since she was a little girl. She works as both Digital Publicity Director for publisher Bookouture. She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni. When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog and reading, as well as running a book club in Staffordshire and organising local and national reader/author events.

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