Saturday, May 07, 2016

Behind again! Challenging times! 52 in 52 - book 15 - parts a & b - Christmas at the Beach Cafe, Christmas Gift at the Beach Cafe, Lucy Diamond

So 52 books in 52 weeks doesn't work so well when you hit "mental block" with reading... I know that sounds bizarre, but there really are times when you just can't get into the book that you've started, and we're really enjoying.... Ah well... I worked out a temporary solution - The Beach Cafe by Lucy Diamond has a couple of Novellas based on the same storyline, so whether or not reading the two of them counts as one book, I'm not sure....  But I'm claiming it! So book 15 is 2 novellas!

Both of these novellas take place after the original The Beach Cafe (book 5 in my 52 in 52 reading challenge), The first, Christmas at the beach cafe takes place months after the original novel. Evie, the "black sheep" of the family, is thriving in the cafe left to her by her aunt - something that is surprising to her family, and almost equally to herself- and her chef turned boyfriend Ed has moved in, life is good! Evie's favourite day of the entire year is Christmas - clearly the season mentioned in the title! Evie is all set for their very first Christmas together, small, romantic, and secluded from the whole world as their sleepy village shuts down against the cold of winter. 
All this goes awry when Ed's brother turns up unannounced having just arrived back in the UK from Thailand. Evie has heard all about him and his travels from Ed - however he seems to be doing his best to make a rift between Evie and Ed, and Ed can't even see it!! As if things weren't far enough off track...
It's been a month since I drafted this post, hoping to get straight back to it.... I'm just going to publish it now....

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