Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage

About the Book

The BRAND NEW instalment in the gorgeously uplifting, romantic Sandpiper Shores series, perfect for fans of Veronica Henry, Trisha Ashley and Cathy Bramley. ✨

Every book in the Sandpiper Shores series can be read as a STANDALONE

💔 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…

A heartwarming and hopeful story about second chances, rediscovering yourself, and finding love that feels like home. Perfect for fans Jessica Redland and Jo Bartlett.

Title: Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage

Author:   Kim Nash

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Day: 1st April

Links:   UK:   Amazon     US:   Amazon

Our Review

I loved heading back to the Cornish Cottage for the third and final book in the Sandpiper Shore series. 

This book is about Michelle, at the start of the book she is very happy with her boyfriend, the sexy Doctor Demetri but life has a habit of throwing a spanner in the works and Michelle finds she has to embark on a different journey that the one she had planned. As they can't reach a compromise she and Demetri both decide to go separate ways. He needs to go to Greece and she wants to stay where she is in Sandpiper shore which is pretty understandable really considering she hadn’t long moved there and has two best friends nearby in Jo and Emma. 

When Demetri’s brother Makis shows up looking just as handsome as him she finds it really hard to differentiate between them and through their conversations she suspects that things might not be all they seem where Demetri is involved.  he has some interesting propositions for Michelle to look into but can she trust him or is one or both of the brothers lying to her. 

I felt that this book was really written from the heart as Michelle’s parents had died and the feeling of loss and grief comes over really vividly and I could feel the strength of the emotions behind it.

I don’t want to give any spoilers away but certain situations in this story will make you want to shout out and warn Michelle but with two best mates who’ve always got her back I knew she was in safe hands and I couldn’t have been happier for her when love came knocking on her door again. 

This book will put you through the mill emotion wise but as is guaranteed with all good romances there is a beautiful happy ending which just rounds off the Sandpiper Shore series off wonderfully. 

A lovely story about ride or die friendships, grief and a deep love that defied the odds and all attempts to derail it. Kim Nash has written another fabulous book and I can't wait to read what she writes next which I believe will be in a new setting. All this whilst also opening up a new bookshop called Fiction and Fairy Lights she is literally wonder woman.

Sincerely

Book Angel x

About the Author

Kim Nash is the bestselling author of romantic, heartwarming, uplifting, feel-good fiction, published by Boldwood Books. As a little girl, she dreamed of becoming an author. 

Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage is out on 1st April and available to pre-order now. 

One of Kim's greatest writing achievements is being nominated for the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2020, and she was delighted when Claudia Winkleman 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 and has recently opened her very own bookshop in her hometown, another childhood dream. Before that, for thirteen years she worked at publisher Bookouture (a division of Hachette UK) as Publicity Director and Author Community Director. As an avid reader, her career in the publishing industry started through book blogging.

When she's not working in her bookshop 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. 

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Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage by Kim Nash

About the Book

Set against the sparkling shores of Cornwall☀️, this BRAND NEW heartwarming, uplifting and gorgeously romantic tale of second chances is perfect for fans of Veronica Henry, Trisha Ashley and Cathy Bramley. ✨

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.

While this novel is set in the same village as the other books in the Sandpiper Shore series, it can be read as a STANDALONE 

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Title:  Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage

Author:   Kim Nash

Published By:   Boldwood Books

Publication Date:  31st October 2025

Links:   UK:    Amazon     US:   Amazon

Our Review

This is book two of the Sandpipers Shore series by Kim Nash. The first book is The Cornish Cottage by the Sea which I reviewed here. 

Life begins at the Cornish Cottage follows Emma’s story, we originally meet Emma in the first book as she finds a home and friendship in the Cornish Cottage by the Sea. 

Emma is looking forward to a lunch with her friends when she spots them talking to the last person she expected to see. 

Tom is looking good but she really doesn’t want to see him after he broke her heart years before when they were still at school. As she was bullied at school she really didn't want to be reminded of those days.

In order to keep out of Tom's way Emma volunteers to organise the local pantomime but no such luck because guess who’s going to be the leading man? 

There were a lot of emotions that Emma had to face and go through regarding her late husband but Tom’s situation was also very complicated and even more so when someone was desperate to get her claws into him. Could history repeat itself and Tom be whisked away from her once again before she can get her chance at happiness?

Kim always manages to create a lovely community where I would quite happily live. She also focuses very strongly on female friendships and I laughed out loud a number of times at the conversations that Emma, Jo and Michelle had. The good thing about their friendship was that they weren’t frightened of being honest with each other which Emma appreciated, maybe not straight away but after she’d had time to cool down. I really loved spending time with these lovely ladies and watching as Emma brought a community together with a Christmas panto. I'm really looking forward to the next book in the series.

An emotional rollercoaster from start to finish, I absolutely loved Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage it's the perfect read to cosy up with on a cold winter’s night with a steamy mug of hot chocolate or better still cocktails in the hot tub a la Emma, Jo and Michelle.

Sincerely

Book Angel x

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. 

Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage, the second book set in the Sandpiper Shores series, is out now.

One of Kim's greatest writing achievements is to be nominated for the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2020, and she was delighted when Claudia Winkleman 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. 

Just A Taste by Anise Starre

About the Book

A Christmas romance featuring a personal chef who is snowed-in with her least favourite client – a sexy but miserable technopreneur.

The only thing personal chef Noelle Jones loves more than cooking is Christmas. She has a roster of extremely wealthy clients, including the elusive and stoic Alexander Hoxton.

When he asks her to cook a last-minute business meal he’s having, offering triple her pay for the short notice, Noelle jumps at the chance. It’s easy money, one of her favourite dishes and she'll still have plenty of time to get to her family’s annual Christmas reunion.

But, when a sudden blizzard leaves Noelle snowed-in with Alexander, she quickly realises he wants absolutely nothing to do with anything festive. Stuck with a veritable grinch, she’s sure this Christmas is about to become one of her worst . . .

Title: Just A Taste

Author:  Anise Starre

Published By:   Simon & Schuster UK

Publication Day: 23rd October 2025

Links:   UK:   Amazon    US:   Amazon

Our Review

Despite multi millionaire Alex Hoxton hiring Noelle Jones as his private Chef two years earlier, he has always kept his distance from her meaning she knows nothing more about him than she did at the start. 

So when Noelle finds herself snowed in at his house with him after a Board meeting she can’t think of anything worse especially as she was looking forward to a traditional family Christmas at her Grandma’s house. 

Alex is completely unwelcoming and Noelle feels extremely awkward in his home, especially as he expects her to still cook for him even though she's not getting paid for it but she soon puts him in his place about that.

Alex is very grinch like about Christmas whereas Noelle loves the season and is desperate to get to see her family. The tension is broken a few times when Noelle facetimes her twin sister Eve who is hilarious and a huge tease, she can't resist winding Noelle up about the situation she has got herself into. Despite being cheered up by Eve's conversations they also make her sad because she can see a glimpse of the family christmas going on at her Grandma's house but Alex can also see what's going on and I think he begins to get to know Noelle more through those interactions than he has done in the years she has been working for him.

When the heating breaks down things get very cosy and Noelle wonders whether Alex's cold heart will begin to thaw and will she ever feel warm again?

I loved how Noelle always seemed to make the most of whatever situation she found herself in, despite being stuck in a freezing cold house with someone that could give the Grinch a run for his money, she still managed to scrape together amazing culinary, seasonal treats and between them they found a little spice to keep themselves warm.

Just a Taste has all the ingredients for the perfect sexy, Christmassy story, start with one handsome but troubled hero, throw in a beautiful and talented heroine, whisk together with a snowstorm, add a tablespoon of sass and a sprinkling of spice to raise the temperature. Then cook on hot hot hot.

Sincerely

Book Angel x

About the Author

Anise Starre is a born and bred Londoner who now travels the world with her husband. She loves writing sweet, fluffy romances featuring Black women being loved on and adored, with a hint of steam and spice to get the heart going.

You can keep up to date with Anise by following her on Instagram: @authoranisestarre

Bea's Book Wagon by Julie Haworth

About the Book

Set in the fictional Sussex village of Blossom Heath, and featuring characters you will know and love from Julie Haworth’s RNA Katie Fforde Debut of the Year Always By Your Side and follow up New Beginnings at The Cosy Cat Café, Bea’s Book Wagon is a cosy, uplifting and comforting romance that tells the story of two love-interest heroes vying for Bea’s heart – her artisan-cheesemaking childhood sweetheart and a knock-you-off-your-feet property developer. 

After impulsively jacking in her dead-end temp job and investing her life savings in a ramshackle old horsebox, Bea sets about turning her dream of running a bookshop into a reality, and opens Bea’s Book Wagon. But it’s not all smooth sailing, and as Bea struggles with the challenges of running her own small business, she can only hope that her love of literature and the power of reading can help transform the lives of her friends, her community and herself in the process.

Title:  Bea's Book Waggon

Author: Julie Haworth

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 9th October 2025

Links:   UK:   Amazon    US:   Amazon

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Our Review

First of all I just love this gorgeous cover, the colours are just so beautiful and secondly I just love stories when the main character gets to do up something old and give it a whole new purpose in life. So I was in my element reading about Bea when she drunkenly purchases a decrepit old horse box and has the brainwave to turn it into a book shop. I thoroughly enjoyed Bea's journey of doing up the van especially when a hunky old flame Nate turns up and offers to help. Things don't always go to plan though and Bea suffers a bit of a disaster which sets her back alot and makes her wonder whether the whole venture was a huge mistake.

It doesn't take long before she is swept off her feet by rich and handsome property developer Lochlan and flattered that he shows an interest in her. But when Bea decides to go down a more serious route with her business she finds out that all is not quite as it seems. 

I loved my visit back to Blossom Heath and revisiting some of the familiar characters there from Always By Your Side and New Beginnings at the Cosy Cat Cafe.

Bea's Book Wagon is a real feel good book about love and friendship and someone finding their self worth and following their dreams despite what might be thrown at them on the way and there is a lovely little surprise at the end especially for book lovers.

Sincerely

Book Angel x

About the Author 

With a degree in English and American Literature, Julie Haworth worked as an English teacher for a number of years, specialising in working with learners with literacy difficulties, before launching her own freelance copywriting business. She is  a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and her debut novel, Always By Your Side, which she wrote whilst recovering from Covid in 2020, won the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award in 2023. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Let the Bells Ring Out by Milly Johnson

About the Book

Seven people, four days and a snowy Christmas on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning…

‘Escaping into Milly’s world is always a joy and Let The Bells Ring Out is Christmas perfection!’ JILL MANSELL

The Yorkshire Belle is a glamorous steam train all decked out for an escapist festive getaway. It is not supposed to be where a group of people, all trying to get to their destinations for the holidays, will spend their Christmas. 

Seven people, each with their own hopes and dreams, secrets and sorrows, board the train as strangers, but as the snow keeps falling and they realise they are going nowhere fast, they are forced to slow down and embrace the present.

This Christmas on board the Yorkshire Belle, will the friendships they make change their lives forever?

Title:  Let the Bells Ring Out

Author:  Milly Johnson

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Publication Day:  23rd October 2025

Links:  UK:   Amazon    

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Our Review

If ever seven people were destined to meet it was these seven characters from Let the Bells Ring Out. All strangers apart from one couple, they were all thrown together and snowed in on the most amazing luxury train called the Yorkshire Belle. I don't think that the characters expected to get to know each other so well but then they did end up spending the whole of christmas together with a kitchen and bar stocked up full of festive goodies and luxurious rooms. I can think of much worse places to get snowed in and I think we could all do with switchng off from the outside world every now and then and give ourselves a bit of a reset which is exactly what these characters were able to do. I honestly didn't want this book to end. I'm contemplating taking a journey on the Northern Belle which this train was based on because the author made everything sound so tempting and I felt like I was there in the thick of it with these amazing characters.

I've said it before because Milly is my favourite author but she doesn't just write a story she creates a wonderful world jam packed with so much going on while expertly weaving the character's storylines and intertwining them in parts and always with a bit of Milly magic sprinkled on top. 

This story was filled with the joys of Christmas along with secrets, heartache, heartbreak, love and friendships made for life. This was the sister book of I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day and features radio DJ Brian Cosgrove who added to the atmosphere on board the train. I dread to think what some of these characters lives would have been like had they not met. It was a wonderful whirlwind from beginning to end. I loved every Christmassy page of it. 

Sincerely

Book Angel x

About the Author

Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 22 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poet, a professional joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.

She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.

She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.

Her 22nd novel 'Same Time Next Week' out 27th Feb 2025 is about five women all negotiating big changes in their lives. Will coming together in a friendship group at the new Ray's Diner help them overcome what fate throws at them? Full of blueberry pie and cookies (don't blame me if you start craving them)

All Wrapped Up by Heidi Swain

In Wynbridge, the scent of autumn is on the breeze and love is in the air…

Clemmie Bennett has been renovating beautiful Rowan Cottage on the outskirts of the small town of Wynbridge, for eighteen months following a very public heartbreak back in her childhood hometown. The popular Instagram influencer, lost her husband, sold their home, and has been cosied up the Fens and living a very private life, but now she feels it’s time for a change.

A chance encounter with co-owner of The Cherry Tree Café, the bubbly Lizzie Dixon, pulls her into organizing Wynbridge’s first-ever Autumn Festival, and her once quiet life is soon a distant memory. With the whole town rallying behind the event, she discovers a new sense of purpose.

And when local vet Ash falls hard for Clemmie, she begins to wonder if she’s ready to move even further on from her past and fall in love again…

This autumn, cosy up with Heidi and this perfect seasonal romance.

Title:    All Wrapped Up

Author:   Heidi Swain

Published By: Simon & Schuster 

Publication Date: 11th September 2025

Links:   UK:   Amazon   US:   Amazon

Our Review

Heidi Swain is quite literally the Goddess of Autumn as far as I’m concerned so it came as no surprise that she would eventually write an autumnal book to go alongside her fab Christmas and Summer books. 

This is probably one of the most heartfelt books of Heidi’s because it’s about Clemmie who has been hiding herself away in a house in Wynbridge that she bought with her husband who unfortunately died not long after. 

Like Heidi, Clemmie is also a lover of Autumn and has an incredibly popular anonymous influencer site which she uses to communicate her love of the season to her many followers whilst remaining unseen. 

Ash is the local vet whom she meets one day and inadvertently ends up looking after a rescue dog called Pixie whose owner has died that Ash was trying to find a new owner for. 

Despite having avoided all the neighbours for almost two years Clemmie gets roped in to organise an Autumn festival and becomes part of the community, making friends and maybe even something more with a certain animal lover. 

It was lovely being back in Wynbridge with lots of familiar faces including Lizzie from the Cherry Tree Cafe which was Heidi’s first book.

The subject of heartbreak was treated so sensitively and I loved watching Clemmie slowly mend to be able to move on in life but always with a special place in her heart for her husband. It was so very moving. I think this book has become my second favourite of Heidi’s, the first being The Book Lovers’ Retreat. 

I love it when the title of a book is mentioned in the story, it always gives me that lovely warm glowing feeling inside.  All wrapped up is an emotional, heart warming and cosy read, perfect after a crisp autumnal walk, curled up in an armchair with a mug of hot chocolate and perfect in the lead up to Christmas. I just loved it. 

Talking of Christmas Heidi has lots of fabulous Christmas books out too, you can find them here. 

Sincerely 

Book Angel x

About the Author

Heidi Swain is a Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling author who writes feel good fiction for Simon and Schuster. She releases two books a year (early summer and winter) and the stories all have a strong sense of community, family and friendship. She is currently writing books set in three locations - the Fenland town of Wynbridge, Nightingale Square in Norwich and Wynmouth on the Norfolk coast, as well as summer standalone titles. Heidi lives in beautiful west Norfolk. She is passionate about gardening, the countryside, collecting vintage paraphernalia and reading. Her tbr pile is always out of control!

Heidi loves to chat with her readers and you can get in touch via her website or on social media.

Slow Burn by Oti Mabuse

Filled with scenes of sizzling passion, plot beats of swoon-worthy romance, and a cast of Black female characters that you’ll fall in love with, the unputdownable debut novel from Oti Mabuse brims with heat and heart. Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert, Laura Jane Williams, Tia Williams, Farrah Rochon, Hannah Grace and Bolu Babalola.

For dancer Lira, Latin Ballroom is everything. Whilst her dreams of fame were cut short aged 19, she’s never forgotten the connection she felt dancing with a stranger at the Paris World Championship afterparty 13 years ago.

Now, with her younger sisters pursuing their own successful dancing careers, and the responsibility of running the family dance studio falling to her, Lira’s ambitious flame is about to flicker out. Until a chance encounter sees her secretly auditioning for Slow Burn, a new dance show about to embark on a 6-week European tour, and coming face to face with a blast from her past that sends her reeling.

Gabriele is the quintessential bad boy of the Latin Ballroom scene. Slim of hip, with long, lean muscles that pop, a chiselled jaw, dark eyes, obscenely long lashes, and a mouth that just won’t give, it's no surprise when he lands the principal male lead role on Slow Burn. But, with just a few weeks to go till the tour starts, he still hasn't found his female co-star. All it takes is one audition to set his world on fire...

On the dance floor they’re smouldering, off it, they’re on fire.



Title: Slow Burn

Author: Oti Mabuse

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 12th Feb 2026

Links: UK: Amazon 

Our Review

First of all how gorgeous is the cover, with really appealing vivid bright colours. Slow Burn is Oti Mabuse's debut novel and will definitely warm you up on a cold winter's night. Lira is the oldest of three sisters and runs her family’s dance school in a place called Castlebury where she teaches wedding dances to couples and has a lot more than exercise sessions with her personal trainer. (Ooh it's getting hot in here.)

Gabriel is a famous hot blooded Italian dancer. Known for being a lothario with the ladies he is also sleeping with his regular dance partner Daniella who unfortunately for him is beginning to become a bit too attached and he doesn't need that when he has a number of women he can go to.

But when famous choreographer Carlos decides to hold auditions for his brand new dance show Slow Burn at Lyra’s dance studio, Lyra is shocked to find that Gabriel is the principal dancer and he was also the guy she had had a one night stand with many years before. 

Carlos is unimpressed with the auditionees and asks Lyra to be Gabriel’s partner but neither of them are keen on the idea and both have other worries on their minds. 

Both Lyra and Gabriel had very strong family commitments, one of them was loyal to their family whilst the other one had made decisions that had disappointed their parents which was a shame. 

What they both had in common was the overwhelming guilt at constantly letting their parents down and I thought that was such a shame especially when something really sad happens. 

I felt really sorry for Lyra because of the expectations placed on her by her family meant she couldn't tell them about the show,  yet her sisters were allowed to take off and do their own thing. The book centres around the complex relationships between parents and their grown up children. I'm sure lots of people will relate to the guilt they feel about wanting to be there for them but also wanting to have their own lives as well. It's a difficult area to navigate in life and both Lira and Gabrielle are affected by this situation and it was great to see Lira stand up for what she wanted.

I found this a fascinating insight into (possibly) a behind the scenes peek at Strictly and would love to know who the main characters were inspired by. The sexiness of the dances plus the electricity and passion between Lyra and Gabriel made for a sizzling read. 

Sincerely

Book Angel x

About the Author

As one of the most instantly recognisable faces in the UK and one of the country's most beloved broadcasters, presenters and talent show judges, Oti Mabuse is a dancer of international success and renown, winning titles and championships across the world.  The only professional on Strictly Come Dancing to win twice concurrently, she left after seven years on the show and became a judge on Dancing on Ice appearing on our screens to over five million viewers per week. Family and connection means everything to her and in December 2023 she welcomed her first child into the world. Oti spends her (hard won) downtime getting used to the rhythm of Mum-life and escaping into romantic fiction, which, second only to her love of dance, is her other passion in life. Her favourite authors include Colleen Hoover, Bernadine Evaristo and Dolly Alderton. ​"My name, Otlile, means 'I am here' in Setswana, and that's exactly what I am – here. For too long women like me – empowered, curvy, black women – haven't been able to see ourselves in swoon-worthy, heart-racing romances... I want to change that." Oti Mabuse