I really enjoyed this book. Likeable characters and a sweet, fun read. Loved this book. Hooe to read more by this author soon!

What a sweet cozy read- perfect for either a pallet cleanser after a heavy book or for when you need a book that you know will make you feel warm reading, and for me, it was so lovely to return to the world of Indigo Cove. This book is filled with the essence of summer- the salty air, sand between your toes, sun on your skin intertwined with great character dynamics, and slow-burn romance- just brilliant!

Thank you for this ARC in exchange for my honest review

Summer at the Cornish Beach Cafe by Donna Ashcroft is a heartwarming and uplifting romance novel that is perfect for fans of the genre. The story is set in a picturesque coastal town in Cornwall, England, and follows the life of Jessie, freshly heart broken and about to meet a familiar face that will make all her already suffering emotions into turmoil.

The novel is well-written, with vivid descriptions of the beautiful coastal scenery, which is great if you're in love with Cornwall like me, and a charming cast of characters who are easy to relate to. Jessie is a particularly strong protagonist, as she struggles to balance helping her grandfathers interests and protecting her heart from being any further broken. Her love interest, Ashton, is also a well-crafted character, with a depth and complexity that makes him more than just a typical romantic lead. The author makes you fall in love with him aswell, even though you don't want to see Jessie hurt any further.

Overall, Summer at the Cornish Beach Cafe is an engaging and heartwarming novel that will leave readers feeling uplifted and inspired if that is something you're looking for! It's a perfect summer read, so I will definitely re-visit this in the future for a summer read through. It is also full of romance, the joys of coastal living, and is sure to be a hit with fans of the romance genre.

I loved this storyline. Completely different than anything of this genre I have read so far. A story of been verbally bullied by parents into thinking your no good for anyone meeting someone who had gone through the same and struggling to realize it's ok to love someone and feel love.
Highly recommend

Jessie suddenly finds out that her fiancé is cheating on her two weeks before their wedding and calls it off so without a fiancé, job or home she agrees to accompany her Grandfather on a summer holiday to the place he and her Grandmother honeymooned but this is also the place where her teenage heart was broken.
After arriving at Indigo Cove Jessie meets the locals all with their colourful personalities and starts to fall for the place as well as the man who broke her heart 14 years earlier but can either of them move on from their past experiences and embrace their future?
An enjoyable multidimensional and fast paced read. I found myself dying to get back to the book. Covering themes of love, loss, community and friendship as well as how the negative comments and ideas that we and others have of ourselves can impact these relationships.
This is a fairly short and quick read and I would have liked a little longer of a story as I did enjoy it but that said it was not like I felt anything was missing from the book.

With thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for my ARC in return for an honest review.

A lovely love story in a great setting. This book is a good read and as the story progresses we meet a range of delightful characters, most of whom can assemble jigsaws incredibly quickly. Well worth reading.

What a beautiful story, full of love, family, misunderstandings and happy endings, I enjoyed every moment of Jessie and Ashton's journey

Another wonderful and uplifting book by Donna. This book is powerful, uplifting, is a story about love, friendship, believing in yourself, over coming those who put you down, finding love in what you do and your surroundings, Healing from the past and finding your perfect match. Indigo cove is also really beautiful and is a place that I would absolutely love to visit.

Let's meet Jessie who has sadly been jilted by her fiance just a fortnight before the wedding. Jessie has alot to come to terms with. Not only the fact that she isn't getting married, that her fiance has left her, but bad also cheated on her too.

So Jessie decides to take a trip with her grandfather something that I absolutely love. They head to the Cornish coast of Indigo cove. Where her grandad had a wonderful honeymoon with his late wife Dorothy and where Jessie herself spent many wonderful childhood holidays. Her grandads late wife Dorethy was a wonderful photographer. Who always took the opertunity to take photos. Sadly they have lost the photo album that dorethy took from their honeymoon so Jessie's grandad is ready to rewalk the wonderful footsteps and memories that they had together. Jessie has the wonderful idea of recreating the photo album with her grandfather.

When they arrive at Indigo Cove Jessie meets Ashton. Who just so happens to be the first person she kissed when she was a teenager. But there is hurt there from past events. But the passion is still there. Will they be able to put the past behind them.

This is a lovely book, full of heart, love and hope and I loved Jessie's grandad.

Gosh a story of love, parents messing up and step parents and settling for second best. All set in Cornwall and it gave you a lovely fuzzy feeling as the story unfolded. I wanted to work in the jigsaw cafe. Amazing characters. How with help any one can achieve . Loved it

Jessie goes with her grandfather on a memory trip to the beach, and meets up with Ashton, the boy who kissed her there as a kid. Both had issues of self-confidence, and had issues with others putting them down when they were growing up. Hard to overcome. Enjoyed this story, but must admit the issues become repetitive at times. Would still recommend.

A sweet story about finding your truth within yourself and overcoming the past in order to live your future under your own terms. I enjoyed Ashton and Jessie and their family in this romantic and fun story.

3.5 ⭐️ rounding up.
I appreciated all of the meaningful lessons interwoven between the storylines. It added a lovely layer of wisdom/self-help to the usual romance novel plots. For me, it did seem to drag on a little bit longer than necessary at times, but overall I enjoyed this sweet read.

Thank you NetGalley & Bookouture for sending this book for review consideration.

Donna Ashcroft I love your books. This was a gorgeous beach read. Full of sunshine, summer vibes, sand and sea. It was a glorious beach vibe book. I really enjoyed the family dynamics, the slow burn between Ashton and Jessie. It was a great summer holiday read. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange of an honest review.

This heartwarming story is a fresh mix of romance, friendship, love, and family. It is a light and fun read. The characters are interesting and relatable. Would recommend
Thank you to Donna Ashcroft, Bookouture for the arc of this book.

A sweet and cozy read . Jessie has just broken up with her fiance and is spenting few weeks with her grandpa to Indigo Cove where he had his honeymoon 50 years ago . After losing her grandma he wants to re-enact his past memories and she will take all the photos of the places her grandparents been . Jessie is a strong woman but because of the height her stepmother make her feel like she wasn't worthy . One of the people she meets is the boy who was her first kiss 14 years ago . When they kiss he run away and that make her heart break . Now Ashton is very handsome but very close off . He tries to avoid let people close because they will leave you . While they spent time together their feelings grow stronger and he finally let her in . What will happen when a ghost from his past make an appearance ?
I received this book from net galley and the publisher as an ARC. Thank you! All thoughts and opinions are my own .

Summer at the Cornish Beach Cafe is an exceptional powerful story about community, love, friendship, believing in yourself, realising the true meaning of beauty and not letting bullies crush your self-esteem. It is also about healing and finding your place with that ideal person who lets you be yourself and appreciates who you are. And Indigo Cove is the perfect coastal haven to invigorate the weary traveller, relive cherished memories, create new experiences and enjoy nature’s wonders.

Jessie Levine is jilted a fortnight before her wedding. Trying to recover from the shock of a cheating fiance, she decides to take a journey with her grandfather. They head to a special summer location on the Cornish coast where she had many wonderful childhood summer vacations and where he and, his late wife, Dorothy, had their heavenly honeymoon. Thus, the return is twofold. Jesse hopes it will give her a chance to heal and refocus her heart but also help her grandfather reclaim his cherished memories and reinstate some joy back into his life. Dorothy was a top photographer and created a beautiful photobook of their honeymoon experiences. Sadly, the precious book went missing when George moved into a new flat. So, he has booked a cottage in Indigo Cove to revisit their steps. But a week before the proposed visit, he has a hernia operation and is now unable to drive. Jesse offers to accompany him so he does not miss this important holiday mission. On top of this, she agrees to recreate the photos of the missing album. For like her grandmother, she has a gift of photography—even though she abandoned it for a time due to her ex-finance’s negative influence. So, Jesse strikes out to Indigo Cove with her grandpa in a vehicle named after Dorothy with plans to practice her talent once again. Will they both achieve the happiness they seek by reliving the past? Or will they find that history is a stepping stone to a new future?

Of course, there is romance in this story. Upon Jesse’s arrival at the Cove, memories from her teens come flooding back of a visit when she kissed a boy named Ashton. He set her heart aflame that night but then fled after the crucial moment. She was deeply hurt by the event and it added more fuel to her low self-esteem that was continually reinforced by a bad stepmother. Now fourteen years later, she bumps into Ashton again and all the suppressed emotions rise to the surface. What follows is a romantic story that oozes with depth and heartfelt meaning. Many relationship issues are explored and the sources behind them. Will broken hearts be mended when truths are discussed? I can reveal that the search for understanding gives this story a bold maturity. Its message of faith, hope and love shine like a beacon across the shores of these characters’ lives.

I’d like to note that making Jessie a photographer was so right for this story. For it is about perspective and perspective is very much a part of photography: looking at the world through a camera lens. Seeing yourself and others through one, puts the important things into focus. And we know that un-doctored photos don’t lie.

This journey of self-discovery and realisation unveils some wonderful truths in the novel. We learn more about why Ashton is in self-preservation mode, why he does not get close to anyone. He has had emotional injury inflicted upon him by his family (just as Jesse has grown up with negative reinforcement from her step-parent and other relationships). And then there is the issue with his sister. It all comes to a head and thoughts and dynamics get shifted. A lot is presented and unpacked in this tightly rendered story.

I love the fact it is also about a granddaughter and her grandfather. About families in general –broken ones, substitute ones, caring and non-caring ones. Animals, too, fit lovingly into the text. Donna’s stories always include them as they offer comic relief, liberating moments, companionship and happy movement in the story.

A writer weaves elements into their stories from the things their imaginations gather or collect. Sometimes memories, wishes and dreams flood to the surface and trickle into characters and events. It is obvious Donna has delivered a beautiful, honest and genuine story with pieces of her own heart, family and friends. These gem imprints captured and delivered in her words become like photographs in our minds—spilling into our own memories. Art is living: organic in that it is always growing, swelling and spilling from one wave into another.

A community that gives will receive—new members, new memories, new experiences. The Puzzle Club in this novel is one such example. It is a genius way to bring people together. Those who may feel alone, lost or forgotten meet in an activity where they develop purpose, friendship and joy. This novel offers a tender space where hearts can heal and have second, third, fourth or endless chances to begin again.

I loved, loved, loved this story which may be Donna’s best yet! There’s so much depth, desire, dedication and delight on these pages. Wisdom, too. I highly recommend Summer at the Cornish Beach Café. 5 Passionate Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for a review copy.

I’ve always enjoyed this author and this book is no exception. You feel like you’re part of the story and no matter how many characters there may be in a book you feel like you’re a part of that world and invested in these characters as well. This would be a perfect beach read. Loved the characters, location, and story.

Jessie has returned to Indigo Cove, the place she spent so many happy childhood summers, to lick her wounds. Left standing at the altar, all she wants is to get as far away from men, all men. But to her consternation, she finds herself running into Ashton, the first boy she ever loved. Refusing to get sucked back into another doomed romance, she gets stuck in with the local community and returns to her love of photography. Will she be able to resist the pull she feels toward Ashton? Is she doomed to have her heart broken again? A delightful little romance with an entrancing setting and a cast of colorful characters

After discovering her fiancé cheating on her weeks before their wedding, Jessie calls it off and hops down to Indigo Cove in Cornwall with her grandfather for some respite and a chance to decide what to do with her life.

She recalls holidaying here as a teenager, kissing a boy named Ashton on the beach and the knock to her confidence it caused when he ran off. It just so happens Ashton is still around, and grown into tall, dark, handsome material with a sexy jawline.

At its core, this easy, summer read is about the stories we tell ourselves which others have imprinted onto us. Jessie is drop-dead gorgeous and a talented photographer, but doesn’t know it. Ashton is loving and cares for others, but tells himself he’s locked all his feelings away.

I live in Cornwall, and this is sadly another story set in the fictional parallel universe version of the county that is nothing like reality. It’s set in modern day, but Cornwall feels stuck in the 1950s with eternal sunshine and all the residents are ‘quirky’. It could be any seaside harbour anywhere. But it’s a bit of escapism and that’s what everyone wants in a summer beach read.

Jessie is devastated after she finds out her fiance is leaving her for another woman. So she decides to travel with her grandfather to Indigo Cove to relax. Jessie spent many summers there as a young girl. She was raised by her stepmother and was told that she was never good enough. She met Ashton, who was 19 at the time, 14 years ago and he had made quite an impression on her. Now that she is back in Indigo Cove she runs into Ashton. She learns a lot about his past and rediscovers a love for photography. Can she open her heart to Ashton and discover love and trust again?

SUMMER AT THE CORNISH BEACH CAFE was a fast paced story, filled with family drama. It was pretty sad to learn about how Ashton's family treated him. I really loved his and Jesse's connection and I thought this was a great story overall. It is on the short side, so you can read this in a days time. I would recommend it to those wanting something deeper romantically. There is a lot that happened to the two main characters when they were younger.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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