Loved this book fab characters very nice fun it was really enjoyable I found it hard to put down and was
disappointed when I came to the end. I loved the whole plot so nice to read i could pricture it in my head and smell the food a gread book

A really funny read, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The setting was wonderful and made me want to visit it in real life. This is a great book for reading on the beach.

I enjoyed reading book 2 of the Seashell Cove series. Meg deserved better than Sam and it was obvious her and Nathan would get together. I'm surprised Sam didn't fight for her more than he did. I enjoyed reading about the bakery and all of the cakes. Can't wait for the next book in this series and will definitely look out for it. Thank you for accepting my request.

This was my first book by this author, and I can positively say that I really enjoyed reading this one. Its captivating. For sure I will be checking other books written by this author.

This was my first visit to Seashell Cove and I loved getting to know the main character, Meg Larson, who bakes for the local cafe. Baking is Meg’s passion but the owner of the bakery passed away and it is now for sale, leaving Meg’s future unclear. She is set to marry childhood sweetheart Sam, but he spends most of his time away on cycling trips and meddlesome in-laws are making the wedding plans stressful, to say the least.

When Meg meets handsome estate agent Nathan, she can’t deny that there is an attraction and she starts to question if she has made the right decision to get married.

The story flows beautifully and there are many well-rounded characters who just make this wonderful story come alive. From early on I ached for Meg to get away from selfish, patronising Sam and his snobbish mother. Meg is the sort of girl you would like to have as a friend and it became so important to me, that she found happiness. The descriptions of mouth-watering cakes were out of this world and I found myself giggling out loud at some points in the book.

Thoroughly enjoyable, feel good, romantic and lots of fun!

What a wonderful modern, romantic story. I enjoyed it very much. The book is part of a series and worth reading.

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this book near as much as I enjoyed this authors other books I’ve read . I found this one a tad boring and found myself skimming through the pages . Sorry but not for me .

The second book in the series, and I think it developed the characters much better than the first one..

This season chic lit is big on baking, businesses, boyfriends who are selfish, gals wanting marriage to complete themselves. This would be on the low side for me to recommend when there are so many with a better cast and story outcome.

That was a very enjoyable quick read! I am very fond of Karen Clarke books and this one was no exceptions! This book is a page turner, I was hooked from page 1. I really liked the characters and I was very keen to know what will happen for Meg and Nathan. Very good book that I can only recommend!

I absolutely loved this book just as much as the previous one. Funny, entertaining, story about love and friendships. Now we need another book to find out how Tilly is getting on.

I was given an advanced copy through Netgalley for my review. I would highly recommend this book to family and friends and will buy a copy for myself.

Meg's life is running perfectly, she is due to get married to Sam who she has been with forever and she has her perfect job in the Seashell Cove bakery..... and then things start to go wrong! The owner of the bakery dies and it gets put up for sale...... and where can she find the money to buy it....... The estate agent Nathan is rather cute though! To make matters worse Sam is on a Paris to Geneva bike ride and not returning her calls.... is he really interested enough to want to marry her?

Great to be back in Seashell Cove and I loved this book, the setting and characters are great and it is certainly a lovely feel good book but be warned don't read it when you are hungry or in need of a sugar fix!

There are some books which must be read when one is sad. This is one such feel-good book which makes the heart go ga-ga over love and CAKES.

Meg is the baker of Seashell Cove, but the bakery needs a new owner for her to bake her cakes and run it. Her fiancé Sam is more busy with cycling, her would be in-laws are busy with arranging her marriage, her mother has agoraphobia, her father is presumed dead, but her friends Cassie and Tilly are extremely supportive. With so many people arranging her life, Meg is more than happy to go along with the flow, till the estate agent Nathan makes his appearance. He is cute in his ways, sweet in his words, and gorgeous to look at. Both Meg and Nathan have an instant connection but being the good girl that she is, she is loyal to Sam UNTIL THE KISS.

Karen Clarke is a fabulous writer with a gorgeous flow to her words. Her description of various cakes almost had me salivating (I don't even like cakes much). There is happiness and sunshine when Meg is described. Her love for bakery and attraction to Nathan is instantaneous.

But there are the niggles, Sam and she have no zing between them, but Nathan and she have zing-zing between them. Yet she sticks to her comfort zone, her character does not become bolder as the story develops. Neither does she stand up for herself and make her wishes known till the end. Though Nathan is main lead, he is only present in 4 main scenes. He is almost absentee; I wanted more of Nathan.

Another fabulous book by Karen! I try to read everything she writes now as I adore them so much. This was such a great story - light, funny and heartwarming. I was hoping that everything would work out so I was feeling super happy by the end! Can't wait for the next one!

I was really pleased to be invited to take part in Bookouture's Blog Blitz to celebrate the publication of Karen Clarke's new release 'The Bakery at Seashell Cove'.

Karen Clarke introduced us, the readers, to Seashell Cove in her previous book earlier this year, The Café at Seashell Cove, and it was great to revisit the coastal town and its inhabitants in this book. I really enjoy books which are based in a fictional town or village, where the author writes a series of books, with each introducing and concentrating on a different character and Karen has continued life at Seashell Cove with the Café becoming a hub for the town's life and linking storylines and characters seamlessly.

I would recommend this book, and the author, Karen Clarke, to all my blog readers. It is a part of a series, however it also reads well as a standalone book. It is a book that readers can loose themselves in on a sun lounger somewhere hot or in the garden over a summer weekend.

Karen Clarke has also written another trilogy of books that are based in another coastal town, The Beachside Sweet Shop, The Beachside Flower Stall and The Beachside Christmas which I also recommend as a great series to read.

Light summer read!

This is a light summer read. Meg is preparing to marry her high school sweetheart Sam. Sam, on the other hand, appears to be a narcissist who is obsessing over a bike trip from Paris to Geneva. Meg is a baker, who suddenly loses the bakery at which she was working when the owner passes away without a will. Now the bakery is going up for sale and Meg can only wait to see what the new owner may do with the bakery.

The Real Estate agent in charge of the sale of the bakery is Nathan, who is actually filling in for his brother who is recovering from an accident. The attraction is there for him immediately! I did find that Meg’s reluctance to get rid of Sam, make decisions, plan her future, was somewhat frustrating to me. However, once she got her act together, she was ready to embrace life to its fullest.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of this book. I am providing my honest review.

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy. This is the first book that I have read by Karen Clarke. I definitely plan to read more of her books. Meg is all set to marry her high school sweetheart and run the local bakery. Along comes Nathan who is selling the bakery and helps Meg to realize what she really wanted! A quick, good beach read! I would recommend this book to be read!

This is the second book in the Seashell Cove series and it’s just as good as the first. The characters are believable and engaging and the storyline has enough twists to keep you interested all the way through. A really entertaining summer read.

I adored my first visit to Seashell Cove so I was delighted when we weren't kept waiting too long for part two in a planned trilogy. The Bakery at Seashell Cove sees author Karen Clarke now turn her attention attention to Meg Larson, Meg bakes the cakes for the café and also works at the local bakery. The only problem Meg now faces is that the owner of the bakery has died and even up until that point the bakery has not been as successful as it once had been despite the best efforts of Meg. Meg's passion is baking and cakes and she loves creating new delectable flavours, combinations and treats for people to try. Devising recipes, mixing, measuring, rolling and kneading all provide her with some quite time to mull things over in her life.

Meg loves how with that first bite of a cake or a pastry that she has baked the recipient will have such a look on their face that will instantly make their day better. Meg feels such an emotional connection with everything she does with regard to baking and she is loathe to lose this feeling. She feels inspired and energised and it keeps her focused but now the bakery is falling into disrepair and the customers no longer come. As the bakery is put up for sale, she longs to be able to buy it to expand her dreams even further to potentially change the fortunes of the bakery but her funds are lacking. How can she cope with something that so holds so dear to her heart being lost forever?

I loved Meg as a character, I felt she was passionate about what she wanted in life but lacking the necessary funds in order to buy the bakery herself meant that she became a little lost at times. She could feel her long term goals slipping from her grasp and didn't fully know how to go about clawing them back. Meg has been dating Sam for as long as she can remember but still she feels his proposal caught her by surprise. The wedding seems to be rushing towards her at a startling pace and she's not sure she is quite ready for the onslaught that it will bring. So the issue of the bakery sale, her wedding and also Sam's cycling challenge away from home are all problems playing on her mind. Clearly Meg, in my mind, had to sit down and get her priorities right. In what order that would be only she could decide. She had to listen to her heart and decide which came first. I felt she couldn't control Sam being away, the elements of jealousy creeping in on her part, thinking would he meet someone on his journey, well really she could do nothing about that. If baking was her passion then saving the bakery should have been her mission and I was delighted to see she wasn’t going to give it up without a fight.

Nathan Walsh, the hunky man tasked with the sale of the bakery, does cause a flutter of excitement with his arrival and I loved the scenes that featured him. In fact I wanted him to have an even more prominent role than he already did. He seemed caring and compassionate although he didn't want to give too much of that side to him away. As an opportunity presents itself for a TV baking slot, Meg grabs it with both arms. It will help showcase her talents and hopefully bigger things can arise from something small. Through one thing and another a buyer steps forward for the bakery but it is not what or who Meg would have hoped for. I thought she was admirable that she pushed her own feelings and long term aims for the bakery aside especially when she makes the connection with who the buyer is and how they want to change everything.

I thought the author developed the overall story well and I was glad to see other plots introduced. Yes Meg was fighting for the bakery but if this had been the sole focus of the book it would have become repetitive and boring. Weaving other elements of Meg's life into the book kept the story fresh and kept the reader guessing as to the eventual outcome. Meg's mother storyline was brilliant, I thought I knew what she was up but really when the reveal came it was surprising but it was truly lovely too. She was being elusive and secretive and given her personal history Meg was right to worry. On the other hand it did provide some laughs as Meg begins to wonder just what is she up to?

In this sense I really did think Meg was juggling so much in her life that at some stage something had to give, her mother, the bakery and Sam all were time bombs waiting to go off. It remained to be seen which would explode first and how would Meg deal with the fall out. As Nathan was there on the sidelines and with Sam being away and different emotions coming to the surface I hoped Meg would start to realise that change was afoot and she would have to start to make some life altering decisions in order to find true romance and happiness.

The Bakery at Seashell Cove was an enjoyable and delightful read. If that gorgeous cover doesn't draw you in I don't know what will. I thought the covers for Karen Clarke's Beachside series were lovely but my god have the Seashell Cove covers upped everything a gear and will be so attractive on bookshelves. Cassie who was the focus of book one does make very brief appearances in this story as does Tilly who I presume will be the focus of the final book. I understand this was Meg's story and her chance to shine but I would have liked to have seen a bit more of her two friends just to really establish the sold friendship between the trio.

For me The Cafe at Seashell Cove, only by a slight margin, edged out Meg's story for me. I was totally invested in Cassie and her story but here as much as I did enjoy reading about Meg and her trials and tribulations there was just a little something very slightly lacking for me that made me connect with Meg as much as I had with Cassie. That said The Bakery at Seashell Cove was an entertaining read with a fantastic setting, interesting characters and of course it had the requisite dash of romance that everyone looks for in this genre. I am more than interested to see how the series will be wrapped up when hopefully we will be able to read Tilly's story before the end of the year.