I really enjoyed this story of two sisters, funnily enough called Sunshine and Margot(!), and their lives.

Margot is a etiquette coach and has just started a job with an older movie star, Bianca, to help her fit into her partner's diplomatic life. Bianca is known for being a bit of a loose canon and she is trying to change (but not making a very good job of it in this book!). Margot really has her work cut out for her! Whilst working for her she moves into Bianca's son's house, where Bianca is also currently living. The house sounded wonderful as it used to be an old monastery and had real character to it. Alec is the complete opposite to his Mother, very reserved and likes everything quiet and in order, but his orderly life is thrown by the arrival of Margot, as she is quite like him but more outgoing.

Sunshine has done various jobs over the years, and run all over the world with boyfriends, but just started a nanny job for a little boy Connor (very cute) and his Father, Declan. Declan and Connor have recently lost their wife/mother to cancer and so Declan is trying his best to help Connor through it but needs help as he also has to keep working as he has his own successful landscaping business. Sunshine has had various relationships that never work out, men fall over themselves because of her looks, but she is now looking for a serious relationship and to get her life in order, taking classes at college too to get more qualifications.

The two sisters were quite different in some ways, but had a really lovely relationship with each other. Really enjoyable, quite gentle story about life and relationships, that just worked so well, with a lovely ending. You can certainly understand why Susan Mallery is a best-selling author as she has a magic way with words.

Margot and Sunshine Baxter are fraternal twins who have had disastrous relationships in the past and are determined to change. Margot has left a toxic long term relationship and is determined to not repeat her past mistakes. Margot works as a consultant and her latest client is aging movie star Bianca Wray. Bianca is engaged to a foreign diplomat and wants to behave appropriately. She is living with her son, Alec McNicol, who is a stodgy academic that craves order to counteract his mother’s erratic behavior. Sunshine continually picks the wrong men and is now alone and doesn’t have any direction in life. She takes a nanny position with widower Declan for his son Conner. She is determined to change, get a degree and not let men run her life. All the main characters have a lot of issues they have to get through before they can get to their happily ever after. I loved all of the characters, and enjoyed the development of all of the relationships (even the non-romantic ones). I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more of this authors work. I highly recommend this author to friends and family alike.

Two sisters, Margot and Sunshine had a tough childhood being raised by their grandmother and were very unlucky in love. During the summer, Sunshine gets a job as a nanny and Margot who is a kind of life coach gets a difficult client who was a famous actress.
Susan Mallery entertains you throughout the book with romance, heartache and laughs.

Sunshine and Margot are as different as night and day as sisters. As different as they are, the two are very close. Sunshine is trying to get her life on track, and Margot feels like her life is always on a track and moving along to a plan. Throw in a few bumps, and see what happens as they both learn to cope. Very fun and engaging, with lots of humor and real moments that illustrate family.

I love Susan Mallery’s writing. She wrote Fool’s Gold series which is one of my favorite series of hers. I loved that this book had multiple relationships in it - father and son, father and mother, sisters and girlfriend and boyfriend. It was so easy to follow all the relationships and be enthralled in all of them. Both Alec and Declan are guys that you find yourself falling for. I also love Sunshine and Margot’s relationship. I love reading about sisters. I really hope this becomes part of a series and we can read more about Sunshine and Margot. I would be very interested to see how both of their relationships progress. This was an enjoyable read!

“The Baxter woman are not known for good choices in men “
This is what Margot and her twin sister Sunshine believe .
Sunshine is a nanny , whose sworn off men and Margot’s an etiquette teacher who finds comfort in rules .
Each one finds themselves in similar but different situations, as live in employees .
I enjoyed this book and the characters were very engaging and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.
I had no idea what this book was about but I knew that if it was written by Susan Mallery I couldn’t go wrong !

A warm and wonderful story!

Fraternal twins, Margot and Sunshine, have turned thirty and they’re ready to make changes in their lives.

Margot set aside her own career to follow her boyfriend around the world, but no more. She focuses on her job as a etiquette coach and tries to leave the past behind. When her new client is an eccentric movie star with a distracting son who lives in a renovated monastery, her life takes an interesting turn.

Sunshine is tired of her flighty ways. She decides to go to college and pay for the courses by caring for an eight-year-old sweetheart and his irresistible father.

The standout in this book is the sister’s connection and support of each other. Maybe because they were abandoned as children and lived with an elderly grandparent, Margot and Sunshine completely have each other’s backs. It was refreshing to read a heartwarming story without a lot of the chaos that regularly fills the news.

The settings are sublime. Ms. Mallery does a beautiful job drawing the reader into the story– I wanted to visit the monastery and the gardens in the worst way!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this enjoyable read.

I give The Summer of Sunshine and Margot 4 lovely kisses!

I enjoy Susan Mallery's books. I have read many.
I kept seeing this book in upcoming releases - decided to try.

2 sisters making a change
2 sisters needing a change
then changing their lives

This was a good read about sisters who love each other even though they are very different
and both help each other through the rough parts to get to the better parts.

I enjoyed this book. I was confused at first with the names of the main characters. Twins don’t usually have such different names. Sunshine shoulder like a spoiled hippie child but she turned out to be very responsible when it came to childcare. Margot, well I’m still not sure what her job was but the outcome was not a surprise for either sisters. Even though it was possible to know the ending when you started the storyline or the telling of the story kept me interested till the end.

Sunshine and Margot are fraternal twin sisters, both have challenging careers and both have inherited the family relationship curse. The sisters each conquer their demanding job assignments, but will they succeed in having happy ever after?

Thank you Netgalley and Harlequin Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot by Susan Mallery is a good romance novel where the two main protagonists are placed in interesting situations. Sunshine and Margot are twins which were raised by their great-grandma and both have obvious commitment issues when dealing with the opposite sex. It was refreshing to have the two male love interests (Declan and Alec) be flawed as well and the author does a capable job of equally exposing the thought process of the two couples (of course, you know the couple will get together in the end - it is a Susan Mallery book).

I loved the fleshing out of the characters and felt like I know them and as a result, I cared about them. For this reason, I will recommend the book. The sub plot characters of Bianca and Connor were artfully drawn, as well, and I wanted everything to work out successfully for all involved.

The irritant, for me, is the selection of the names for the twins. No mother is going to name their twins Sunshine and Margot. Coming from a family where multiple births are common, there is usually a connection. Either the names start with the same letter or rhyme or are family names. Sunshine is too hippy and Margot is too foreign/serious. The twins, as written, are not similar in physical attributes but do have a deep and common reaction to commitment. I get this but the names bothered me throughout the novel. Now, the title is based on the names so I hated the title. The action does not take place during the Summer and a better season choice would be Spring as the characters are blossoming. I understand the title may be a marketing choice but I still would change it. Instead of thinking of what a clever and misleading title it is, I just think it is stupid.

The parallel stories of how Sunshine and Margot — the Baxter sisters — overturn the multi-generational curse of bad taste in men. It’s fabulous fluff as only Susan Mallery can write. Lovable female characters (including a gorgeous and eccentric movie idol) and a delightfully bifurcated male population — they’re either complete dirtbags or a woman’s idea of a perfect man.

A great beach (or rainy day or any day you need a pick-me-up) read.

Susan Mallery has the talent of a gifted writer. Her latest novel is just as warm amd comfortable as anything else she has written. Sunshine and Margot are sisters trying to shake precious nad habits: one who usually follows men on flaky jaunts and the other who just followed a self absorbed jerk. They each find men who slowly realize the sisters are the women for them. It's a slow buildup, with the really good action not starting until well over halfway through the story. Add in humorous scenes, spicy dialogue, tender moments and what you have is pure Mallery magic,

This is the story of two very different sisters. Margot helps people learn to navigate new social and work situations. Sunshine is a nanny who has gone back to school.
The sisters upbringing was traumatic and has left them both with unresolved issues.

The characters in the book all have their quirks but you can relate to them. This was an enjoyable read that I would recommend. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

It’s been some years since I’ve read a Susan Mallery contemporary romance. This one has me wanting to kick myself for the deprivation. It’s so good ya’ll!

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot checks all the boxes for me. It’s smart, honest, intimate and darn entertaining. It’s chockfull of relationships that aren’t perfect but feel so authentic. Like so often in the real world, every character has at least one thing in his/her life that when viewed from the outside, appears one way, but in truth, creates for or reminds the character of a great injustice.

Goodness, it has heart and heat and idiots (male and female alike). But probably best of all, we get to witness four amazing characters find their HEA with their ideal someone. It’s perfect!

Thank you to Susan Mallery, Harlequin and NetGalley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book follows fraternal twin sisters Margot and Sunshine as they both attempt to turn over a new leaf in their life. Margot is getting over a mistake of a man and going to concentrate on her work which is an bold actress who needs to learn to fit into the political world. Sunshine is going to go back to college and quite running off with the wrong men. She's also going to be the best nanny she can be. Of course, things never go as planned.
I liked how the book constantly went back and forth between the two characters and there was lots of interaction between them. They had a fun and great relationship and it added to the book!
I also liked how the relationships surprised me. Margot's was the one I expected to be tame, however it developed much quicker than Sunshine's.
This book had great pacing in that it didn't feel rushed and there was enough time passing to make the relationships believable.
I enjoyed the book and think people who enjoy reading about second chances and overcoming your own mental obstacles would enjoy this book.

This was a light read for sure. I'm finding lately how convenient it is in the fiction world for women to find men and places to live, right when they need it. I really enjoyed California Girls by Susan Mallery, but this one felt off a little. The writing was usual, however I did find it odd that when it came to sex scenes, the language became more rough than anywhere else in the book, and it felt forced and not consistent with the rest of the writing. I'm not a prude, I read my share of erotica, but in this book, this story - using those rough words in the writing just seemed unnecessary.

Not sure I would recommend this to anyone but I didn't hate it, so you be the judge.

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot take a look self-image and perceptions of oneself. Summer and Margot are sisters who struggle to turn their life around while struggling with their own perception of themselves. Summer tries to head toward a brighter future without making the same mistakes in her past and Margot tries to let go of a past relationship that only shows her the worst of herself. Susan Mallery takes these two sisters uses their history to show us their version of themselves and at the same time provides outside perspective that shows how others view them. It's nice to see that their version of themself does not stop them from trying to reach for a different future or hope for better outcomes. They both have their ups and down but with the help from their loved ones they are able to head for the future that they want.

This story follows two sisters unlucky in love who vow to make changes to their lives. Sunshine and Margot are opposites in appearance but both have big hearts which lead to careers helping others. Their careers, in turn, help them find what they really want in life. This book is heartwarming, sweet, funny and a little steamy!