Bella Osborne is a fabulous writer and once again she has hit the mark perfectly. 
Pebble Beach sounds like a wonderful place full of interesting characters. I can’t wait to read part two.

Meet me at Peeble beach part one- out of the blue  by Bella Osborne

Regan’s life is a mess. She’s in a dead end job , is totally disorganised but lovable and she has a controlling opinionated critical boyfriend. She put on a lottery ticket and leaves it in her office. The Monday after the  draw a colleague plays a prank that backfired greatly by telling her she’s on the lottery by showing her a fake ticket. She quits her job and her boyfriend. She’s moving out and it’s over and she ends up no job, nowhere to live and life is truly rock bottom.

 Really got into the storyline and was so engrossed and then part one was over !!! Devastated ! I wasn’t expecting it to be such a short story as opposed to novel. Desperate for the next parts to find out the whole story .

 Very well written. Personal preference is I’d rather them all as one book would an exceptional read I feel. Still had to be 5/5 but crossing my fingers for the other parts / whole novel

I really enjoyed part 1 of this 4 part series. I've read several of Bella Osborne's books before and have loved them all. 

This book is about a Regan who makes a fantasy list of what she would do if she won the lottery. Her winning numbers "come up" and we follow her journey of what happens next. I can't say much more without giving you any spoilers.

The main character Regan is quite scatty, slovenly and even a bit lazy, but is still a very likable character. She does seem to have her heart in the right place and I think we will see her develop quite a bit in future episodes of this story. I'm looking forward to part 2.

I was intrigued by this new four part series by Bella Osborne of Meet Me at Pebble Beach. I was able to read part one 'Out of the blue' and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's set to be one of the summer reads for 2020.  As this is only the first part of the series, it's really hard to not give too much away about the story. As a regular reader of Bella's books I absolutely adore her stories and characters. This is absolutely the same with this one too.

Absolutely hooked on the story and can't wait to read more. You can read these in separate novella form or you can wait and get the full copy at the end of May.

I am stunned!! The beauty of novellas is the way that they are written in bite sized chunks, ideal for people who fancy a little something to read in between other books, or for those who are struggling with their concentration levels. Like me.

I have read and enjoyed many of Bella’s Osborne’s novels, however I have never, EVER read one which made my jaw drop as instantaneously as this one did. Regan is one to watch and is incredibly naive. Her outlook on life is so blase, yet without that fire in her belly, she wont end up completing her ever growing list of ‘wants’. She struck me as the type of character who needed mothering, but also like someone who could really rile people up the wrong way with her unrealistic expectations. With that in mind, I found her very endearing….her workmate is a bit of a tube though. Who does that!!!!!!!!

I flew through the pages of this book as though they were on fire! I was so eager to follow Regan’s journey that nothing prepared me for the bombshell the author dropped at the very last second. Seriously, I have absolutely no idea where that came from! I did even look behind my kindle….just to check of course!

For such a short read, ‘Out Of The Blue’ packs more of a punch than Tyson Fury, and I even have my ringside seats for part two. This is shaping up to be a series not to be missed!

Bella Osborne writes the most uplifting and delightful romantic comedies and Meet Me at Pebble Beach: Out of the Blue is the first captivating instalment of her fantastic new serial that is full of laughs, warmth and humour which you will find absolutely irresistible.

Regan has always been happy coasting along and living life in the slow lane. She’s never had a lot of drive and ambition – unlike her friend Cleo – and is content with her mundane and unexciting life and with her dead-end job, boring boyfriend and less than thriving social life. Sure, her job is mind-numbingly tedious and about as invigorating as dry paint and her boyfriend Jarvis drives her up the wall with his obsession with order and tidiness, but Regan refuses to complain – sure life could be a bit more thrilling, but when compared to some people, things could be far worse. When she buys a lottery ticket on a whim, she is convinced that she has got absolutely no chance of winning so much as five pence – until she checks her numbers and is flabbergasted when she discovers that she has won the jackpot…or has she?

An elated Regan jacks in her job, tells everyone exactly what she thinks about them and begins to make plans that involve cocktails, fast cars, a designer wardrobe and exotic holidays. Only, it turns out that Regan hasn’t won so much as a consolation prize. It was all a practical joke that got out of hand and now she is homeless, jobless and single. What is poor Regan going to do now?

Devastated, embarrassed and with nowhere to go and nobody to turn to, Regan is left all on her own, but will she sink? Or will she swim, survive and thrive in the most unexpected and surprising of ways?

A delightful read that will have you laughing out loud from the very first sentence, Meet Me at Pebble Beach: Out of the Blue is Bella Osborne at her hilarious best. Warm, witty and riotous, Meet Me at Pebble Beach: Out of the Blue is a heart-warming and uplifting tale with a terrific heroine who is flawed, believable, funny, feisty and somebody who is a great laugh.

An absolutely fabulous read it is impossible not to fall in love with, roll on the next installments of Bella Osborne’s fantastic serial, Meet Me at Pebble Beach!

Unfortunately, the blurb is giving away half the plot of this novella already. Lucky for me then that I didn't read it again before I started reading the book, so everything happening was a surprise for me!

I felt very sympathetic towards Regan and I am confident that she will overcome all the issues she is facing. Regarding a new job I suspect (from small hints that are given) that it will be something that has to do with avoiding unnecessary waste or environment protection. And I'm sure that Kevin will play a role in her future. I just hope, Charlie will do, too! 

I really like the writing style of Bella Osborne, this is the fourth book by her that I've read and she has never let me down. The only thing I'm missing here is - the Pebble Beach!!

Eeek! This was only part one of the book and I am hooked! Whilst I was reading, I thought I could safely give this four stars – holding out the fifth one until I had my hands on the entire book. However, the ending was just too much. It was an easy rating and left me wanting more. I need to finish this book!

Part one focuses on establishing the protagonist, Regan. You cannot help but feel sorry for her as life disintegrates. The cruel joke played on her at work had me feeling desperately sad for Regan and this set the tone for the rest of the extract. I wanted to see Regan happy and find stability.

This book has all the right ingredients for a great chick flick book. It has the feel-good factor and likeable characters. I can’t wait to see what is in store for Regan in the rest of the book, and where Charlie, Cleo and Rega’s father fall into the narrative. I’m almost disappointed that I have read this snapshot because I don’t think I can’t wait too long to complete the full story.

My first proper taste of Bella Osborne’s writing and I am not disappointed. I am keen to see how the seaside and ‘pebble beach’ feature in the plot and know this is a great read for the beach.

With thanks to Avon books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love Bella Osbourne’s books so much and this one seems just as good. It’s a shame that it was only part one of the series as I would have loved to have read all of it in one go. Nevertheless I still enjoyed reading this and look forward to reading the rest of it when it comes out.
I have read a lot of Bella’s books and always enjoy the escapism of reading them, I just forget all around me and get right into the story.
My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Net Galley and Bella Osbourne for giving me this wonderful opportunity.
 This is the first part in a four-part serial and the first I have ever serial I have  had the chance to read.
Regan was dreaming of what she would do if she won big with the lottery ticket she had just bought. Alex her friend at work thought that a prank of letting her think she had won would be fun. 
Thinking she won she dumped her boyfriend- quit her job and made plans for using the winnings.
Finding out she had no winner set her on a path of what to do with the life now that she had nothing.
She meets Kevin and sparks are there.  
The next installment will lead us further into the lives of all who she is bonding with in the story.

Loved this book. Great characters, easy read, uplifting, funny, romantic and charming. A really nice story that is the perfect escapist read.

Regan is everything I normally can’t stand in a person, habitually late, a prankster, messy, lazy and work shy but god I loved her. She has a heart of gold and every morning when she buys her coffee she gets another for Kevin the homeless guy with his werewolf of a dog Elvis.

With a great cast of characters including Charlie (knight in shining armour possibly or too good to be true?) As this is only Part One and it finished on a cliffhanger that would put Dover to shame we will have to wait and see.

The humour starts right from the first chapter and even though this covers some very sensitive issues it is handled with gentle care and warmth.

If you want a book that is a nice fun easy read, one that will make you giggle and fill your heart then I thoroughly recommend this and I for one can’t wait to read Part Two.

Regan thinks she has won the lottery and she calls her boyfriend to end their relationship and she quits her job by telling her boss off.  She then finds out it was a joke from a colleague. Now she has no where to sleep because she lived with her boyfriend. But a hot cop comes to the rescue, but he's not a cop.
This is part one of the series and like the other books by Bella Osborne I enjoyed it very much.

his is a great starter for the 4 part series, Meet Me at Pebble Beach. It is warm and funny and sets the scene well for Regan’s story. Her life is catapulted through a huge change at the beginning and the people she knows are also established vividly and you are aware that they all have their own backstory which I am sure will be developed in the upcoming parts. You learn quite a lot about Regan’s inherent kindness and warmth and I am looking forward to seeing whether she follows her wishlist and how much she achieved. 

Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of the book.

A stunning open to a story I loved Regan from the off so many amazing themes featured and it shows just how easily any of us can fall from Grace I can’t wait to read on.

Regan has one disaster after another mainly brought on by her own actions. I couldn’t believe when she thought she had good news she wasn’t going to allow either her boyfriend Jarvis or her work colleague to share it in she was just going to go and do her own thing.
Well the good news backfired and Reagan was left out in the cold with nothing. The only good thing she did was give coffee to the homeless man every morning and I think there could be a big story with him.
This has the makings of a good book and I enjoyed it. I’m not a fan of these books that are divided into three or four parts. It’s a book not a magazine you have to buy every week to follow up on a sequel. 
Just write the whole book and people will read it. So  frustrating!

'Out Of The Blue: Meet Me At Pebble Beach- Part One' is the first of a four part serial written by the fabulous Bella Osborne.  I have been a fan of Bella's for a while now and I absolutely loved the sound of this first part of a new story.  When I managed to get hold of a copy of the first part, I squirreled myself away and didn't re-emerge until I had finished the last word on the last page.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Out Of The Blue: Meet Me At Pebble Beach- Part One' but more about that in a bit.
Oh my word, Regan is an adorable character.  When we first meet her, she is in a relationship with Jarvis, who sounds like a nightmare to be honest.  He treats her like a doormat, he lectures her on a frequent basis and he doesn't seem to be all that supportive.  Jarvis seems a bit passive-aggressive but enough about him for the time being.  Regan is a young lass with a huge heart.  On her way to work, she always stops off at a local coffee shop to buy coffees for her colleagues and for the homeless man, who is just outside.  Regan is a very caring lass and she takes time to listen to the homeless chap when many others would just walk on by.  Regan does have a job at the story of the story although I get the impression that she isn't that happy there.  She has friends in the company, but at the same time they play pranks on each other, which to me aren't that funny but that's maybe just my opinion.  Regan dreams of a jet set lifestyle and it looks as though her luck could be able to change when she apparently 'wins' the lottery.  She doesn't hold back from letting people know exactly how she feels about them.  For a while she is on a high but then she crashes back down to earth with a massive bump.  She well and truly has the rug pulled out from underneath her.  It was at this point that I wanted to jump inside the pages of this book to give her a hug and at the same time, slap the 'pranksters' silly, who thought it a good idea to tell her she had won the lottery.  Regan is left single (although let's be honest given who she was with, singleton life isn't a bad thing), homeless (she shared Jarvis' flat) and jobless.  Will things ever get better for Regan?  Well for the answers to that question and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out as I am not going to tell you.
To say that reading this first part of the series became an addiction is a massive understatement.  I was drawn to this book by the bright and breezy cover and the fact that the story was set at the seaside was just the icing on the cake.  The book developed a hold over me and it was a hold that I wasn't willing to break.  As I explain before, this is the first part of a four part serial and so it didn't take me long to get through this first part.  In fact because I loved the story so much and I had taken to Regan so well, I read the first part of the story in one continuous reading binge.  I just couldn't bear to miss a single second of the story.
'Out Of The Blue: Meet Me At Pebble Beach- Part One' is brilliantly written but then I wouldn't expect anything less from Bella Osborne.  She draws you into the story from the moment you start to read.  Once Bella has your attention, she doesn't let it go until the moment you read the last word on the last page.  Bella has created an adorable character in Regan, who is like the girl next door and who is impossible to dislike.  Bella writes so realistically and uses such vivid descriptions that I felt as though I was part of the story myself.
In short, I absolutely ADORED 'Out Of The Blue: Meet Me At Pebble Beach- Part One' and I would definitely recommend it to other readers.  I will definitely be reading more of Bella's work.  In fact as soon as I stop typing this review I will be starting the second part of the serial.  The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

Its been a while since i read a book in parts and its not something that always works but let me tell you, this one did. 



Its enough to keep you turning the page and wanting the next part but not too much that you find yourself bored.



Regan works just enough to get by, but one day - her whole life changes when she wins the lottery, and not just ten pound - a life changing amount. So with that, she dumps her boyfriend, jacks in her and plans her trip to her own private island. Then she finds out, it was all a prank, but its too late. Her life forever more changed.



Regan now faces a completely different life, can she stay float? Firstly, i enjoyed Regan as a character for the most part, she was strong willed, likeable and certainly had a good sense of humour (most of the time) There was certainly flaws i found with her, i think maybe she didn't treat life too serious, but i suppose that comes with the job she was in and the company she was surrounded by. As im pretty sure i wouldn't be as drastic as Regan was.



That been said, maybe it was for the best and i loved the narrative after as she comes to terms with what has happened and maybe this could all be a fresh start for her. I certainly think she was better off without her boyfriend. I loved the writing style as i mentioned it was enough to keep my interest peaked, the drama was there and it meant the story got straight to the point pretty early on.



Overall, i enjoyed this and i am very much looking forward to Part two to follow on with this and discover how Regan is coping at this time. I rated this 3* only because it was a part, but i plan on considering the whole sections when i give it a final overall review.



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I’m not quite sure how to review Meet me at Pebble Beach (PartOne)as when I started reading I didn’t realise it was the first in a mini four part series until the end. 
I was reading what I started to believe was a very short story, set in Brighton (my home town so automatically gets my seal of approval!) featuring the rather hapless but loveable Regan. No disrespect to the author but this is a read that is perfect for our current times since it is lighthearted, frivolous and funny and maybe not something I’d necessarily pick up but definitely put a smile on my face. You can easily lose yourself in this uncomplicated piece of entertainment and forget all your woes. Regan’s sense of humour reminded me very much of my daughter’s; they both love to play pranks and Regan and work colleague Alex take pranking to a whole other level. She is coasting through life, living with a nagging boyfriend, little money and a job that she really has no desire to do. Stuck in a rut, who hasn’t daydreamed about what they would do if they were lucky enough to win the lottery? Regan’s wish list seems improbable but that doesn’t stop her buying a ticket and imagining a life very different from the one she has now. Surprise, surprise when she does discover she’s the sole winner of millions, her life immediately changes with hilarious results. 
This young woman is incredibly easy to like and clearly has a heart of gold as seen in the way she buys homeless guy Kevin a coffee every morning. Without divulging anymore of the storyline, which is of course predictable but fun , a potential new love interest in the shape of Charlie enters Regan’s life and looks set to be her knight in shining armour. Annoyingly (but cleverly) this first part leaves the reader on a cliffhanger with Charlie divulging a shocking piece of news that you can guess a mile off but makes you wish for the second instalment!! I hope then that characters we’ve been introduced to will be further developed with perhaps a few new ones too.
I raced through this first part and whilst I initially thought it was going to be way too lighthearted for my liking I surprised myself by becoming caught up in Regan’s hijinks and enjoyed the humour of this warm and witty storyline. I really want to know what happens next!!
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and discover an author that is new to me.

Out of the Blue is the first in a new series entitled Meet Me at Pebble Beach by Bella Osborne which despite its short length was absolutely packed full with lots of goings on. It was such a strong opener to the series that has only served to whet my appetite for what is to come in future parts. We get to know the main character Regan very well as times of change are arising in her life. Regan works in an office for a health care company and to be honest it's not the most exciting job rather the tedium increases day by day. Playing jokes on fellow co-worker Alex get her though the days, she doesn't feel fulfilled but it does provide money to cover the basics. So what happens when a joke goes more than that one step too far leading to the most disastrous of consequences that leads to Regan's life spinning way out of control.

Regan is in a relationship with Jarvis but you wouldn't say it's all love and romance and that they are the perfect couple destined to be together for ever. They are the complete opposite of each other in terms of personality and what they want in life and really their compatibility is not that strong. Regan is notorious for being late, disorganised, scatter-brained and forgetful. Basically  she loves to go with the flow and not let things bother her too much. Jarvis likes everything to be proper, perfect and just so and is forever trying to get Regan to cut her spending and curb her annoying habits. Whereas Regan is reaching the point where Jarvis' quirks are becoming more than annoying. But still she does enjoy the safety and security he affords her. He's not a bad person deep down as he does have Regan's interests at heart but perhaps they are not the perfect pairing for each other?

I loved how we got straight down to business and we were given lots of information as to Regan's life and daily routines regarding her job and her social life. We got to know her personality and what makes her tick or else what pleases her. Basically she is a fun person who doesn't take life too seriously but at the same time there is room for a little growing up to occur and for her also to truly express what she is feeling rather than keeping things bottled up. As mentioned above when a joke goes too far and she believes she has won the lotto everything goes belly up. It was the cruellest of jokes that could have been played on her and, similar to Regan, I really did believe that she had won the lotto. It was very interesting to see her reaction and what she did when she thought her life had changed forever in a good way. She really let rip and got everything off her chest and you could tell that she had been bottling up things for ages. To be honest we would have all probably done the same. Before she knows it she has quit her job and broken up with Jarvis but when the truth comes out she comes crashing right back down to earth.

Talk about a 360 and a range of emotions developing, poor Regan is utterly distraught when the truth is revealed and she can't take back anything she has said or done. She is now in an awful position and with her friend Cleo, who is an artist, away on a work trip she can't even turn to her for comfort and support. I don't know how Regan just didn't have a complete breakdown there and then as she was homeless, jobless and had no relationship any more. She was creative in her next step but it couldn't be a long term thing and really she was scraping the barrel as to where she sheltered. She was keeping her circumstances well hidden from everybody and I just desperately wanted her to find someone who could offer the comfort, sustenance and advice that she really needed. Regan feels she no longer has any purpose in life and feels so alone. She has lost her direction and motivation and clearly needs to find it again.

In stepped Charlie, a guardian angel of sorts, who seems to be just perfect and the right person that Regan needs in her life. He encourages her to set about completing the list she had written of what she eventually wanted to do with her life. You get the sense a good friendship will develop between the pair that may lead on to something more. I did think for a little bit was it just too easy or too random that Charlie showed up in Regan's hour of need but I soon got over that. As the story said Regan's life was just one long bump and she had to workout out how to overcome it. How she will do so will be very interesting and as for that cliffhanger ending. Bella Osborne how could you do that to us? My heart was in my mouth, roll on part two In Too Deep. I can't wait to see what happens next.