Are you looking for a swoon-worthy summer romance set along the English coast against a backdrop of birthday parties, weddings and village festivals? Do you enjoy a bit of reality (i.e. characters struggling with loss, divorce and other real-life events) in your romance books? Or are you looking for some cool cocktail, pizza and cake recipes? Look no further!

I thoroughly enjoyed this breezy romance of two lost souls finding a way back into love with each other. Of course, there were plenty of moments where I was shouting at Jack and Lucy to just talk to one another, but hey, where's the fun in that? I enjoyed little Daisy's antics, I loved the gentleness in which Jack tried to win Lucy for him and appreciated the way Lucy's friends and family played a roll in her ultimately accepting it all.

The 'food-trucks-at-parties-in-English-summer' backdrop just made this book that much more enjoyable. The beaches, the dunes, and even the Scottish moors and mountains in various stages of English summer (from heavy rain to gorgeous sunsets), were painted so perfectly I could almost imagine myself there again.

A fun romance with lots of tasty food and yummy drinks. Perfect summer read with a slice of cake and cool drink.

I absolutely loved this book.

Pizza cocktails and a great storyline what more could you want.

I know I am making some of those delicious cocktails this weekend.

My first read by Caroline and I have now added a few others to my list.

A great summer read highly recommended

THIS BOOK! I absolutely loved reading this book and read most of it in one sitting. I loved the storyline and how it romanticised living by the coast in a pretty little cottage. This book really made me want to drop everything and open a cutesy cocktail camper van or horse box pizzeria. The love was a slow journey with bumps in the road but I really enjoyed reading it. Only sad part is I want more! I want to know what happens after the ending and continue to hear about their new relationship and business ventures. Overall was a great reading id highly recommend!
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A cute, cozy romance book. This is the first I've read by Caroline Roberts, but I'll be looking for others.

What a cool concept for a book - love amongst the food trucks! Jack has a cocktail campervan and is an old hand at the food truck circuit. Lucy is the newbie on the scene with her pizza horsebox and just learning the ropes. Jack is super helpful at their first events and that friendship soon leads to more. There is a lot of hot/cold feelings - that part gets a little draggy, will they get together or won't they. Finally things come around after a fairytale wedding they're both catering.

So cute that each event is the chapter heading and I was happy to see some of the recipes included at the end!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a temporary, digital ARC in return for my review.

What a beautifully written uplifting story, which is told from Jack and Lucy's point of view.Jack runs a cocktail bar from his campervan called Ruby and Lucy serves pizzas from her custom rigged trailer. They both attend a couple of the same events & Lucy sees Jack being flirty with the guests, so when he offers her his help, she is left wondering if it's a wise move. The story is set in the most beautiful part of the world( in my opinion) Northumberland, so having visited these places myself, it made this story come to life more for me.

This was a really cute and enjoyable romance that I would happily recommend to you all! The perfect summer romance! :)

Just the most gorgeous book, really summery, romantic and heartwarming. I am a sucker for a happy ending and this story, set around street food and a summer of events is to.d from both the male and female perspectives and this gives an insight that would have otherwise been missed.

Loved it!

This is a lovely heartfelt read told from the dual perspectives of Jack and Lucy, both of whom are wary to move on after past heartaches. Jack is the proud owner or Ruby aka The Cocktail Campervan, his mobile business that’s he’s built up over the last four years, Lucy is new to the mobile catering scene but she’s trying hard to make her horse box pizza business work. Their stories are told mostly around events they both attend with some good detail in between.

I really, really liked Jack, he felt so real with his mental wall and his complexities which stem from his teenage self finding and sticking with a coping mechanism, if I hasn’t read his point of view I think he would have come across as a bit of an idiot but understanding him and his past really strengthened the story. Lucy was lovely though not as strong a character as Jack but her confusion over him, at times very understandable, balanced everything out well. This was a really thoughtful read with good depth but still easygoing and enjoyable.

I soon got caught up in the excitement of Jack’s seaside cocktail camper van making up unusual cocktails tailored specifically for the parties, weddings, music venues etc. he attends. It gives Jack an opportunity to forget his struggles with the past while being the perfect entertaining barman.

Lucy is a likeable main character who has given up her job to run her horse box pizza business using recipes handed down from her Italian grandfather. Lucy and Jack find themselves at the same events and become friends but they both have to let go of the past to move forward. There was a lot to enjoy in this book but I did find it a bit slow in places and it didn’t completely hold my attention. However I would recommend it as a cute holiday read

Thoroughly enjoyed this lovely romantic tale, loved the characters and the storyline was brilliant, how both Lucy and Jack were both afraid to pursue their interest in each other, loved how they managed to get to know each other better through working at the same venues etc, Jack with his cocktails and camper van and Lucy with her pizzas and horsebox, brilliantly written and descriptive in setting the scene
Highly recommended

Caroline Roberts at her best. I loved all the cocktail descriptions.. Jack loved his camper van. Both Lucy and Jack had been hurt and it was fun how they met at the festivals . Lucy’s pizzas sounded yummy. It was brilliant she followed her dream. A real feel good book and the author told us that she wrote it during COVID. So she gets a gold star for not mentioning it. Also had a lovely ending.

This was such a gorgeous, summer read!! I loved every minute of it and was completely absorbed from the start. The writing is beautiful and I fell in love with the plot!! Another book I devoured in days

What a lovely, relaxing, summery read this is! It did however make me long to go to an event with a cocktail camper van & a pizza horse box - think I’m going to be out of luck there. I must admit the cocktails sounded delicious and I was thrilled to find the recipes at the end of the book. It’s a love story yes, but it also has a strong theme of friendship and family and supporting those close to you. A great beach/garden/anywhere read which will leave you smiling.

I received an advance copy of, The Seaside Cocktail Campervan, by Caroline Roberts. I love Caroline Roberts books, and I love this book. The characters, the settings, a great romance novel.

The seaside cocktail campervan drew me in instantly as I love Caroline Roberts books and adore camper vans as have so many lovely memories of travelling in our camper-van, the whole lifestyle it evokes and the friendships made upon the way!
Jack with his newly renovated cocktail van the delightful beautiful Ruby is embarking on a new career venture after several torrid unsettled years following the loss of his beloved brother! He is starting to build a good business venture catering at many outdoor functions such as fetes, birthdays , weddings etc and it is during one of these events he meets Lucy and her mischievous dog daisy! Lucy is reeling from a relationship breakdown and has thrown herself into a pizza van venture inspired by her Italian grandfather!
Jack and Lucy help each other out and gradually a friendship ensues but they are both wary with previous baggage so the path of true love never runs smoothly!
A great entertaining , summery read would highly recommend!
Thank you netgalley for this early read.

With grateful thanks to netgalley Caroline Roberts for an early copy in return for an honest opinion.
I have read all of Caroline's books and just adore them, I was so excited to read this new one firstly I loved the cover, its just so beautiful and campervans can only mean one thing fun. And there sure is oodles of fun and frolicking in this outstandingly fabulous tale. Jack is the very proud owner of the seaside cocktail campervan, its his pride and joy and he has such a cute name for her, I'll let you find out yourselves. Jack decided that he was fed up doing the normal 9 to 5 job so decides to do up this campervan and goes round to weddings birthday partys Where ever he is asked to go to with his cocktails usually there might be a couple of other vans doing food for the partys this is where he meets up with luscious Lucy she makes fabulous homemade pizza, and this tale entertwines there rather bizarre behaviour at times but it's what has happened in the past, will these two lost souls heal each other. this is such a beautiful journey wedding's in castles fabulous chocolates from a gorgeous chocolate shops and a barn dance with lots of puddings this book has the lot. a very big fat 5⭐