Retreat to the Lakeside Cottage

Escape with this perfect feel-good and uplifting story of love, life and laughter!

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Pub Date Aug 15 2024 | Archive Date Aug 29 2024
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'A warm, funny, uplifting writer!' KATIE FFORDE

If you love Lucy Diamond, Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft and Holly Martin, you'll LOVE Erin Green's novels of love, life and laughter.

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Welcome to the Lakeside Cottage . . . A place to write, where inspiration awaits . . .


Five authors have gathered at the idyllic Lakeside Cottage for a retreat, with the promise of peace and dedicated writing time. At least, that's the idea . . .

Retreat organiser Rula is there to edit, surrounded by like-minded souls. An interloper, especially one with whom she has a past, was certainly not part of her plan.

Eve has a bad case of writer's block, despite numerous bestsellers under her belt. Can she find new inspiration? Or will she get drawn into the dramas that unfold around her?

Alice has a deadline looming but is seemingly more interested in anything but writing. And where does she keep disappearing to?

Daphne is an experienced self-published author, but might she be more unconventional in other ways too?

And then there's Brontë, the complete novice. She's a mere scribbler, not a 'proper writer' like these other women, and she feels totally out of her depth.

As the collective word count grows, and their personal stories interweave, each woman finds herself drawn in unexpected and life-changing directions.
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Warm praise for Erin Green's heartfelt novels:

'An uplifting and wonderful story about the power of female friendships' Donna Ashcroft

'Thoroughly entertaining. The characters are warm and well drawn' Sue Roberts

'A lovely, heart-warming story . . . I was hooked!' Christina Courtenay

'A delightful tale of friendship, family and love' Jenni Keer

'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ What a lovely and uplifting read. I really really enjoyed it'

'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A perfect heartwarming read which has provided a great escape'

'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Loved this thoroughly feel good read!'

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Don't miss the other Lakeside Cottage novels - Summer Dreams at the Lakeside Cottage and Christmas Wishes at the Lakeside Cottage.

And discover the uplifting Shetland series, beginning with From Shetland, With Love.

'A warm, funny, uplifting writer!' KATIE FFORDE

If you love Lucy Diamond, Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft and Holly Martin, you'll LOVE Erin Green's novels of love, life and laughter.

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PAGES 352

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Lovely and entertaining and also a story about writing books, perfect. This was such a lovely story. The characters were all so different and each chapter dealt with a different character. A great summer read. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

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This book tells the stories of five women who attend a writers retreat at the beautiful Lakeside Cottage.
We start with Brontë, a would-be writer who is gifted the retreat by her boyfriend, but feels way out of depth alongside the other published authors.
As each woman's story gradually unfolds we see that none of them have the perfect life.
This is different to the Erin Green books I've read before. Slower and more wordy, but a very good read.

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I loved this book. I felt like the characters were my friends by the end and I missed them when I finished it! I love it when you learn about something new while reading a novel, and I learned a huge amount about writers, their writing methods, publishing and agents. It was fascinating. This series set in a holiday cottage is inspired, and I hope there are more books to come.

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Erin Green's latest book returns to Lakeside Cottage but can be read independently.
A group of writers are booked in to the cottage for a week of writing. The group are a mix of of writers some established, some self published and one brand new writer..
A funny enjoyable book with well drawn characters some likeable some not. It gives an insight into the struggles that authors can face trying to find inspiration, develop a plot or believable characters. Writing is hard work!
Erin Green writes readable fun stories which are engaging and well written.

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Retreat to the Lakeside Cottage by Erin Green

Rula organises a retreat for writers at Lakeside Cottage in the Lake District. Peace and quiet, lovely surroundings, a break from everyday life, nice food - the perfect conditions to get lots of writing done, what could possibly go wrong?

What a lovely book, I really enjoyed it! Loved the characters and their background stories, along with their interactions during the retreat. I also loved how the presence of a new writer at the retreat gave the experienced ones an opportunity to give really useful insights into writing, writers, agents, publishing and a whole host of other information. A really good story, very VERY highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

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I struggled with this but only in the way it was told in chapters by different people. But it is a good story and deserves its 5 stars . Some great twists I did not see coming. You follow 5 writers / not writers at a writers retreat in the Lake District . It is a intresting read. Makes you think about authors in a different light even though Erin Green says it is made up. Read it . A good summer read . Nice ending

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