The Summer Hideaway by Jenny Hale

 






Synopsis:


One moment can change everything…

Alice Emerson and best friend Sasha Miller have made a pact. They’ve decided to swap city living for the beautiful white beaches of the Outer Banks and pour everything they have into launching an ice cream shop in the little house by the sea where Alice spent blissful childhood holidays with her grandfather. As Alice and Sasha add colour to the walls of the beach house and tempt the locals with their delicious recipes, their fresh new life begins to take shape.

Swept away by her plans, love is the last thing on Alice’s mind. But she keeps running into mysterious doctor Jack Barnes, and finds herself falling for his golden charm and warm smile. As they laugh through sunshine-filled days and long romantic evenings, Alice tries hard not to think he could be the one for her – Jack is only here for the season, and Alice has had her fair share of heartbreak.

Just when Alice’s summer couldn’t be more perfect, she discovers an old letter tucked away in the beach house. It contains a family secret that turns Alice’s world upside down and threatens the future of the ice cream shop. And then Jack reveals a secret of his own...

Will Alice have her dreams shattered and her heart broken, or can she find true happiness this summer?

Review:



The Summer Hideaway is my favorite book written by Jenny Hale.
I was sucked into the story from the start. I loved the storyline and the characters. The depictions of the beach brought me near the ocean even if I've never set foot in North Carolina.

“When you need to know the answers to life, you turn to the sea. It gives you the calm you need to filter through the static in your head, until you can hear the answers loud and clear.”

After the umpteenth love disappointment Alice decided to take her young son, Henry, and go to live on her Grandpa's beach shack in the Outer Banks. Her best friend, Sasha, joins them for this new adventure, to open an ice cream parlor on the beach together. Will the ocean ease their hearts? Will they open up to new encounters?

I've enjoyed every minute I spent with these characters. Alice is a nice and amiable woman. I could share her fears and doubts about her future, but I wished her to find the courage to be happy and to live her life day by day.
Alice's memories of her late grandfather were tender and endearing.

I'd like to stress more the friendship among the female characters than the romantic side of the sory, that is also sweet, but I adore to see women get together and help each other. These relationship warmed up my heart and put a bright smile on my face.




Release Date: 06.01.2018





















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