Book Description:
Escape to Happy Ever After where all your happy endings are guaranteed.
When Susie Mahoney was gifted a break to Happy Ever After she couldn't pack her bags quickly enough, she had to do something to break the run of bad luck she was experiencing.
She was fast approaching the age where all her friends had settled down and found their 'one' and she was running out of options.
Happy Ever After, as it turns out, is a sweet little bed & breakfast on the Dorset coast and as soon as she sets eyes on the little cottage nestling in a valley before a sparkling sea, she falls in love.
Surely this is the perfect place to set her life back on track and consider her options. Long walks in the fresh air to concentrate her mind. Hearty meals to raise her energy levels and cosy evenings in the local pub beside a flickering fire curled up with a good book.
Perfect.
However, what she didn't realise was the invitation was for two and her 'plus one' was already unpacked and making himself at home.
There is also a Fossil club convention in town meaning every room on the Jurassic coast is occupied and she has to spend the next week with a stranger.
Freddie Carlton receives an invitation to escape to Happy Ever After and was particularly interested in the 'happy ending' it promised.
Having had a disastrous run of bad luck with women he was prepared to try anything.
He wasn't prepared to discover that his 'one' had already been chosen for him and was seriously annoying.
A woman who arrived with more baggage than an Airbus and was in no mood to share.
Will Happy Ever After work its magic and give them both the happy ending they deserve or will fate continue to throw obstacles in their path and turn their bad start into a very complicated ending?
My Thoughts:
I didn't know with the title and a place in the story being called Happy Ever After if this was going to be a bit corny but I loved the sound of it and glad I gave it a go as it was such a fun read.
Susie and Freddie unexpectedly become room mates, even having to share a bed, as someone appears to have booked the two of them into the same room and with no other rooms available, they have no choice but to get on with it in their quest to get away from everything and do a bit of soul searching.
There is a great cast of characters but my favourites had to be Sandra's other half and her own mum. I couldn't help but laugh every time they come into the story and there are parts that are proper laugh out loud moments. Susie and Freddie are both really sweet and was lovely getting to know them more. You can't help but get caught up in the idyllic location and the growing chemistry between them.
Escape to Happy Ever After was a relatively quick read at less than 250 pages and it made for some great escapism. It really was a lot of fun of which the author has created some of the most eccentric characters I've ever come across but they just added sparkle to the story. By the end I couldn't have stopped smiling even if I wanted to as it is such an uplifting story with a truly fitting ending. Will definitely be checking out more books by the author.
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