A Season for Second Chances
Ratings10
Average rating3.7
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Ratings10
Average rating3.7
A charmingly quirky seaside town offers a recently separated restauranteur a fresh start and possibly a new lease on love in A Season for Second Chances, by the author of The Twelve Dates of Christmas. Annie Sharpe’s spark for life has fizzled out. Her kids are grown up, her restaurant is doing just fine on its own, and her twenty-six-year marriage has come to an unceremonious end. Untethered for the first time in her adult life, she finds a winter guardian position in a historic seaside home and decides to leave her city life behind for a brand-new beginning. When she arrives in Willow Bay, Annie is enamored by the charming house, the invigorating sea breeze, and the town’s rich seasonal traditions. Not to mention, her neighbors receive her with open arms—that is, all except the surly nephew of the homeowner, whose grand plans for the property are at odds with her residency. As Christmas approaches, tensions and tides rise in Willow Bay, and Annie’s future seems less and less certain. But with a little can-do spirit and holiday magic, the most difficult time of her life will become…a season for second chances.
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Cozy chick lit - she leaves her cheating husband and signs up to be a caretaker for a seaside cottage and tearoom that has historically hosted many town events. And the nephew of the owner wants to sell it to developers. Mostly chicklit, with a nice dose of romcom.
I really enjoyed this. I went in expecting a goofy, hallmarky romcom but got a sweet, heartwarming story about a woman rediscovering joy. I liked the side characters, I loved the MC and the love interest was sweet and believable. If Hallmark took the “Stardew Valley” game and swapped a farm for a cafe, this is what you'd get.
3.5 . i thought this was a christmas romance? when it's hardly either?? i loved the setting & characters, just thought it was gonna be.... better?
