Beach Read is not only a great beach read, but an adorable story which is meant to be read while on vacation, but also as that bedside table book you will look forward to each night. Although the premise of book is a bit depressing or perhaps a bit sad, it is the enjoyable antics and adventures, witty banter between the two main characters which will have you coming back for more!
January Andrews is a romance writer who just lost her beloved best friend, her father, who died suddenly. Through the initial devastation she unfortunately discovers some disturbing information about him which changes her life forever. Now depressed, she loses her boyfriend, the love of her life, is almost penniless (thank you Manola Blahniks!) and has a romance novel due at the end of the summer which she has not even begun to think about.
Now on top of all that, January must go to the small town her father grew up in North Bear Shores and somehow dismantle a house she never knew existed and learn secrets about the father she trusted and adored.
Augustus Everett is January’s angry next-door neighbor in North Bear Shores. He too is a writer, one of those fancy types who write deep, disturbing fiction. They could not be any different. He too is in the midst of a life crisis and has come here to lick his wounds. He is here writing his next book.
They meet, they don’t like each other and don’t really respect each other’s writing. Oh, and January is aware they were enemies in college always vying for top writing awards. Gus as she knew him then doesn’t seem to realize they know each other.
So, they decide to make a bet. January will try her hand at fiction, with some field trips from Gus to get her in the mood, and Gus will try his hand at romance with some field trips January has up her sleeve. All so they can get the feel of the other’s genre.
And this is where the fun really begins! As they learn more about each other, they discover they have much more in common than either ever could imagine. Their chemistry is palpable. But they still cannot tell each other their issues and they certainly seem to not want to deal with them themselves. How do they let their problems go and find the happiness we all want them to have? Is it even possible?
Beach Read is a charmingly cute, funny, sensitive tale filled with secrets which the reader can’t wait to find out! Oh and of course, the romance…yowzah!
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