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Holly Hepburn

Autor(a) de A Year at the Star and Sixpence

33 Works 192 Membros 11 Críticas

Séries

Obras por Holly Hepburn

A Year at the Star and Sixpence (2016) 47 exemplares
The Picture House by the Sea (2017) 26 exemplares
Coming Home to Brightwater Bay (2021) 18 exemplares
Little Shop of Hidden Treasures (2022) 16 exemplares
A Year at Castle Court (2018) 13 exemplares
Starting Over (2021) 6 exemplares
Cupidity (2013) 5 exemplares
Escape to Darling Cove (2023) 5 exemplares
Snowy Nights at Castle Court (2017) 4 exemplares
Summer at the Star and Sixpence (2018) 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Locais de residência
London, UK

Membros

Críticas

I loved everything about this historical cozy. The link to Sherlock Holmes intrigued me as I didn't know that this was based on the fact that someone was actually employed at the Building Society to answer letters sent to Sherlock Holmes. I love history so this little tidbit fascinated me and it sets up Harry nicely for many more investigations.
Harry is a wonderful character. She's clever, independent and kind. She has a secret tendre for Oliver, the family friend and I'm sure he feels the same way. However, it doesn't stop the flirty banter between her and the occasional eligible bachelor that her match-making mother sends her way.
The mystery of the missing maid kept me entertained throughout. The pacey drama and easy-to-read style meant that I devoured this book in one day
I loved this mystery and I'll be excited to read the next book when it is published.
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Inishowen_Cailin | Mar 27, 2024 |
I really hoped I would love this book as much as this authors previous book but sadly it was just ok for me. I did love the setting a fictitious island off the Northumberland coast, but the romance between Eve a local bar owner and Logan a famous photographer didn’t really gel for me. I will continue reading the author as she writes well.
 
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LisaBergin | Apr 12, 2023 |
In this book we meet Merry a writer of contemporary romance who is suffering from writer’s block and whose boyfriend Alex ( she’s been with him since school days) decides to call a day on their relationship. Merry sees an advert for a writer in residence on Orkney for 6 months and decides to apply, hoping the change of scene will mend her broken heart and get her writing again.

She is met at Orkney by Niall the librarian who looks a bit like Clark Kent/ Superman ( I’m thinking Henry Cavill not Christopher Reeve), but makes a decision early on not to get involved and tells a lie that she is still with Alex.

She soon settles in to island life and does eventually start writing again albeit a historical romance based on the lives of two people on Orkney during WWII, this isn’t the book her publishers are expecting. She also meets an Icelandic man Magnus (described as Thor like full on Viking).

The descriptions are very good and I would like to visit Orkney.The book is full of good secondary characters including Sheila, the old lady who runs and gets Merry running with her, her friend Jess who comes to visit and a delinquent goat called Gordon.

As the story progresses you wonder which man she is going to end up with. I thoroughly enjoyed my read of this book.

This is the first Holly Hepburn book that I have read it won’t be the last and I am lucky that I have two of her other books in my bookcase ( bought because of the pretty covers). This was originally published as four novellas, this is the bind up of them all. 4.5*

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LisaBergin | 1 outra crítica | Apr 12, 2023 |
I'm a huge fan of all things islands, especially Scottish islands, so I was really looking forward to reading Coming Home to Brightwater Bay which is set on the Orkney Islands. After a shock break up with her boyfriend alongside dealing with a bad case of writer's block, romantic novelist Merry Wilde applies to be the Orkney author in residence for six months hoping it will heal her broken heart and resuscitate her career.

I loved the description of the islands which sounded windswept and beautiful, and Merry's little croft with its log fire. She meets some wonderful new friends including librarian Niall, and Viking Magnus, and the Watsons from a nearby farm and their unruly goat, Gordon! Niall takes Merry around all the local sights and the author really sold Orkney to me, as I learned about the islands along with Merry.

I read this book on holiday and it was the perfect light holiday read, so easy to pick up and dive straight back into the story. I really enjoyed the journey that Merry went on from struggling writer to having a whole new future ahead of her. Coming Home to Brightwater Bay is a captivating feel-good read with delightful characters, a heart-warming storyline and an amazing setting with a cosy community feel to it. I found it so enjoyable and utterly charming.
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nicx27 | 1 outra crítica | Aug 25, 2022 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
33
Membros
192
Popularidade
#113,797
Avaliação
3.2
Críticas
11
ISBN
67
Línguas
2

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