Book Review - Ice Creams at Emerald Cove by Holly Martin - Blog Tour

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Title: Ice Creams at Emerald Cove

Author: Holly Martin

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Self Published

Publication Date: 12th March 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

Escape to the Cornish coast this spring with a trip to the beautiful Emerald Cove, where the sea sparkles in the sunshine, the sand glitters like gold, and true love is in the air. From the bestselling author of Sunrise over Sapphire Bay comes this gorgeously romantic and uplifting tale.

Skye Philips and Jesse Hamilton have a complicated relationship. They’ve been neighbours, best friends and even briefly married. But ever since Skye returned to the beautiful shores of Jewel Island to help her sisters Aria and Clover run their family hotel, she doesn’t know where she stands with Jesse.

When they’re together the chemistry between them sizzles, but with Jesse living in Canada and Skye on the Cornish island she calls home, they’ve kept things casual. Till now…

Jesse is coming to Jewel Island for the annual Pudding Parade and Skye knows this is her chance to tell him how she really feels. But putting her heart on the line isn’t easy when it’s been broken in the past. Will Jesse return her love? Or will she lose him for good?

Everything she's ever wanted can be hers if she's willing to take the chance, but is Skye brave enough to risk her heart once again?'

Set sail to the Cornish coast where sunshine, laughter and romance awaits. This stunning love story is guaranteed to steal your heart this summer; it’s the perfect read for fans of Sarah Morgan, Veronica Henry and Jill Mansell.

Before you start reading this, please make sure you are stocked up with sweet treats or ice-cream as this book will make you hungry. 

After all this is the book where Cones at the Cove, and dessert masters Skye and Jesse take centre stage, and I was peckish throughout reading this (and I blame this book for my ordering Nandos chocolate cake alongside the chicken while I was reading - it was delicious!).

I was so eager to read this that I started it within 48 hours of it landing on my kindle, and I rarely get to books this fast and well under 24 hours after that I have reached the end. In fact I spent most of the afternoon reading as I was enjoying it so much, and that was after reading a large amount in bed the previous night too! 

Like all Holly Martin books it is a joy to read, and was wonderful to be back amongst the Phillips siblings, Skye, Aria and Clover. Fans of Holly Martin will of course remember Aria and Clover from the previous two books, but if you have never read the author before, please be assured this can easily be read as a standalone story, and this the most we have seen of Skye, but also Jesse and Bea. 

And even Sylvia who is a hotel regular gets a much larger role in this story, and although I half guessed something, there was even more to her than meets the eye and I think I gasped out lout at a certain point. 

My only complaint with this book is too much.... rhubarb!! It is far to key to everything but it's so not to my taste at all, thankfully all the islanders seem to love it and grow it and turn it into a million and one different things! 

It's such a gentle and enjoyable reading experience, and I was completely transported to Emerald Cove, where I would love to go and live, and was able to caught back up with life with the siblings.  I loved seeing the latest developments with Aria and Clover, and I completely fell in love with Jesse. 

Well Jesse and his daughter Bea who is so clever, and some of the conversations she has with the adults are  brilliant. Just shows you can't hide anything from children, they pick up on everything! 

Just loved loved loved this book so much, it was a real sweet treat of a read! 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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