Book Review - The Holiday Escape by Heidi Swain - #HolidayReading Cruise

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Title: The Holiday Escape

Author: Heidi Swain

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 25th April 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

Her dream holiday is his everyday life. His dream holiday is her normal life. What happens when they collide?

 

Ally and her dad, Geoff, run the family business, a creative retreat, from their home Hollyhock Cottage in picturesque Kittiwake Cove. They give their guests their dream break, but Ally hankers after glamourous city living, fancy restaurants and art galleries.

Ally’s survival strategy is to escape out of season, take a break abroad and pretend to be the person she always imagined she would be. She meets Logan while she’s away and he turns out to be exactly the kind of distraction she’s looking for.

With her spirits restored, Ally returns home, picks up the reins again and sets her sights on another successful season, but when Logan unexpectedly arrives on the scene, she soon realises she’s in for a summer that’s going to be far from straightforward…

 

A story about bringing a holiday home – and what happens when what goes on on holiday comes back to bite you…

I really loved this Heidi Swain standalone novel. 

From when Ally goes off on holiday and escapes into a different persona, to when worlds collide once she is back home, attempting to fool everyone that she really is happy in her life. 

And when faces from the most recent past, and childhood past re-appear, things start to get complicated and suddenly Ally is no longer completely sure what it is she really wants. 

I loved seeing what Ally would decide for her life, and I also really enjoyed getting to know Logan. I also loved all the various courses that were run at Hollyhock Cottage. 

This was a really enjoyable story with a a great setting that was a pure delight to read. 

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.