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Title: Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay
Author: Ali McNamara
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Sphere
Publication Date: 27th June 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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The sun is shining on the golden castle on Rainbow Bay - and change is in the air!
Amelia is a single mother, doing her very best to look after her young son, Charlie - but money is tight and times are tough. When she first hears that she is the last descendent of the Chesterford family and that she has inherited a Real-Life Castle by the sea, Amelia can't quite believe her ears. But it's true!
She soon finds that owning a castle isn't quite the ticket to sorting out her money problems that she'd first hoped: she can't sell, because the terms of the ancient bequest state that any Chesterford who inherits the castle, must live there and work towards the upkeep and maintenance of the family home. So ever-practical Amelia decides to uproot her little family and move to this magnificent castle by the sea.
Living in a castle on the beautiful Northumberland coast is fun at first, but organising the day-to-day running is a lot more complicated than Amelia first imagined. Luckily she has help from the small band of eccentric and unconventional staff that are already employed there - and a mysterious unseen hand that often gives her a push in the right direction just when she needs it most. It's only when she meets Tom, a furniture restorer who comes to the castle to help repair some antique furniture, that Amelia realises she might get the fairy-tale ending that she and Charlie truly deserve...
Amelia is a single mother, doing her very best to look after her young son, Charlie - but money is tight and times are tough. When she first hears that she is the last descendent of the Chesterford family and that she has inherited a Real-Life Castle by the sea, Amelia can't quite believe her ears. But it's true!
She soon finds that owning a castle isn't quite the ticket to sorting out her money problems that she'd first hoped: she can't sell, because the terms of the ancient bequest state that any Chesterford who inherits the castle, must live there and work towards the upkeep and maintenance of the family home. So ever-practical Amelia decides to uproot her little family and move to this magnificent castle by the sea.
Living in a castle on the beautiful Northumberland coast is fun at first, but organising the day-to-day running is a lot more complicated than Amelia first imagined. Luckily she has help from the small band of eccentric and unconventional staff that are already employed there - and a mysterious unseen hand that often gives her a push in the right direction just when she needs it most. It's only when she meets Tom, a furniture restorer who comes to the castle to help repair some antique furniture, that Amelia realises she might get the fairy-tale ending that she and Charlie truly deserve...
Oh I do love an Ali McNamara book and this is no exception. I went into this blind, possibly never having read the blurb and was curious to see what sort of unexplainable happenings may occur this time.
Was shocked to discover for my second in the past 3 books I've read, that there was a hint of the otherworldly, of potentially ghosts. Not a huge believer in them but having read both this and Rowan Coleman's latest, I may be mega scared next time someone tries to get me into a haunted house!
Amelia was down on her luck, struggling financially to bring up her son Charlie, when a piece of post start a chain or events that led to her getting an inheritance from a distant relative she had never heard of.
And wow Chesterford Castle is some inheritance, given its huge, was already open to the public, and came with four members of staff who just wanted to call her M'aam or Lady Amelia.
Amelia's knack of drawing people together leads to a growing sense of community and family at the castle as they try to modernise it.
I loved getting to know the other residents of Chesterford Castle, including the ones that it appear that only Charlie may be able to see.
There are all manner of secrets to be uncovered, and all written in such a heartwarming and lovely style that you can't help be hooked on the book.
The pages were flying by, as I took in every last details and by the end I was convinced I had visited the castle myself, such were the descriptions.
A truly enjoyable and another fabulous story from an author that I can't get enough of.
Thank you to Sphere and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Was shocked to discover for my second in the past 3 books I've read, that there was a hint of the otherworldly, of potentially ghosts. Not a huge believer in them but having read both this and Rowan Coleman's latest, I may be mega scared next time someone tries to get me into a haunted house!
Amelia was down on her luck, struggling financially to bring up her son Charlie, when a piece of post start a chain or events that led to her getting an inheritance from a distant relative she had never heard of.
And wow Chesterford Castle is some inheritance, given its huge, was already open to the public, and came with four members of staff who just wanted to call her M'aam or Lady Amelia.
Amelia's knack of drawing people together leads to a growing sense of community and family at the castle as they try to modernise it.
I loved getting to know the other residents of Chesterford Castle, including the ones that it appear that only Charlie may be able to see.
There are all manner of secrets to be uncovered, and all written in such a heartwarming and lovely style that you can't help be hooked on the book.
The pages were flying by, as I took in every last details and by the end I was convinced I had visited the castle myself, such were the descriptions.
A truly enjoyable and another fabulous story from an author that I can't get enough of.
Thank you to Sphere and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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