This was a fun read. It starts off with Meg engaged to Sam who is obsessed with the biking trip he’s planning. You can tell right away that this isn’t a relationship that is going to last. Sam is out of the way biking around Europe which gives Meg a chance to find her own happiness in the small English seaside town where they live. Her ambition is to run the bakery where she used to work but has been closed down since the owner died. Enter a sexy real estate agent, Nathan, to whom she is attracted in ways she was never attracted to Sam. Nathan supports her bakery dreams and is interested in her rather than putting down her dreams as Sam always did. Sam is clearly no great shakes as a romantic partner while Nathan is everything a woman could want. They just have to find their way clear.

While I was pulling for Meg to wake up and dump Sam, that was going to take a while since he’s away on his bike trip for most of the book. Meanwhile, she has to deal with his annoying mother and older sister as well as some startling personal news all while appearing on a popular TV show that highlights her bakery dreams.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

I loved this story, it swept me away to a quaint English seaside village where anything could happen and where a happy ending is guaranteed. Of course the story doesn’t start out that way, with Meg Larson’s life crashing down around her ears. The bakery where she works goes on the market and her fiancee, Sam, who is off on a biking holiday, won’t even take her calls. The realtor in charge of selling the bakery, Nate, however, appears to be just what Meg needs, a kind, gentle man. If you love Jenny Colgan, than Karen Clarke should be your to be read list