I loved this book. I could not put it down.
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Hazel is a few months away from turning 30. Suddenly she finds herself worrying that she has missed out on life. She feels that she doesn’t stray from routine or take risks. She has worked at the bookstore for 15 years and has become very comfortable in her life, but she’s starting to think maybe she is too comfortable.

Noah is a local fisherman who is always up for an adventure. He also happens to be secretly crushing on Hazel. He has been running from some family issues and mental back and forth in what to do with his life after a falling out with his family.

When Hazel discovers secret clues left in books at the store who better to ask for help than Noah. The 2 of them have a summer filled with stepping outside of comfort zones, so much fun and great memories. What else will the summer bring?

There is such great character growth in this book and such good chemistry between Hazel and Noah. This book made me feel so giddy and happy I couldn’t put it down!! The second I finished it I preordered the physical copy because I have to have it.

🤎 Small town romance
🤎 he falls first
🤎 summer romance
🤎 cozy mystery

The second instalment takes readers back to the beloved town of Dream Harbour and follows bookseller Hazel and fisherman Noah in this treasure seeking adventure – but what these two don’t know is the treasure they're seeking doesn’t always come in a glittering gold treasure chest. Hazel is soon to turn 30 and she is stuck, but when a mystery book defacer sprinkles a trail of breadcrumbs she enlists the help of Noah to discover the clues.

This is an unputdownable book that I devoured within days. The pacing and plot is perfect with the right amount of spice. This book has all the elements that the author got so right in the first book and continued to develop this town of interesting personalities. Laurie Gilmore creates enough mystery to hook readers and then swoops them off their feet with a cute romance between Hazel and Noah. Dream Harbour is not short of a vibrant and hilarious cast of characters to help breathe life into the already charming town. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I’d love to be a fly on the wall in those book club meetings! My only criticism is that Noah didn’t seem to interact with many characters aside from Hazel, Jeanie and Logan by himself, so I would have liked to see more of his personality and quirks with his friends. But I can overlook this because I just enjoyed reading the book. I liked the inclusion of Jeanie and Logan from the first book and how they interact with Noah and Hazel.

Overall this is a charming, cute and easy to read romance.