I really enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend it. It has a great story line, excellent main characters and it is a real page turner. I read this book in one sitting and the hours just flew by!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! It's a standard romance where you know there is going to be a happy ending of course, but it's so full of twists and turns and surprises that it kept my attention alive thorughout the whole book. The characters retain a certain air of reality that will make you immediately identify yourself with them. ( my personal favourite? Annabelle. I really punched up in the air at a certain point. Go her! ) The beautiful English countryside is ever present and so well described that you'll feel 'there'.
A brilliant read for the summer that I can heartily recommend.
I had the great pleasure to be able to read this book through NetGalley, before it was published. Many thanks to the author, the publisher and NetGalley.
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Alice left her groom, Lee, standing at the altar. The repercussions seriously affected Lee's brother Aaron and Alice's cousin, Clancy. Fast forward six years later and Clancy answers an ad to be a caretaker at summer cottages on the Norfolk coast belonging to her cousin (Alice) and Aaron (Lee's older brother). It seems Clancy has had her own fair share of relationship problems from good friends, her work associates and her fiancé.. Let the fun begin!

I've never read anything by Ms. Moorcroft before. I found this book to be both entertaining and enjoyable. The on-again, off-again plot, the Englishness of it all and the main protagonists!!

An absolutely lovely read.Full of wonderful characters a small village a perfect read,My first Sue Moorcroft Book so happy I found her will be grabbing recommending more of her books. #netgalley #avonbooksuk.

A heart-warming story with well rounded characters. Well written, it held my attention throughout. Sue Moorcroft at her best.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first Sue Moorcroft Book I’ve read and overall I’ve found it quite enjoyable, Clancy and Aaron are both good, strong characters with some interesting background and the side story of Harry & Rory was good, I would have liked to have read more of their story in honesty. The setting for the story sounded lovely and I think the author conveyed the closeness of the villagers well. I know this type of novel is fairly predictable but there was a good amount of originality and the epilogue rounded things off well.

A light read that warms you through and through. I enjoyed this book so much that I read it in one day whilst on holiday. A story of love, let downs and happiness and how different characters coped with this.

A Summer to Remember, Sue Moorcroft

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: general fiction (Adult), women's fiction

Ah no....usual moan :-( Why, why do we have women's fiction as a category? Why assume men won't/don't read romance – they do, they write it and read it.

With that off my chest, on to the book. I loved it, fabulous read full of incredible characters, I do like some that I can dislike, realistic scenes, I live in North Norfolk and it was easy to picture things playing out as they did. What I enjoy best in a story, a book with not just one main plot but some genuine and heartfelt subplots, and here they worked so well and kept me engrossed.

I loved Clancy, and understood why she was so devastated at what happened. What a blow, to lose your fiance, home and job all in one, and I'd have been just as...difficult isn't really the right word, but her actions that tied up others, yes, I'd have done that – I feel they were incredibly unfair to her.
Aaron, I kind of understand why he's the way he is, her cousin Alice caused such disaster by her actions to his brother, and the family are afraid for Lee and his mental stability. It took him a long time to recover, and they are very protective of him. Clancy isn't Alice though, she's had to pay for her ex's mistakes, its not fair to punish her for Alice's too.

Anyway, the story plays out well, plenty of events and action, lots of emotion, people who aren't as they seem, family issues and jealousies, and a real touch of teen drama with Harry and Rory, and a very topical point there that was so well done. I like to read books to escape but I want them to be real, to reflect genuine issues and this one is perfect, and delivers my always needed HEA.

Stars: Five, another great read from Sue, and one to keep for re-reading. Perfect holiday read or one for when you want to escape into another world for a while.

Arc via Netgalley and publishers

A most enjoyable novel based in a small seaside village in Norfolk. Two families are the main subjects but the other villagers are involved. Thinking about it now, it could be a true story and is a tangled web to unwind, funny in parts, serious in others but it needs to be read to find out how things pan out. Someone spreads lies and upsets others but happiness can conker all. Hard to put down so sit back and enjoy this book, Sue Moorcroft at her best, looking forward to her next book.

I received an eARC from NetGalley for my honest review of A Summer to Remember

My honest opinion, It was not what I expected. It was ok. I did finish, but it was not one I rushed through. I found myself seeing where it was going and the usual love story.

Can I have a summer like this? Well minus the scumbag ex. I loved the descriptions of the setting and I could completely picture myself there. The story was cute but a little predictable. It would make for a great beach read!

Wow, an emotional rollercoaster of a story, Clancy’s life is complicated, after her fiancé declares his love for someone else, her business partners lay the blame of his infidelity at her feet ousting her. She moves to her part owned cousin’s holiday cottage as caretaker. There ensues a hectic lifestyle of complicated loves,loss & blame stories which somehow revolves around Clancy. An enjoyable read, you won’t be disappointed.

Thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Not my usual reading by any means, but the description sounded fun, so I thought I'd give it a try - and I'm glad I did. Clancy has just had her world turned upside down by those she thought of as good friends and work colleagues, not to mention her fiancé, and jumps at the chance to escape to a small Norfolk village. Taking on the role of caretaker for summer cottages belonging to her cousin and the brother of the man said cousin jilted at the altar years ago... wow, that is enough plot summary to be getting on with!

Yes, the plot was the sort of will-they-won't-they-when-will-they-finally love story that I was more or less expecting, but I loved the evocative depiction of village life and the well-written and warm characterisations of the main characters. A big plus was the fact that the story gave Clancy - and other characters - time to work through what was going on in their lives, and didn't use the story just as a means to an end for a romantic happy end.

Goodreads review here (unable to link directly): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2737200824

Six years ago Clancy's cousin Alice stood up her fiance Lee on their wedding day. The repercussions of that selfish act have affected all of them to some extent, including Lee's best man and older brother Aaron.

Now, Clancy has been forced out of her home and the company she helped to build by her ex-fiance Will. Somehow he humiliated her, cheating on her in a very public way, and yet she is the one forced out. With nowhere to go, she decides to take up the vacant position of caretaker to a row of cottages part-owned by her cousin Alice and Lee's brother Aaron. Over the years whilst Alice has been globe-trotting Clancy and Aaron have corresponded about maintenance of the cottages etc and so this seems like an ideal place to regroup and lick her wounds. The tiny village of Nelson's Bar doesn't have any mobile phone coverage so it will be a complete rest from the outside world and allow Clancy to forget her heartbreak.

Aaron can't believe it when Awful Alice's cousin waltzes back into the village demanding to be the new caretaker, trouble is Alice still owns half the cottages so he doesn't have much choice. But he worries how the reminder of Alice will affect Lee, who has been very fragile since he was jilted.

Can I just say I love Sue Moorcroft's books. Always set in near-idyllic country settings, she manages to create characters with real emotions and character flaws, no-one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, just because it's the country doesn't mean there isn't bigotry or spite or angst. Even Clancy comes to realise that things aren't quite the way she originally saw them.

If you enjoy romance set in the English countryside with a side order of teen angst, family feuds, jealous exes and small businesses struggling to get by you will love this novel. Another winner form one of my favourite authors.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I'm a big Sue Moorcroft fan so it was not a surprise that I loved this book! The descriptions of the village and the characters alone, makes this read worth it! You feel as if you are in the holiday cottages themselves! This is a great summer read. If you are a fan of Cathy Bramley or Phillipa Ashley - you'll enjoy this book!