What a brilliant read!
Emotional, funny, heart breaking and truthful all wrapped up in the beautiful scenery of The Lakes.
The story follows the breaking and making of a little family, hit by trauma, only to find something truly wonderful at the end of it.
The challenges in the relationships they all face of step-families, losing loved ones, losing parents, young love, love after tragedy are so skilfully and truthfully captured it really is a wonder to read.
Convincing characters and more importantly loveable characters who you just will to make it through.
I thoroughly recommend this book to all!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced copy of Sarah's new book.

Normally I would give her books 5 stars but there was something about this one that didn't really work for me.  Don't get me wrong it is a good book but I personally think it isn't her best.  

The reason I say this is because I found it quite slow in places and it felt like it was going over the same ground.  It took me until about half way through for me to really get into the story but once I did I began to enjoy it.  Normally, I jump straight into the story from the beginning of Sarah's books.

Really enjoyed this book thank you. Vibrant, believable, characters and an absorbing plot. I will ensure I look out for this author in the future!

Absolutely loved this book! I found this to be so well written with lots of genuine emotion running through the story.

You can really align with each character and why they are feeling what they are feeling which makes the story that extra bit special!

Flora falls in love with Jack, a widower with 2 children. Their holiday with friends of Jack's family in the Lake district highlights insecurities which seem insurmountable. Brilliantly written and absolutely enthralling - I loved it .

I really enjoyed reading this new book from Sarah Morgan. Her previous books that I have read focus upon family dynamics, and how they can often be dysfunctional, rather than happy families. This book focuses on how to try to rebuild lives after losing a family member and friend.
The main character in this book is Flora, a florist from New York. She lost her Mother when she was a young child, and was sent to live with her Aunt. Her Aunt did not really want to raise a child, and Flora spent most of her childhood trying desperately to please her. 
Flora longs to have a family of her own to love and care for. She is a people pleaser who is desperate to be liked.
Jack is a Widower, whose Wife died a year ago. He meets Flora when he buys flowers for his teenage daughter. They soon become friends, which quickly turns to romance.
When Flora meets Jack's daughters it soon becomes apparent that Jack's Wife Becca was perfect. Flora finds it impossible to impress Jack's family and friends, to fit in with them and to be accepted.
It is difficult to get to far into the plot of this book without giving away any spoilers. This book is very well written, and it was a compelling read. I lost an afternoon reading this book, as I wanted to find out what happened to all of the characters, and how the story came together at the end.
There were some strong themes within this book, how keeping secrets can be difficult. It also shows that appearances can be deceptive, as everyone has flaws. It tackles grief, how it affects people differently, and how communication is very important. 
This is a wonderful book, I highly recommend reading it. It is very emotional in places, but a fantastic book.
I'm looking forward to reading more books by Sarah Morgan in the future. Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for my early preview copy of this book.

Whoop Whoop! Another brilliantly written masterpiece from Sarah Morgan. 
This story is relatable, has something for everyone and I would definitely describe as a page turner.

I don’t think I have ever read a book by Sarah Morgan but I definitely will now. This book was a rollercoaster of emotion. Izzy and Molly’s mother has been gone for a year when their dad invites a female friend over. Izzy really struggles to adjust. Her pain and confusion is only fueled by a secret about her mother that she has never shared. 
I loved getting to know the characters and watching each relationship progress. My only criticism is that the timescale was confusing, I was never sure how long had passed between key events.

Oh gosh, where do I start with a review of this wonderful book?  For me it had echos of Rebecca by the great Daphne du Maurier, a perfect dead ex-wife and mother, a child from hell that knew secrets that were buried in the past, a handsome father and the heroine of the story ready to take on a new life and trust love to see her through.  So many twists and turns beautifully written, amusing in places, heart rendering in others, totally unputdownable to be rewarded with a wonderful ending.

Another fabulous book by Sarah Morgan that is a joy to read. Family For Beginners is set in Manhattan USA and The Lakes England. The story examines the difficulties surrounding new relationships with not only new people but with family and friends and also having to get on with whatever life throws at you along the way.

Flora, a people pleaser, has always wanted to fit into a family as living with her cold hearted Aunt after the death of her Mother left her feeling very much unloved. When Flora meets Jack, a gorgeous guy who recently became a widow to his wife, her life changes with huge challenges. Jack has two daughters Izzy and Molly, Molly is young and accepting of change but Izzy is a teenager who hasn’t dealt with her grief and is determined not to let anyone take over the role of caring for her sister Molly.

I really enjoyed reading how the bond between Flora and Izzy develops as they share in the loss of losing their Mothers. And also that Jack’s deceased wife was not the perfect female she is portrayed as being.

My thanks to Net Galley for the ARC digital copy of Family For Beginners. This is my own opinon of this delightful book.

Another fabulous instalment from Sarah Morgan. Family for Beginners will tug at your heart strings, make you laugh and be unable to put this book down. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can highly recommend it. Thank you to NetGalley, HQ and the author for the chance to review.

Who says you can’t choose your family?

When Flora falls in love with Jack, suddenly she’s not only handling a very cranky teenager, but she’s also living in the shadow of Jack’s perfect, immortalised wife, Becca. Every summer, Becca and Jack would holiday with Becca’s oldest friends and Jack wants to continue the tradition, so now Flora must face a summer trying to live up to Becca’s memory, with not only Jack’s daughter looking on, but with Becca’s best friends judging her every move…

The more Flora tries to impress everyone, the more things go horribly wrong…but as the summer unfolds, Flora begins pushing her own boundaries, and finding herself in a way that she never thought she needed to.

And she soon learns that families come in all shapes and sizes.

I never hesitate in requesting a title by Sarah Morgan, and thankfully she never disappoints me. I can always rely on her books to give me a bit of light relief. Often, I read books that are heavier and more complex, therefore Morgan’s straightforward and linear style of storytelling is a rare treat.

I always find her characters to be likeable, and most importantly relatable, this was again the case in this novel. My one disappointment, and it is only very minor, I would have loved more of Todd and Clare together. I thought the humour of their banter was brilliant!

As always, I devoured this book and highly recommend to Sarah Morgan fans and newbies.

What a lovely, lovely read. This has all the emotions of a family and new family life but the story it tells makes compelling reading, I would have loved it go further than it did.  I on#t like to give spoilers so I recommend you get a copy of this and enjoy it. I give this 5 stars, Well done Sarah Morgan for yet another brilliant book..

This is another emotional story from Sarah Morgan, this time about the realities of becoming a step-mother and second wife.  In this case the first wife is initially described as the perfect woman with a loving family and great career, but all was not as it seemed.  Secrets are revealed, new friendships blossom and a new family comes together.  Keep the tissues handy.

Just when you think Sarah Morgan’s book can’t get any better along comes -  family for beginners.  I absolutely adore this book. 
I could visualise the house in manhattan, the flower shop where Flora works and the beautiful English countryside and boathouse on the lake. 
 Colourful,tender hearted florist  Flora meets handsome, single dad Jack  when he visits the flower shop where she works to buy his seventeen year old daughter Izzy a bouquet for her birthday. After striking up a conversation with him she finds out that several months earlier, Jacks  seemingly perfect wife Becca died from an aneurism leaving him alone with
 daughters Izzy and molly 
Having lost her own mother at an early age, Flora doesn’t really have any experience of family life. Dumped on a aunt who made no secret of the fact she didn’t want a child, Floras upbringing lacked any form of love and affection.
When she and Jack  start dating all Floras hopes and dreams of fitting in don’t quite live up to the reality. 
Eldest daughter Izzy isn’t at all welcoming. 
Struggling with her mother’s death she has stepped into her shoes with regards to running the house and looking after all younger sister Mollys every need. 
She has no intention of letting Flora take that away from her and tries to show her she could never possibly match up to the perfect Becca.
In a bid to bring the family together Jack suggests they all go away on holiday together like they do every year to the lake house in England. 
Only trouble is the lake house belongs to Beccas  best friend Claire and although she is  welcoming to Jacks new love she knows a secret that Becca told her before her death that could rip the family apart.
This book is a visual page turner and I couldn’t put it down, desperate to know what the secret Becca had told was I read it in 2 days and felt lost when it ended.
I fell in love with the delightful   Flora as much as the family comes to and defy anyone who reads this book not to love it and the beautifully written cast of characters as much as I did. .

Sarah Morgan doesn’t fail to deliver another one of her beautifully written sagas! I love the way she writes, and the way that each character comes to life gradually on the page. I was delighted to review this one for Netgalley, as she is one of my favourite authors. If you haven’t read any of her books this is a great one to start with – and if you have read them you’re going to love this one!

A lovely story, well written and full of poignant moments. When Flora & Jack meet the pair of them hit it off immediately and quickly fall head over heels for each other. However, Flora finds it extremely difficult to be accepted by Jack’s two children and to develop her relationship whilst in the shadow of the completely perfect Becca, Jack’s first wife who died unexpectedly several months earlier. The story of how the four of them begin their lives together, in particular when they face extreme opposition from Jack’s teenage daughter who tries time & again to put Flora off is a great read, I really enjoyed it.

I really loved this book. Each character’s experience of grief, loss and all of the other emotions that goes with it is explored. But there’s always light hearted parts and a love story to go along with it too.

I really enjoyed Family for Beginners, which is both a family drama and romantic novel.  Jack is grieving the recent death of his wife and struggling to buy a birthday gift for his daughter when he meets Flora, a florist.  The characters were sympathetically portrayed and each had a complex relationship with the idea of family and family itself.  Secrets run throughout the novel, but there is also a lot of hope - this isn’t great literature, but it was an enjoyable read.

I say it over and over but I do love Sarah Morgan's books. This was an enjoyable read though maybe a bit more like her earlier books than the last 2 or 3 she has written. Although I was personally a bit less emotionally drawn in, it was more of a 'sit down and escape for a few hours' which was no less of a treat for that.
I look forward to Sarah's books and often find that I re-read them after a while, as I find her characters so realistic.  I finished it in one happy afternoon.