Sun, Sand, and Stories: Dive into the Best Summer Reads for Your Holiday Escape!
We are in July already and I wanted to welcome you to the sandy shores of Devon by looking at some of my top best summer reads. As the summer sun paints the sky with shades of warmth, it's time to indulge in the ultimate pleasure of summer reading. Whether you find yourself sprawled on a sun-kissed towel or nestled beneath the shade of a swaying palm tree, I have pulled together a small collection of the best summer reads to accompany your seaside adventures. From thrilling page-turners to heart warming romances and captivating tales of wanderlust, prepare to immerse yourself in stories that will transport you to far-off lands and stir your soul. So, grab your favourite pair of sunglasses, slather on some sunscreen, and let me guide you to a literary paradise where sun, sand, and stories intertwine to create unforgettable moments of literary bliss.
Please don’t forget to let me know what your favourite summer read has been this year.
Love Alis x
Title: Happy Place
Author: Emily Henry
Genre: Romance, Humour
Publisher: Viking
Date published: 2023
About Book: Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week. But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?
Title: The Getaway Girls
Author: Dee MacDonald
Genre: Romance, Humour
Date Published: 2018
About Book: One morning, Connie McColl wakes up and decides to swap her ordinary life, for an extraordinary adventure… Connie McColl is finally free to make her own decisions for the first time in decades. And when she meets glamorous Gill and downtrodden Maggie, at a rather dull flower arranging class, it seems that she’s not the only one dreaming of adventure. The three very different women all agree it’s about time they had a holiday to remember. So they make a pact for this summer to be their best yet - and drive off into the sunset together… As they meander their way along the beautiful beaches of France and onto the glorious delights of Italy in their luxury campervan, the new friends have plenty of fun and frolics in the sunshine. But the vacation isn’t quite what they expected… Gill will do anything to have one last holiday romance, Connie has a surprise inheritance awaiting her in Italy, and Maggie has a secret that is going to catch up with them all… In the end, all three women discover that the journey they thought would be their last really is just the beginning…
Title: One Summer in Santorini
Author: Sandy Barker
Genre: Romance
Publisher: One More Chapter
Date Published: 2019
About Book: Sarah has had enough of men. It’s time to rekindle her first true love – travel – so she books a sailing trip around the Greek islands with a group of strangers.
The very last thing Sarah wants is to meet someone new, but then a gorgeous American man boards her yacht… And when she also encounters a handsome silver fox who promises her the world, she realises that trouble really does come in twos. Will Sarah dive into a holiday fling or stick to her plan to steer clear of men, continue her love affair with feta and find her own way after all?
Title: The Echo of Old Books
Author: Barbara Davis
Genre: Mystery, Historical, Romance, Domestic
Date Published: 2023
About Book: Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners―an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.
With no trace of how these mysterious books came into the world, Ashlyn is caught up in a decades-old literary mystery, beckoned by two hearts in ruins, whoever they were, wherever they are. Determined to learn the truth behind the doomed lovers’ tale, she reads on, following a trail of broken promises and seemingly unforgivable betrayals. The more Ashlyn learns about Hemi and Belle, the nearer she comes to bringing closure to their love story―and to the unfinished chapters of her own life.
Title: Castaways
Author: Lucy Clarke
Genre: Thriller, Psychological, Suspense, Domestic
Publisher: Harper Fiction
Date Published: 2021
About Book: You wake on a beautiful, remote island.
Sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets, barely a footprint in the sand.
Yet this is no ordinary escape. Next to the wreck of a plane, a stranger paces. Another sharpens a knife, scoring a list of the dead onto a palm tree. Others watch from the shadows of a campfire – all with untold stories, and closely-guarded secrets…
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