Meet me at Beachcomber Bay
BESTSELLING AUTHOR JILL MANSELL’S NEW BOOK IS THE PERFECT ROMANTIC READ TO MAKE YOU SMILE AND DREAM OF LONG SUMMER DAYS BY THE BEACH
FANS OF JILL MANSELL WILL KNOW THAT READING ONE OF HER BOOKS IS A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE THAT ENTERTAINS AND FILLS YOU WITH OPTIMISM AND HAPPINESS. A BIG CLAIM FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION? WELL, ANYONE WHO’S READ ONE OF JILL’S STORIES WILL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN IRRESISTIBLE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR, WHILE STILL PORTRAYING REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL DILEMMAS. NEVER READ ONE? YOU’RE IN FOR A TREAT, AND Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay, A GLORIOUS HEART-WARMING ROMANTIC READ, IS AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT.
THE CHARM AND ATMOSPHERE OF CORNISH SEASIDE TOWN ST CARYS IS CONJURED UP SO VIVIDLY THAT YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE BALMY SUMMER NIGHTS AND HEAR THE GENTLE LAPPING OF WAVES ON THE BEACH. BUT BENEATH THE APPARENTLY TRANQUIL LIFE OF THE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY LIE MANY SECRETS. THE HEROINE, CLEMENCY, IS SINGLE, AN ESTATE AGENT, AND IN LOVE… BUT HER MAN BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE. CHARMING AND IRRESISTIBLY HANDSOME RONAN COULD HAVE ANY WOMAN HE WANTS – UNTIL ONE ARRIVES WHO IS IMPERVIOUS TO HIS CHARMS. BELLE HAS THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND, SAM, WHO SHE IS ABOUT TO MARRY, UNTIL EVENTS LATE AT NIGHT ON A DESERTED BEACH TRIGGER A LONG DENIED SECRET. AND LIKE ALL JILL’S BRILLIANT INSIGHTS INTO COMMUNITIES, THE OTHER GENERATIONS HAVE EQUALLY INTRIGUING STORIES THAT BEGIN TO EMERGE.
JILL OFTEN USES CORNWALL OR DEVON AS THE LOCATION FOR HER NOVELS BECAUSE HER FAVOURITE HOLIDAYS AS A CHILD WERE HERE, AND WERE EASILY REACHABLE FROM
WHERE SHE GREW UP Just
IN THE COTSWOLDS. heavenly,
JILL EXPLAINS: “ST IVES IN CORNWALL IS just Jill
WHERE I DREAM OF LIVING ONE DAY, AND FICTIONAL ST CARYS IS MUCH SMALLER BUT EMBODIES – I HOPE – THE FEEL OF THE PLACE. GOLDEN BEACHES, SURFERS, A SHELTERED HARBOUR AND NARROW COBBLED STREETS FILLED WITH QUIRKY COTTAGES, HAPPY CHILDREN, SHOPS, ART GALLERIES
AND RESTAURANTS. AND THE LOCALS HAVE A WONDERFUL CAMARADERIE TOO, WHICH I LOVE.
“AS A CHILD, WE WENT ON HOLIDAY
AND STAYED IN TRADITIONAL COTTAGES,
AND WHEN OUR OWN CHILDREN CAME ALONG, WE STAYED IN HOLIDAY CAMPS. EXMOUTH, LOOE, POLPERRO, NEWQUAY, TOTNES
AND CARBIS BAY, WHERE I HAD MY FIRST EVER EXPERIENCE OF SURFING ON A TINY PLYWOOD BOARD… OH CRIKEY, NOW THE EARLY MEMORIES ARE FLOODING BACK!”
IF YOU’D LOVE TO ENJOY A SAND-BETWEENTHE-TOES MOMENT AND INDULGE IN A ROMANTIC ESCAPE, THEN Meet me at Beachcomber Bay IS THE PERFECT READ, AND THIS MONTH IT’S W&H’S SPECIAL SUMMER READING ROOM CHOICE TOO
– SEE PAGE 200.