Book synopsis

Meadow has only ever loved one man – the very gorgeous Bear Brookfield. Ever since they were children she’s dreamed of marrying him under the green canopy of Wishing Wood. But when a teenage kiss that held such promise was followed by a series of misunderstandings, Meadow lost all hope of a future with Bear. Years later, Meadow and Bear remain best friends, despite Meadow marrying and divorcing Bear’s brother Heath. Yet she’s sure there’s no chance they’ll be anything more.

What Meadow doesn’t know is that Bear has only ever loved one woman too. He was heartbroken when Meadow married Heath, certain she chose his brother over him. But there’s more to Meadow and Heath’s marriage than anyone knows…

With both Meadow and Bear convinced they can only ever be friends they set one another a dating challenge – will they meet their perfect match online, as Bear thinks, or in person at a dating event, like Meadow believes? Or will they finally discover that their soul mate has been right there in front of them, secretly loving them, all along?

About the Author

Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years’ service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.

Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine’s competition at the Festival of Romance with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance. She is the bestselling author of 26 books selling over a million books worldwide. Holly’s books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Estonian, Turkish and Russian.

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My review

I am always thrilled to be asked to review any of Holly Martin’s books, as I love them all! I recently read The Blossom Tree Cottage book by her and my review for that can be found here.

This story is set in the same place but following a different couple. It is lovely to see some of the characters from the other book feature in this one and see how they are progressing. Saying that though, you can read this as a standalone book and still understand the story. I would recommend reading the other one too though as its nice to read about the other characters too.

This follows the story of Meadow and Bear. From page one you can see they are meant to be together. Holly Martin has a gift of writing romance in a way that’s not cheesy or predictable and writes the best heart warming books. Online dating is covered in this book when they both look to meet new people and some of the scenes are hilarious.

You can really feel the connection between Meadow and Bear and how they are hesitant to tell each other how they really feel. Star, Meadows daughter comes out with some of the most funniest things and it was nice getting to know her a little more in this book too.

I cannot wait for this Author’s next book as I love every single one I have read so far.

Purchase link – Amazon

Disclaimer – Thank you to the Author for my copy of this book for my honest review.