Oh, this was so much fun.  An opposites-attract rom com where both protagonists are authors (write what you know, I guess!). January has inherited a house from her dad – the titular beach house – where he had a second life, with a second wife.  She would not be here if she had any other options, but she’s between novels with zero inspiration, and the bills won’t pay themselves. Gus is your standard New York Lonely Boy (thanks, Girls 5Eva), a Franzen/Eggers style writer who […]

This was recommended to me by a local bookseller, when I asked her “What’s the best book you’ve read this month?”  I consider it a solid strategy; I was introduced to Christopher Brookmyre this way back in the mid 90s, and have never had cause to regret it. The bookseller who recommended this said it got her out of a reading slump, and since I’d not long since read Beach Read, I was keen to give it a go. Its another winner from Emily Henry […]