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Summers are high season for weddings. And Gemma Whitehall gets to officiate them in her work at the registrar’s office in Suffolk. Too bad she’s not generally feeling particularly romantic herself, as a still-young single mother to a 14-year-old boy whose father is a complete deadbeat. All she has time for is work, figuring out how to get Leo off the computer or phone and make some real friends, and fending off her ex’s grabs for money.
Sam Ranworth has sold his house in London and sunk all the money into an old castle, aiming to make it into a wedding destination. He’s not been looking for a relationship since some years before when he had to deal with a complex tragedy. He has plenty to stay busy, what with trying to tame the wild, overgrown gardens and lawns around the castle and make the building itself, along with a cottage on the estate, usable and livable.
Gemma ends up renting the cottage, and while Sam had told her it needed some work (which made the rent affordable for her), it’s even more than she had expected. But she moved, and that’s it.
Each has reasons to keep the other at arm’s length, but it is summer, and surprisingly good things come of the move for both of them — not to mention that there is an undeniable spark between the two.
The Summer of Wishful Thinking is a fun romance that’s just the thing for beach reading (or virtual beach reading … or virtual travel to the countryside of Surrey, castle and profusely flowering gardens included). It was just the ticket for a little getaway.
Rated: High, for about 10 instances of strong profanity, occasional instances of mild and moderate language, a brief instance of fighting/melee and a touch of peril, and some occasional and brief lightly bawdy talk. There are sexual scenes but little detail; they mostly “fade to black” after some kissing or removal of clothes.
* I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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