Celebrations at the Beach Hotel

Another amazing book in this series. had me hooked from the start. Thank you Francesca !......more

I have read all the books in the series and I do recommend that if this is the way to go. There is a handy list of characters at the beginning of this book but the context is lost if you haven’t read the series. This book is set at the Peace at the end of WW1 - and the return of those from the frontl......more

For anyone who has followed the hotel and its staff through this lovely series, we are now back into peacetime with various characters returning from the war, others lost to it, and relationships and courtships that had been torn apart now have the chance to resume. Sisters Alice and Annie take cent......more

Set in the aftermath of WWI, this novel poignantly explores loss, return, and the struggle to rebuild lives forever changed by war. As my first book in the series, I sometimes felt I was missing important context despite a helpful character list, and the ending felt a little rushed. That said, the em......more

Unless i missed what happened to the criminals, i was disappointed that i didnt find out what sentence they got. A good read but not as good as the rest of the series. A rushed ending in my opinion but we all want different things in a book.......more