Does sunshine always truly comes after rain?

Synopsis

Welcome back to The Starfish Café for a glorious summer, but with a few dark clouds on the horizon…

A new beginning…

As her summer wedding to Jake approaches, Hollie is excited for their new beginning as a family. But when some unexpected news threatens the future she and Jake had hoped for, Hollie will need to find the strength to overcome heartache once more.

A fragile heart….

Single mum, Kerry, loves her job at The Starfish Café, but behind the brave smiles and laughter with customers there is a sadness deep within. So when someone from her past re-appears in her life, Kerry can either hide away or face her demons and try to finally move on from her heartbreak.

A summer to remember…

For Hollie and Kerry it promises to be an emotional rollercoaster of a summer, but the community at The Starfish Café will always be there to help them through – after all, with courage nothing is impossible…

Join top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for a wonderful summer at the seaside, full of love, friendship and community spirit.

My review

Hollie cannot wait to finally marry her Jake. After they both have been through, in the past and even recently, they are ready to start their lives officially together, filled with happiness and love.
However, they both realize that their happily ever after won’t be so easy to have, as once again they have to face some news that turn everything into heartbreak once again…
Luckily, Hollie has an amazing team at the Starfish Café, who not only look after the place with all the possible care and love, but they are also all a shoulder to cry on.
That even includes Kerry, a single mother of four, who loves working at the Café. But Kerry has her own demons to face…
She has always put her children before everything, putting her own (love) life on hold. But just when perhaps she is ready to dip her toe again into those waters, someone from her past resurfaces in her life to mess things up even more… 

Okay, I have made a decision and I am going to need every little bit of courage and determination to follow through…
I have decided to stop reading any of Jessica’s book, because my poor heart just cannot take it anymore! (Joking around here, for those who don’t know my attempts of being somehow funny 😊) 

There are people in the world (the fictional one and the real one) who just deserve all the best and all the happiness and joy and love. And Hollie and Jake for sure are such people.
After everything they have been through, which we all know about, it brought me to tears when they were *finally* able to get married.
And there were several other moments with this lovely couples that made me cry out of joy.  

However – and for that I do love you a little bit less Jessica – I also had several cries of sadness…
Because unfortunately this amazing author keeps on finding ways to break our characters’ hearts and mine too!
Both Hollie and Jake have to face again a few setbacks, and just like they say themselves, haven’t they have been through enough already? 

Despite everything dark on their paths (again!), it also brought me to tears to see how this couple is just perfect for each other. They understand each other without words, they know how to comfort each other. They know when to speak out, or when to keep quiet.
That is the kind of love that I now need to find myself. I will not settle for anything less! Because even if their love may seem corny, it’s just perfect in every possible way. 

I also loved reading Kerry’s story, even if that one too brought me to tears!
As a reader, we already know that her life is a hectic one, as she is being a single mother of four kids. Yet I didn’t expect that her tale would be so heart – breaking. With some flashbacks, we get to know how she ended up being single. And with those flashbacks, we see what a loving person she truly was and still is.
Her ex for sure didn’t score any points in my book, all the things he did to our lovely Kerry and thinks he can still get things his way with a sudden reappearance after many years of radio silence. 

Kerry is amazing as a person, but also a wonderful, marvellous mother. Despite her own feelings, she does what’s best for her children. And everything she does, is done for her children. I loved seeing her in mum – modus, being kind and gentle when needed, but also firm and strict when the children would act out.
And she isn’t afraid to act all firm and strict towards her ex, when his behaviour is risking to get her children all messed up. 

Kerry is the kind of person that would put her own happiness aside for her children. So while perhaps there may be or not may be someone for her, her main focus is and will always be her children. With so many changes in their young lives, Kerry cannot give any of her time to love.
And luckily for us, Artie is the most understanding person in the world. He knows that Kerry’s children will always be Nr. 1 on her list.  

This was again a wonderful story, bringing me laughter but also many tears. Sometimes it were the small bits making me cry, but also the bigger events made me sob…
Jessica Redland shows again with this book that life has its ups and downs. Everyone experiences heartbreak at more moments in life.
Yet Jessica also shows us that there are many rainbows and lovely summer nights making all the wrong things right again.
When you have your people, even the worst things cannot bring you down. With all their support and love, you will find the motivation, the courage and the will to move on.  

Now Jessica, can you please write a story which won’t turn me into a mess with a tear – streaked face, unable to talk to people for a long while after closing your book??? 😊