The Cafe by the Sea

By Jenny Colgan

Part of the Scottish Island of Mure series

Returning home, she must face her past and find her future amidst family chaos and a seaside café.

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395 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Flora escapes her past on a Scottish island for London's anonymity, but fate pulls her back. Amid family chaos, she discovers a love for cooking and revives a seaside café. As seasons change, Flora confronts old mistakes and questions where her heart truly belongs. Will she find her place in the world she left behind?

From the publisher

The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up – and she hasn’t looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It’s a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past. In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious… and hopelessly in love with her boss. But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she’s suddenly swept once more into life with her brothers (all strapping, loud and seemingly incapable of basic housework) and her father. Yet even amid the chaos of their reunion, Flora discovers a passion for cooking – and finds herself restoring dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour: a café by the sea.But with the seasons changing, Flora must come to terms with past mistakes… and work out exactly where her future lies…Funny and heartfelt, The Café by the Sea is a delightful summertime novel that puts a modern twist on the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothers story.

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