Finding Refuge in Bellbird Bay
Bellbird Bay #5
Maggie Christensen
Reviewed by Helen
I am loving this series, picking a new book up is like coming home for a holiday and catching up with such good friends, this time we see long time resident of Bellbird Bay Bev Cooper find her HEA, I have gotten to know Bev through the start of the series she is a major character and now we find out about her past and see her find the happiness that she deserves.
Thirty five years ago Bev moved back home to Bellbird Bay to care for her ailing parents, she had cut her University studies short to do this and life for Bev moved on, she opened up the Pandanus Garden Centre and cafe and has thrown herself into it making it a very successful business. Bev is caring and always there for anyone even if she can seem a bit standoffish at times, life has been good for her but when she hires a new staff member and is helping organize her brother’s wedding Bev has been thinking about her past.
Iain Grant has decided it is time to make a move to retire early help his son after the death of his son’s wife he is sure that changing the environment will help Bryan and his granddaughter Mia and Bellbird Bay is just the place. Bryan starts a new job at the garden centre and soon Ian is drawn to Bryan’s employer Bev he has not felt this way about a woman in many years.
I loved the relationship that developed between Bev and Iain there is so much heartache bought back for Bev but it also made her open up about her past which was needed and Iain was there for her, Bellbird Bay has such healing vibes that it is not long before there is much joy and happiness. I do highly recommend this one and the series and am very much looking forward to the next book, Maggie Christensen knows how to give her characters a fabulous HEA.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
Thirty five years ago Bev moved back home to Bellbird Bay to care for her ailing parents, she had cut her University studies short to do this and life for Bev moved on, she opened up the Pandanus Garden Centre and cafe and has thrown herself into it making it a very successful business. Bev is caring and always there for anyone even if she can seem a bit standoffish at times, life has been good for her but when she hires a new staff member and is helping organize her brother’s wedding Bev has been thinking about her past.
Iain Grant has decided it is time to make a move to retire early help his son after the death of his son’s wife he is sure that changing the environment will help Bryan and his granddaughter Mia and Bellbird Bay is just the place. Bryan starts a new job at the garden centre and soon Ian is drawn to Bryan’s employer Bev he has not felt this way about a woman in many years.
I loved the relationship that developed between Bev and Iain there is so much heartache bought back for Bev but it also made her open up about her past which was needed and Iain was there for her, Bellbird Bay has such healing vibes that it is not long before there is much joy and happiness. I do highly recommend this one and the series and am very much looking forward to the next book, Maggie Christensen knows how to give her characters a fabulous HEA.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
5 stars
February 7, 2023 by Cala Publishing
