The Seachangers
Meredith Appleyard
Reviewed by Helen
This is a beautifully told story about life and the changes we go through, I loved the setting and the characters, Ruth Clancy owner of Rosie’s Café in Cutlers Bay and Hamish Adams who arrives in town after the death of his father, is it time for a change for them both?
Ruth is sixty two and works hard in the café she started from scratch five years ago after the death of her mother she decided on a seachange and a totally different life but when one of the locals decides to retire at fifty seven Ruth starts to think about her own life she has not prepared for retirement and she is getting very tired these days, running a café is not easy she has older twin brothers who live in Adelaide, is it time to sell up and make a change in her life.
Hamish Adams has retired and bought what he thought he wanted an apartment in the city, he has worked hard in the bush now it is time for him but he isn’t feeling the way he thought her would, then his father dies, Hamish arrives in the small town of Cutlers Bay to clean the house and sort out his father’s affairs with pressure from his sister along the way, but while there he starts to think that retirement was not for him, he is feeling a lot of memories from the past and he is making friends as well especially Ruth who runs the café, could there be a new start for him and maybe Ruth.
This story is filled with lots of emotions from both Ruth and Hamish, there is a lot going on in both of their lives and soon spending time together is what they both want but will they be able to put their pasts behind them and find that idyllic future and happiness that they both deserve?
A fabulous story that I highly recommend real and truthful and with such wonderful characters and beautifully told.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin HQ for my copy to read and review.
Ruth is sixty two and works hard in the café she started from scratch five years ago after the death of her mother she decided on a seachange and a totally different life but when one of the locals decides to retire at fifty seven Ruth starts to think about her own life she has not prepared for retirement and she is getting very tired these days, running a café is not easy she has older twin brothers who live in Adelaide, is it time to sell up and make a change in her life.
Hamish Adams has retired and bought what he thought he wanted an apartment in the city, he has worked hard in the bush now it is time for him but he isn’t feeling the way he thought her would, then his father dies, Hamish arrives in the small town of Cutlers Bay to clean the house and sort out his father’s affairs with pressure from his sister along the way, but while there he starts to think that retirement was not for him, he is feeling a lot of memories from the past and he is making friends as well especially Ruth who runs the café, could there be a new start for him and maybe Ruth.
This story is filled with lots of emotions from both Ruth and Hamish, there is a lot going on in both of their lives and soon spending time together is what they both want but will they be able to put their pasts behind them and find that idyllic future and happiness that they both deserve?
A fabulous story that I highly recommend real and truthful and with such wonderful characters and beautifully told.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin HQ for my copy to read and review.
4 Stars
Published September 1, 2024
