The House Beneath the Cliffs by Sharon Gosling

 

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Publication date: April 29th 2021

Pages: 400

Chef cook Anna has recently broke up wit her longtime celebrity chef boyfriend Geoff. She has just moved to the little Scottish coast town of Crovie, where she lands in the Fishergirl’s Luck, a tiny cottage on the north coast of Aberdeenshire. It is just a simple cottage, but Anna is welcomed in the Crovie community before she knews it.(except for one grumpy old local who knows a lot about the history of her new house) She makes friends with the local B&B owners Pat and her husband, and a local fisherman and his son, Rob and Robbie.

In her new home she rediscovers her love for cooking, which results in a new local lunch club where she cooks and gets some lovely reviews. as well as even more appreciation of the local community. But then she finds out she is expecting Geoff's baby, and her new life takes a different turn again. But she decides to stay in Crovie. And she finds out that not all the locals seem so happy with her arrival in this little coast town, and it seems that someone is talking bad about her and posting bad reviews about her cooking. Did she make a big mistake in moving to this place? Or is this the place where she can forget her troubled past, move on, and find a new life with a new love as well?

I was pleasantly surprised by this beautiful book. I really like the atmosphere of the Scottish coastal town, and it was very different then everything I've read the past years, which I also really liked about this book. The cast of characters was also well crafted, I really liked Anna and how she tried to move on from her past and made a new life in the community. She truly fitted in and as a reader that makes you happy for her, Geoff made a short reappaerance in her live, but she knows that she doestn't want him back, and certainly won't move to New Zealand with him and her baby. I also loved how she set up the lunch club on her own and how it was received within the community.

This is truly a beautifully written book, with a great story, you certainly won't regret it if you pick up a copy of it! Recommend it!