Today I am pleased to share with you my review of this heartwarming and witty read from Sharley Scott. Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to join the tour and for my copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
Running a guesthouse is never plain sailing, as Katie can testify. Eccentric or challenging guests are the usual order of the day. But when a sinister man moves in across the road, the first ripples of unease appear.
Katie has learned the hard way that a seaside idyll is never what it seems. She and Jason have worked hard at their marriage, but now she has other issues to tackle.
While her new cleaner has proved to be a godsend, she comes with a complicated love life. Then there’s Katie and Jason’s daughters, Emily and Lucy, whose boomerang visits definitely have an ulterior motive.
And what about the threatening man opposite who has taken an intense dislike to Shona, the madcap owner of the adjoining B&B. Shona’s life has always been chaotic, but now it’s verging on disaster.
As the season moves on and guests come and go, Katie fears her daughters have been keeping secrets of their own, while Shona’s troubles come to a head.
When the B&Bers are behaving madly, anything can happen. Can Katie weather the storm?
My Review
Having read the first book in the series from The B&Bers I was really looking forward to reading this next instalment and I was not disappointed.
Katie and Jason are just completing some repairs and updates to their guesthouse before their second busy summer season begins. The two of them are heading into their second year running the guesthouse and they are beginning to feel that they have a better idea of what to expect from the busy summer season.
Katie and Jason found their first year quite a challenge as they are learning on the job and finding out just how difficult running a guesthouse could be. Both of them are hoping for a less stressful year.
The start of the season goes well and they soon have a steady stream of guests booking in and checking out. They do however have some very argumentative guests who end up leaving separately. The season is also not without some quirky guests too. Like the man who appears to be creeping around the guesthouse at night and giving Katie the creeps. There is also the lovely Mandy who likes to leave hand written notes to Katie but there is something about her that worries Katie. And why does one room keep running out of hot water especially when they have installed a new bigger water tank.
The guesthouse next door to them is run by the very quirky and funny Shona and Kim whom Katie has built a good friendship with and they often visit each other for a gossip and chat. Things are not great for Shona though as there is something rather odd and sinister about the strange looking man who has moved into the house opposite and he is determined to intimidate Shona, but exactly what is he up to.
With all of the fun and shenanigans going on between the two guesthouses and their guests it seems as if this season is going to be as much fun and stress as the previous season. Let the fun begin.
I loved revisiting Devon and reading about more of the adventures of running a B and B.
I really enjoy the writing style and I find it very witty. The characters in the book are written well and you really do get to know them.
It was a wonderful addition to the story to read more about the life of Shona and Kim too. It is great to see more of Katie and Jason's children getting involved with working the Guesthouse and see their relationships blossom too.
This is the second part in the series but it can be read as a standalone book.
I cannot wait to see what adventures and laughs lay ahead for Katie and Jason as guesthouse owners.
Katie and Jason are just completing some repairs and updates to their guesthouse before their second busy summer season begins. The two of them are heading into their second year running the guesthouse and they are beginning to feel that they have a better idea of what to expect from the busy summer season.
Katie and Jason found their first year quite a challenge as they are learning on the job and finding out just how difficult running a guesthouse could be. Both of them are hoping for a less stressful year.
The start of the season goes well and they soon have a steady stream of guests booking in and checking out. They do however have some very argumentative guests who end up leaving separately. The season is also not without some quirky guests too. Like the man who appears to be creeping around the guesthouse at night and giving Katie the creeps. There is also the lovely Mandy who likes to leave hand written notes to Katie but there is something about her that worries Katie. And why does one room keep running out of hot water especially when they have installed a new bigger water tank.
The guesthouse next door to them is run by the very quirky and funny Shona and Kim whom Katie has built a good friendship with and they often visit each other for a gossip and chat. Things are not great for Shona though as there is something rather odd and sinister about the strange looking man who has moved into the house opposite and he is determined to intimidate Shona, but exactly what is he up to.
With all of the fun and shenanigans going on between the two guesthouses and their guests it seems as if this season is going to be as much fun and stress as the previous season. Let the fun begin.
I loved revisiting Devon and reading about more of the adventures of running a B and B.
I really enjoy the writing style and I find it very witty. The characters in the book are written well and you really do get to know them.
It was a wonderful addition to the story to read more about the life of Shona and Kim too. It is great to see more of Katie and Jason's children getting involved with working the Guesthouse and see their relationships blossom too.
This is the second part in the series but it can be read as a standalone book.
I cannot wait to see what adventures and laughs lay ahead for Katie and Jason as guesthouse owners.
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About the Author
While 'Bedlam & Breakfast at a Devon Seaside Guesthouse' is fictional, I am a guesthouse owner. Thankfully, we have been blessed with lots of amazing and kind-hearted guests, who are nothing like some of the characters featured in this novel and the subsequent books currently being written in the series. I would be a lot greyer if they were.
Likewise, Jason is quite different to my husband, who I sometimes nickname Victor Meldrew. He is lovely though and has a fab sense of humour, although some of his dryness has rubbed off on Jason.
Bedlam & Breakfast is set in South Devon, in the fictional town of Torringham, which is loosely based on Brixham. If you've been to Brixham you may recognise some of the local features, including the seals, fishing industry and the fantastic lifeboat crew, but the businesses, people and a number of settings are fictionalised.
The same applies to the B&B owners featured. Many guesthouse owners undertake work when they move into a property and our current B&B was not an exception. While our previous owners were nothing like Jim and Maureen, this also means we don’t get to live next door to the fabulous Shona and Kim. But we do have many lovely B&B friends. B&Bers are a wonderful and hardworking bunch, although the ones we know have a penchant for parties in the low season. That's why I had to end Bedlam & Breakfast at a party.
I hope you enjoy Bedlam & Breakfast. It's the fourth novel I've written, although the first in this genre. A second book in this series is being published in January 2020. B&Bers Behaving Madly can also be read as a standalone. It's great journeying with Katie and Jason as they enter their second year at the B&B, especially now that Katie is better equipped to deal with Shona. Or, so she thinks.
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