A perfect summer read!
Sunshine and Margot may be twins, but they have vastly different life experiences. Margot is a career woman who keep falling for the same bad for her guy. Margot is a relationship drifter who has followed many guys. Both women want to change their approach to relationships.
This story follow the two sisters as they each embark on a new chapter. This story has everything you might expect from Susan Mallory: fun, witty characters; sweet, poignant moments; and even some steamy romance.

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot was a delightful Summer read.
I found the relationship and bond between sisters sweet, considering their troubled upbringing and issues with abandonment.
Despite being fraternal twins, each sister had their own issues and complexities. It was admirable watching the sisters start down a path to make their lives better. The characters were relatable and likeable. I enjoyed the two love stories that developed separately and how the stories intertwined. It is not a complex story, but simply an enjoyable read.

Fraternal twins Margot and Sunshine Baxter couldn’t be more different. Margot, a tall, slim etiquette coach, knows how to appear confident and in control. Sunshine, a nanny, just wants men to look beyond her hourglass figure and see her as a person, not just a plaything. The one thing they do have in common is making disastrous choices in men.

Margot takes a job helping an aging movie star who wants to fit in with her fiancé’s diplomatic job and Sunshine cares for a young boy who has lost his mom to cancer. Both jobs come with a “perfect” man. Will they finally get it right?

I am a big Susan Mallery fan. Her characters are real and have real issues, but work things out. A great HEA story.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early copy of this book.

Sunshine and Margot are twins who are both at pivotal moments in their lives. They were raised by a grandmother, a beauty pageant consultant, and neither were able to live up to her standards. Sunshine escaped into a series of unsuitable boyfriends while Margot made just one, very unfortunate choice. Now Sunshine is the nanny to an adorable little boy and his widower father while Margo is an etiquette expert. Margot's latest client is an eccentric actress who wants to learn how to navigate in her soon-to-be husband's world of being an ambassador. They're staying at the home of the actress's son, a scholar who specializes in old manuscripts.

This is a lovely story of two sisters. If you are looking for a romance novel, this isn't one. The HEA is sort of wedged in at the end and I felt like the book suffered for it.



Three stars
This book comes out June 11
ARC provided by publisher and Edelweiss and NetGalley
Opinions provided are my own

I started this book a while ago and stopped early on due to other commitments getting in the way of my reading. However, I was able to pick right back up where I left off some significant time later. It did not take long to jog my memory of what was happening in the storyline and who the characters were.

I enjoyed getting to know the sisters and each of their stories as the book progressed. Of course I liked the happily ever after ending. I thought this was another well written book by Susan Mallery and I would recommend it to fellow readers.

*I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Quite a good read, kept me engaged, really enjoyed the plot and the characters and i would read more from this author.

Wow! I absolutely loved The Summer of Sunsine and Margot. This has to be my favorite Susan Mallery book.
Not only is the cover stunning the story inside is absolutely amazing. I fell in love with Sunshine and Margot from their first chapter and was rooting in their corners along the twists and turns of their lives and careers.
I found that I could not put this book down and definately did not want it to end.
I was given an ARC and this is my honest opinion.

This is an enjoyable read by a favourite author of mine. I love the feel of Susan Mallory books - even when there’s not much happening, the style of her writing is amusing and her characters come to life on the page.
Sisters Sunshine and Margot are opposites but still have an enviable closeness. They’ve been through a lot in their lives and it’s nice to read a romance novel where the female characters have had a past they’re not altogether proud of but have become stronger for it.
No big surprises but a happy day’s reading with a smile on my face.

This was actually one of my least favorite Susan Mallery books. I was rather bored with it and had to force myself to finish it for this review.

Sunshine and Margot are fraternal twins who both want to make changes in their lives. Sunshine is a nanny who has a history of dropping her clients (without notice) following men around the world. She desperately wants to improve herself by going to college and finding a man who wants her for more than her curves. When she moves in to become the nanny to 8 year old Connor whose Mother has recently passed away, she has good intentions to keep the relationship with his father Declan purely professional.

Margot is an etiquette coach who has a history of dropping everything to follow her now ex-boyfriend around the world, much to the detriment of her professional life. Recently however she is feeling more settled with a new career and a decision to focus on her work. Bianca is an aging movie star, and Margot's newest client, who comes with a history of outrageous behaviour which needs to be tamed to take on her new upcoming life as a diplomat's wife. The task is a challenging one, particularly because Bianca lives with her son Alec and Margot must live in while coaching Bianca.

This is my first Susan Mallery read and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. The bond between the sisters who were raised in very difficult circumstances is touching and highlighted. The love of Sunshine and Connor, while perhaps a little too easy, is heartwarming. I appreciated the antics of complex character of Bianca which brought me several LOL moments. I'd love to see her featured in another Mallery book.

I'd rate this book 4.5/5 stars (rounded up to 5).

Nicely written. Easy to read and a good interesting plot. Lovely destination to play it all out what more could you possibly ask for

I always enjoy books by Susan Mallery but this is one of my favorites! Fraternal twin sisters, Margot and Sunshine have had to overcome a lot but have become exceptional women in their own right. They begin new chapters in their lives as they start new jobs and meet men of substance. They learn so much about themselves and are able to put the past behind them and thrive. The characters are so well written I felt like I knew them personally and couldn't put this book down once I started it. Lots of humor, love, and wisdom makes this novel a great read!

Ms. Mallery's done it again. For the past several books Ms. Mallery has started writing books where there is more than one heroine/hero. In the beginning it took some adjustment on my part but now it adds so much layer and character building in the storylines. The Summer of Sunshine and Margot are two sisters who have had bad past experience with relationships and both have sworn off. Margot moves in with an aging movie star and her son. Margot is counseling the aging movie star Biance and Sunshine has started a nanny position with a single dad. The storyline and chapters go back and forth between the two sisters story and their intended suitors. Bianca the aging moviestar brings alot of comedy relief and you can imagine in full color the different antics that she does. Review on goodreads and amazon.

I’ve been a fan of Susan Mallery’s for many years so I was excited to receive an advanced e-copy of The Summer of Sunshine and Margot. This story is about fraternal twins, Sunshine and Margot. Sunshine is a nanny and Margot is an etiquette coach. The twins were raised by their great grandmother as it seems all the women in their family have relationship issues. Sunshine is the nanny to Connor, an adorable 8 year old who is dealing with the loss of his mother. Connor’s father is ruggedly handsome landscape architect, Declan. Margot’s latest client is actress Bianca Wray, who’s son Alec is the dashingly handsome historian who lives in a former monestery. These characters are very warm and I honestly don’t know who I loved more (yes I do-Alec, I mean who wouldn’t love a handsome historian?). This was a typical Susan Mallery story and it was a really good one. Great, easy beach or summer romantic read.

Thank you to the publisher for the advanced e-book! I look forward to reading more in the future. #netgalley #thesummerofsunshineandmargot

The Summer of Sunshine and Margot is one of the better books I have read in a long time. Two sisters who are so different and yet they each have trouble in the romance department. I was immediately hooked on Margot's story and wanted it to continue when Sunshine's story was introduced. However, there was something so charming about Sunshine's story that I enjoyed it too. This is the perfect summer read. Great characters (including the secondary ones), wonderful story and a HE for all. :)

Sweet and sexy romance for two very different sisters in Southern California. Raised by their great grandmother, fraternal twins in their 30s, each looking to make better choices.

Margot is classy and tall and teaches manners and etiquette. Sunshine is funny and curvy and she’s a nanny. They both fall in love during the same summer. It’s a fast paced read with charming characters. There are two pretty heavy sex scenes that took me by surprise. Well done scenes but I wasn’t expecting it!

Ahhhhhhh The Summer of Sunshine and Margot was just such a wonderful book and I just thoroughly enjoyed myself. I didn’t want to put this book down. I just fell in love with this wonderful story and it’s wonderful characters. I will most definitely be reading more stories from this wonderful author.

I really enjoyed this story of two sisters, funnily enough called Sunshine and Margot(!), and their lives.

Margot is a etiquette coach and has just started a job with an older movie star, Bianca, to help her fit into her partner's diplomatic life. Bianca is known for being a bit of a loose canon and she is trying to change (but not making a very good job of it in this book!). Margot really has her work cut out for her! Whilst working for her she moves into Bianca's son's house, where Bianca is also currently living. The house sounded wonderful as it used to be an old monastery and had real character to it. Alec is the complete opposite to his Mother, very reserved and likes everything quiet and in order, but his orderly life is thrown by the arrival of Margot, as she is quite like him but more outgoing.

Sunshine has done various jobs over the years, and run all over the world with boyfriends, but just started a nanny job for a little boy Connor (very cute) and his Father, Declan. Declan and Connor have recently lost their wife/mother to cancer and so Declan is trying his best to help Connor through it but needs help as he also has to keep working as he has his own successful landscaping business. Sunshine has had various relationships that never work out, men fall over themselves because of her looks, but she is now looking for a serious relationship and to get her life in order, taking classes at college too to get more qualifications.

The two sisters were quite different in some ways, but had a really lovely relationship with each other. Really enjoyable, quite gentle story about life and relationships, that just worked so well, with a lovely ending. You can certainly understand why Susan Mallery is a best-selling author as she has a magic way with words.

Margot and Sunshine Baxter are fraternal twins who have had disastrous relationships in the past and are determined to change. Margot has left a toxic long term relationship and is determined to not repeat her past mistakes. Margot works as a consultant and her latest client is aging movie star Bianca Wray. Bianca is engaged to a foreign diplomat and wants to behave appropriately. She is living with her son, Alec McNicol, who is a stodgy academic that craves order to counteract his mother’s erratic behavior. Sunshine continually picks the wrong men and is now alone and doesn’t have any direction in life. She takes a nanny position with widower Declan for his son Conner. She is determined to change, get a degree and not let men run her life. All the main characters have a lot of issues they have to get through before they can get to their happily ever after. I loved all of the characters, and enjoyed the development of all of the relationships (even the non-romantic ones). I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more of this authors work. I highly recommend this author to friends and family alike.