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Beatrice Halliday's is running away from the shambles she feels her life is. So she books a holiday, as far away as possible, to the West Highlands to do Gaelic lessons. However when she gets there things do not go to plan. Will she stay and make a change to her future or will she run away yet again?

I was recommended this book by a family member and advised it was a must to read.

Although this book is a romance read. Their are some emotional subjects included such as miscarriage, affairs, IVF, wives running away and near death experiences. However the author has used this to change lives and enable Beatrice, Gene and Atholl to reinvent themselves with the strength they've been looking for. Rather than letting the topics drown them as people.

All the characters had such different personalities allowing them to work so well together each bringing something different to Port Willow Bay. They all had such kind hearts that you wanted each and everyone to get a great ending that they deserved. Allowing them to put the past behind them.

The Scottish setting of Port Willow was just gorgeous and each and every description really allowed you to absorb yourself in the surroundings.

On the other hand it did take at least 25% of the book to get into it. It started off with Beatrice and Atholl being very blunt and difficult to each other. This was needed in the book but instead of little parts of the reasons for this slipping out meaning you could feel for them. You were very much left in the dark behind the reasons for their behaviour. Which started them off looking like horrible people.

I enjoyed reading this book although felt that some of the things that happened were a little hard to believe. Even so it was lovely to read about the characters and the area it was based in.

this book is not great. I feel like people want it to be good because she is a newer author but personally I think she needs a lot of work It also is what makes me mad about travel romances. Bea had the American attitudes that made her seam rude and hostile to her Scottish hosts because they did not cater to her whims. She was a complete 'Karen' at first. I get that she was in mourning but that does not excuses bad behavior. Plus the whole lost child thing felt like a forced plot point. I don't think dunbar was ready to take on that emotional hurdle. I believe that this type of grief needs to be done right or not at all.

This was an outstanding tale of loss and finding love. The vivid descriptions and storytelling made me feel as if I was in Scotland and part of the story. I loved every minute of this book.

I finally was able to obtain a copy of this book as I was so glad I was able to. This feel good book was heartwarming and I loved Beatrice's character. Her story was heartbreaking with the loss of her husband and baby, but she was able to preserve by traveling and giving herself a chance to heal.

I lovely romantic story that makes you smile.

I read this so fast. I loved every inch of it and have already put an order in for my own paperback!

Beatrice is at the lowest point in her life after losing her mother, the job that she loved, her baby and then her husband.... how can one person cope with so much grief! On a whim she books into a hotel in the Scottish highlands to have Gaelic lessons but her arrival is a disaster, the hotel its not what she expects at all, she has been booked on a willow weaving course rather than Gaelic and she has a big falling out with hotel owners and so is determined to return home the next day. When there is no train the next day she has to stay another day so will things improve and will she find some comfort at last so far from home?

A lovely story, I loved the way Beatrice became part of the community so quickly and the brothers were such great characters, I loved the way they tried to pay her back for her stroppiness by their directions to the beach and what a lovely kind man Atholl turned out to be. I will look out for other books by this writer

A very fun (and slightly disastrous) trip to Scotland.

Many thanks to the author, the publishers, and NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Marvelous.... You know a book is a winner when you devour it in one afternoon.
Many thanks to Hera Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

A very enjoyable and uplifting book by Kiley Dunbar that definitely helped to lift my mood and make me smile!

Set on the beautiful and scenic Highlands we follow Beatrice who on a drunken whim enrols on what she thinks is a Gaelic class. However when she arrives at her hotel in the middle of nowhere she is told by one of thenfruff owners that she is actually enrolled on a willow weaving class!

I really liked this book and reading about the different chapters from all walks of life.

Looking forward to reading more by the author.

Summer at the Highland Coral Beach is just what I needed to read last weekend. It is a lovely, enthralling, uplifting romantic book. Whilst it is funny and lighthearted it does have depth and cover serious issues (separation and miscarriage) which are what bring the main character to the Highlands in the first place. These issues are dealt with sensitively and so realistically.
The main character is Beatrice. She is strong and feisty. On a whim (and under the influence of a white wine) she books a last minute break in the Highlands, near the Isle of Skye, where she believes she has enrolled in a short course, learning Gaelic. She arrives at the small hotel and is curt to the owners of the hotel and wants to leave immediately. She has accidentally enrolled on a course for willow weaving instead of Gaelic, the bedroom is too small and she does not like the attitude of the owners nor their disorganised key cabinet!
Will Beatrice leave the hotel and return home with her issues unresolved? Will she stay and grow to like the peace and tranquillity of her new surrounds? Will the Highlands be the place for Beatrice to heal her wounds? Will romance blossom at Port Willow Bay?
A very good book, would recommend.
Thanks to NetGalley, Hera Books and the author, Kilroy Dunbar, for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for asking me to read and review.
This story was a wonderful read.
It is well written with some great characters and as a reader you feel you are right there with them. The plot draws you in and keeps you turning those pages.
A brilliant, heartwarming read.

When Beatrice turns up at Port Willow Bay she realises she has made a huge mistake. Booking her holiday on a wine infused whim she is disappointed with everything presented to her. However this village and its people get into her heart and she is able to move on and start believing in herself again.

I adored Christmas at Frozen Falls and was thrilled to read this one too. It deals with loss and grief so beautifully and it was brilliant to read about characters who were in my age range, with some life experiences and losses behind them.

This is a lovely story. Beatrice books a trip to the highland after suffering turmoil. The trip doesn't pan out as she expected- but it's great to hear about the classes she takes. The area is described so beautifully, you really think you are taking a trip to the beach.
A tale of grief, healing with a beautiful setting as a bonus

This is a book about grieving, about finding peace again, about love and friendship. It takes place in beautiful Scotland. I had a hard time to get into the story at first, but once I was in, I really enjoyed this book! It looks like it's a first part of a serie and I cannot wait to read the second book! I give this book a 4 stars out of 5!

Summer at the Highland Coral Beach by Kiley Dunbar

Beatrice is at crisis point in her life and she packs her bags and has a solo holiday in the highlands of Scotland. On arriving the place is in a storm and the proprietor is rather unwelcoming. Once there she is going to leave but many things transpired to make her stay for the duration of her holiday . She crosses some very strange but welcoming people . Beatrice must come to terms with her life to set her free and be happy. She learns to love herself and the people and the ways of the highlands.

Beautiful book in every way. It has love, loss, great tragedy and laughter. Laughed, cried and every emotion under the sun. Fabulous book it has the of making more stories of life in Port Willow.
If there were to be I wait with baited breath. Well done Kiley!

Loved this book. Great characters, easy read, uplifting, funny, romantic and charming. A really nice story that is the perfect escapist read.

A delightful read which kept me quite engrossed in the story. The hero pulled at my heartstrings with his tenderness. The author knew how to make me fall in love with the sexy Scotsman.

An emotional read, the author brought the Scottish Highlands alive with the magic of her writing. Her words were precisely chosen to transport me to the beautiful landscapes.

Beatrice was strong, my heart too broke at her losses. The emotions seeped through the lines and into my heart. The author was a great storyteller who kept me completely captivated with humor and romance. A charming read.

4.5 stars.

Kiley Dunbar whisks us off to Port Willow Bay for the first in her series of the same name and with quirky residents and beautiful scenery, it welcomes you with open arms.

“Well it takes one grumpy sort to know another...”

Real, relatable and flawed, I loved Atholl and Beatrice, both are a little prickly on the outside but pretty much like many of us either the wrong side of 40 or fast approaching it, they’ve lived, loved and lost. With heartache slowly making way for new friendships and humour, Bea slowly realises she’s not alone and there are worst places to re-evaluate her life than in the Scottish highlands, and not only is the gentle path towards true love hers and Atholl’s, but his older brother Gene’s and childhood friend, Kitty’s.
“ ...there’s no other place like this on earth.”

Summer at the Highland Coral Beach is one of those reads which simply leaves your heart happy and I’m looking forward to returning to see what the futures holds for these characters and their prospective visitors. I didn’t realise just how much I take my visits to the highlands for granted until now, but for a little while everything we’re all going through was forgotten and I was there, surrounded by the mountains, muirs and midges. And I needed that.

A well written and entertaining book of loss, changes and second chances. I received an arc from the publisher and this is my unbiased review.