This one was just as sweet and delicious to read, snuggled under a blanket on a very cold and rainy afternoon. A large amount of this story features the staff working in the kitchens of The Rock, including the fiery French chef Gaspard, Isla from the Seaside Kitchen who is incredibly shy, and Konstantin who is a young Norwegian man with absolutely no life experience of anything, but has been banished to Mure to get a job. On the tiny, beautiful, and remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, a new hotel opening is a big event.

With Flora's help, Fintan is going to get the hotel up and running in time for Christmas, transforming it into a festive haven of crackling log fires and delicious food. The cleverly constructed storylines were engaging and relatable and packed with wry levity and amusing observations from a large cast of compellingly quirky and complex characters. Er zijn een paar losse eindjes en sommige ontwikkelingen kun je wel voorspellen, maar er zijn voldoende verrassingen, je sluit de personages in je hart, je zou de kerst wel door willen brengen op Mure en bovenal is dit weer een warm, sfeervol en gezellig verhaal om heerlijke leesuren mee door te brengen! The reason I wanted this book is that it’s part of a series about some people who live on the (fictional) island of Mure, in the Scottish Highlands. The fact that everyone seems to do this in the book is another aspect of two-dimensionalism, and adds little to the story.But running a hotel is far from easy, especially with the staff consists of a temperamental perfectionist of a chef, a kitchen boy who doesn’t know how to pee a potato and a shy kitchen assistant who can’t stop herself from blushing whenever anyone tries to so much as talk to her. macht den Eindruck, dass das Buch schnell geschrieben wurde, um das derzeitige Interesse an der Serie auszuschöpfen. The Rock – the rambling, disused hotel on the tip of the island – was Colton's passion project before he died. Thankfully, the story quickly settled into the usual familiar rhythm of island life, centring around the three generations of MacKenzie family, and the luxury hotel, The Rock. Finton is mourning and really doesn’t want to run a hotel, so his sister Flora starts to get involved.

this is the fourth book that takes place on this fabulous fictional island of Mure off the Scottish coast. There are some stream-of-consciousness passages, where a character's thoughts spill out, and that mostly works, but in other places I’d have preferred shorter sentences. There's a lot of comic relief from exiled Norwegian Prince Konstantin and his faithful (farty) dog Bjark Bjarkensson who is forced to work for the very first time in his life. Door de beeldende schrijfstijl waan je je volledig op het eiland, voel je je onderdeel van de gemeenschap en is tussendoor stoppen met lezen vrijwel geen optie.

Even the younger characters, whilst using messaging services, seem to b e blissfully unaware of the internet.

Their romance has the depth of a dinnerplate, and they fall in love in the space of 5 weeks, knowing nothing about each. The characters were not particularly memorable, but there were some quite interesting subplots and I was intrigued to know how it would continue. Her books have sold more than nine million copies worldwide and in 2015 she was inducted into the Love Stories Hall of Fame.Er is dus genoeg te beleven, maar alle verhaallijnen zijn prima te onderscheiden en samen vormen ze een mooi geheel. We are constantly expanding our range of books, social stationery and calendars, with all the leading publishers and suppliers. Na alle gebeurtenissen in de vorige boeken was ik erg benieuwd naar de ontwikkelingen in de levens van alle geliefde personages en samen met een vriendin las ik dit boek in één dag uit. Konstantin Pederson is working his way up in the hotel's kitchens too…but he is also, secretly, the only son of the Duke of Utsire.

This was such a cosy and feel good read that was perfect to snuggle up with during this cold weather and bask in the warm, quirky characters and multiple romances that unfold. Not realizing this was book 4 in a series it took a bit to sort out who was who and their back story. wife and his relationship with Lorna, and some other funny and not-so-funny antics around the island. There are a lot of characters to keep track of so it was not only hard to keep track of them, they aren’t very likable. What I love about her books is the witty writing, the laugh out loud comedy, the heartwarming plots, and the cozy settings.Flora is clearly jealous of the close bond her husband appears to have with their newborn, but her focus, despite this worry, is still on opening her brother's dead husband's hotel, because, you know, reasons. I remembered reading The Summer Seaside Kitchen and really enjoying it a few years ago so when I saw there were more books in the series I eagerly snapped them up. Fishing boats leave the small harbor regularly unless the winds reach gale force, or the ice seizes everything. Flora is supposed to be on maternity leave from her business, the popular, ‘Seaside Kitchen,’ which is doing fine without her. Er moet nog veel worden geregeld en terwijl medewerkster Iona het café draaiende houdt, zal Isla in de hotelkeuken gaan werken.