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MATCHMAKING AT PORT WILLOW



SYNOPSIS

Beatrice found love at Port Willow – now she’s helping others

Since arriving in the Scottish Highlands village of Port Willow six months ago while nursing a broken heart, Beatrice Halliday has turned her life around.

Now she’s running The Princess and the Pea Inn, madly in love with gorgeous boyfriend Atholl Fergusson, and welcoming visitors from around the globe.

Life couldn’t be sweeter – until a surprise discovery threatens to turn her life upside down. Trying to distract herself, eternal romantic Beatrice sets her sights on rekindling the romance between an empty-nester couple holidaying at the Inn, while also trying to bring together city girl Nina, who’s hiding her pain behind a tough exterior, and Atholl’s handsome, easygoing cousin, Mutt.

But as Beatrice is about to learn, sometimes the magic of Port Willow doesn’t work on everyone…


Title: Matchmaking at Port Willow
Author: Kiley Dunbar
Series: Port Willow Bay #2
Publisher: Hera
Publication date: September 16, 2021



REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In Matchmaking at Port Willow Kiley Dunbar takes us back to the magical setting of Port Willow, the Scottish Highland village where Beatrice mended her broken heart and found a new wonderful life alongside Atholl. Now she’s running The Princess and the Pea Inn and has set herself to give others the same happy ending she got.

Although second book in the series it can be read perfectly as a stand alone as the main plot is about two new characters and enough background information about the returning ones is given.

Nina’s life in NYC turned upside down in a matter of minutes (and at Christmas time, at that!) and now she finds herself in Port Willow on an unwanted work assignment trying to regain her boss’ trust. But, is that really what she wants? It took me a while to warm up to her. I didn’t like how she was so set up in her ways and her ideas at first, belittling some of the people of Port Willow when it was clear they were a thousand times better than the people she left behind in NYC. As the story progressed she became much more sympathetic and I really liked her relationship with Mutt.

It was a joy seeing how well life was treating Beatrice, Atholl and all the lovely people of Port Willow. One thing I love in this series is the sense of community and how everyone will help each other no matter what.

Bea’s “meddling” will have another chance to shine with an older couple who may have lost their spark after a long marriage and, although there were some moments of complete lack of communication and assuming things (hate that!), at the end it turned out a great side plot. 

It was a pleasure to return to Port Willow and its inhabitants, and I enjoyed this second visit even more. Hopefully there will be a third.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hera Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

 

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