Holiday Read

by Taylor Cole

Overview

The ultimate escapist rom com for book and beach lovers! Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Josie Silver.

When romance-fanatic Candice meets writer Alexis, she thinks her happy ending is finally on its way. He walks into her struggling Cornish surf school, and they hit it off straight away. Until she discovers that Alexis has been using their courtship as inspiration for the romantic novel he's struggling to write.

When Alexis offers to bring her in on the deal if Candice helps him deliver a winning book to his publisher, she accepts, and along with Alexis' agent Daniel, they embark on a very unusual summer of love, as Candice tries to teach the men the recipe for a successful romance.

But you can't have a great love story without a great romantic hero. Will Candice find hers before the summer is over?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781804545348
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	07/04/2023
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.15(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Taylor Cole grew up on a council estate in Devon and is of Armenian heritage, via her maternal grandmother who survived the Armenian genocide as a child refugee. When she was twenty-one, Taylor left university to run away to Cyprus and live in a men's barrack block with her military boyfriend, but returned the next year to finish her BA in English, which she followed with a master's degree in Creative Writing. She lives in Newquay with the military boyfriend-turned-husband, two daughters and an eighty-year-old tortoise called Shelley who was found wandering the streets of Plymouth in 1958.
Taylor Cole grew up on a council estate in Devon and is of Armenian heritage, via her maternal grandmother who survived the Armenian genocide as a child refugee. When she was twenty-one, Taylor left university to run away to Cyprus and live in a men's barrack block with her military boyfriend, but returned the next year to finish her BA in English, which she followed with a master's degree in Creative Writing. She lives in Newquay with the military boyfriend-turned-husband, two daughters and an eighty-year-old tortoise called Shelley who was found wandering the streets of Plymouth in 1958.

Editorial Reviews

05/29/2023

Cole debuts with a summery and slow-burning contemporary. Looking to start over after an emotionally abusive marriage, avid surfer Candice leaves behind the busy beaches of Oahu to offer surfing lessons in the calm and quaint Newquay, Cornwall. Heartache has left her lonely and emotionally defensive, but she finds a second family in the tight-knit small town. When she’s not surfing, she escapes into her favorite romance novels. So when romance author Alexis arrives in town searching for surfing lessons and inspiration for his next novel, Candice jumps to help. But as the pair grow closer, she also starts to suspect that Alexis is a fraud with no understanding of or appreciation for the romance genre. Then his agent, Daniel, comes to town and, seeing Candice’s expertise, offers her the chance to cowrite Alexis’s novel. As all three brainstorm potential romance plots, Candice also learns what—and who—she wants in her own love life. The love triangle adds some drama, while the meta elements will be a special treat for romance fans. Throw this one in the beach bag. (July)

Publishers Weekly