Book Review: Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea

I found Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles on the Hoopla audio app. It is the first book in the Heaven's Cove series. I enjoyed listening to this title and might seek the second in the series, A Letter to the Last House Before the Sea. The book takes place on the Devon coast. It is full of British charm and small town coziness.

Here is the summary from the Amazon page:

"Back in the tiny seaside village of Heaven’s Cove after the death of her mother, all Rosie Merchant wants is to hide her tears, rent out her childhood home, and get back to her ‘real’ life, away from the gossiping villagers and wild Devon weather she escaped from years ago.

She’s surprised to find a smiling man in hiking boots – local farmer Liam – waiting on the stone doorstep. His kind offer to help clear crumbling, isolated Driftwood House is hard to refuse, and despite Rosie’s determination not to let anyone get close, soon they’re walking and laughing together along the clifftops. As clouds scud across the endless sky and green waves crash against the shore, Rosie is reminded that nowhere is more beautiful than home.

Then, up in the attic of Driftwood House, Rosie stumbles across a photo which exposes the heart-stopping truth about how her mother came to live at Driftwood House years ago… and Liam only seems concerned about the implications for his own nearby farm. Did he know this painful secret all along, and should she run from Heaven’s Cove for good? Or will facing up to her devastating family history mean Rosie can finally put down roots in this beautiful place?"

Though characters exhibit a casual attitude toward sex, this was mostly a clean read. There are 7 books in the Heaven's Cove series. I will have to keep an eye out for the ones I can access easily. Who knows? I might get swept in and purchase the rest, as well.