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Just a few weeks in Brightside Cove and Nina has already started to forget the life she’s left behind. But London is calling – lots has happened in Nina’s absence and her exit has left the world of drama completely abuzz. Despite what she thought, it isn’t yet curtains for her character on Victory Road.

But things are far from settled at Brightside Cove. Theo has been acting strangely and even Mittens, the tiny kitten, hasn’t cheered him up as he desperately struggles to deal with the terrible events of the past. With everything that’s happening, can Nina spare the time to save her friend and his business?

She hasn’t got long to consider, her two worlds are about to collide. The serenity and beauty of Brightside cove is about to be shattered by a chattering of hens.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 8, 2018

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Cathy Bramley

68 books1,162 followers
Cathy Bramley is the author of the best-selling romantic comedies Ivy Lane, Appleby Farm, Wickham Hall, Conditional Love and The Plumberry School of Comfort Food. She lives in a Nottinghamshire village with her family and a dog.

Her recent career as a full-time writer of light-hearted, romantic fiction has come as somewhat of a lovely surprise after spending eighteen years running her own marketing agency. However, she has been always an avid reader, never without a book on the go and now thinks she may have found her dream job!

Cathy loves to hear from her readers. You can get in touch via her website www.CathyBramley.co.uk Facebook page Facebook.com/CathyBramleyAuthor or on Twitter twitter.com/CathyBramley

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266 reviews6 followers
August 13, 2021
En de klucht gaat verder in boek twee.. het
verhaal met bloopers, blunders en schaamtevolle momenten brengt je een glimlach. En alles komt elke keer weer goed. Dus feelgood is wel het juiste woord voor dit genre. Toch mag het tempo nu wel iets omhoog, ook dit boek eindigt met een cliff hanger en was geen verhaal op zich. Ik hoop dat het verhaal zich in deel 3 toch echt wel wat verder ontwikkelt. Drie sterren voor het goed leesbaar vermaak!
335 reviews1 follower
May 2, 2019
loved this book
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270 reviews6 followers
February 9, 2018
this is the second instalment in the series. we have a girl who has left London for Devon in part 1 and helps out Theo get the holiday cottages together for hiring them out to holiday makers and when it's ready she goes back to London to her career of acting.
she gets a call to say Theo isn't doing well so she hops off to Devon again and finds out he's doing better than she was told and all is well but she stays and helps him run the cottages and they have a large booking... fun one at that. she wants Theo and Kate to 're unite with each other but it turns out kate thinks she's having an affair with her husband and she's truly upset and runs off.
Good read.
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179 reviews2 followers
July 1, 2021
Nina is plotseling terug naar Londen gegaan om de schade van haar acties zo veel mogelijk te beperken. Het blijkt dat haar rol in de serie toch nog niet helemaal ten einde is. Alleen krijgt ze een verontrustend telefoontje, het blijkt helemaal niet goed te gaan met Theo. Ze moet dus een keuze maken, gaat ze terug naar Brightside Cove om Theo te helpen of kiest ze voor haar droom en blijft ze om te acteren.

In dit tweede deel komen er al veel meer personages in voor, maar deze vind ik wat weinig uitgewerkt. Zo komt Eliza bijvoorbeeld iets meer in dit boek voor, maar veel meer informatie dan dat ze van zeemeerminnen houdt krijg je hier niet. Op zich is dit geen probleem om het verhaal te volgen, maar ik houd toch meer van verhalen met goed uitgewerkte personages.
Ook komen personages die in het vorige deel belangrijk waren, hier niet meer zo veel in voor. De broer van Nina is zo’n personage. Dit is wel jammer want ik had gehoopt dat de personages door de boeken heen steeds belangrijker zouden worden of beter uitgewerkt zouden worden.
Wel blijft Nina een goed uitgewerkt personage. Ook hier blijft ze iemand waar je je als lezer goed bij kan inleven en ze blijft een realistisch karakter houden.

Hoewel dit geen dik boek is, komen er toch delen in voor die langdradig kunnen zijn. Zo wordt een groot deel van dit boek besteed aan gebeurtenissen die zich in een dag of twee afspelen. Natuurlijk kan er veel gebeuren in een dag, maar ik had toch liever iets minder langdradige beschrijvingen gehad.

Het strandfeest in Brightside Cove is het ontspannende tweede deel in de reeks. Het is een perfect boek om luchtig te lezen. Het hoofdpersonage is goed uitgewerkt, maar dit geldt niet voor de andere personages. Dit is niet storend voor het verhaal, maar indien je een boek wilt waar alles perfect is uitgewerkt, is dit niet wat je zoekt. Verder zijn er soms een aantal gebeurtenissen langdradig beschreven, maar over het algemeen is dit ook een vlot te lezen boek.
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1,938 reviews71 followers
June 29, 2023
Book 2 of a 4 part book series. Note to readers, you can either read this as a 4 part book series like I’m going to or there is a full length novel which includes all of the 4 parts should you prefer to read it in that format.

Well this has been a fun light hearted easy read, although I didn’t enjoy it as much as book 1, not sure why, just something I can’t quite put into words.

Nina seems to have a two or three guys interested in her, so looking forward to seeing who she ends up with. Although I’m hoping it won’t be Theo, as it just wouldn’t be believable or right given his circumstances, he would so not be ready for a relationship yet, especially not after all he went through with Kate and was still in love with her up until now.

Right off we go into part 3 of the series.
1,034 reviews3 followers
August 18, 2021
hoogstaande lectuur kan je dit moeilijk noemen, maar het leest wel lekker vlot.

Van boek 1 kon je nog zeggen dat dit een losstaand boek was, deel 2 is dat zeker niet. Het gaat niet alleen netjes verder daar waar deel 1 stopt, het heeft ook nog eens geen einde. Het stopt gewoon aan het einde van een hoofdstuk. Beetje jammer
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76 reviews1 follower
February 3, 2023
Leest makkelijk, vlot geschreven, maar er zit weinig spanning in, het kabbelt zo’n beetje, met niet-interessante details, dus het kon mij niet echt boeien. Feel good verhaal maar ik werd er niet echt gelukkig van.
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538 reviews4 followers
February 20, 2018
I have devoured this book today and loved every page. I can't wait for the third in the series to be released in March.
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564 reviews12 followers
March 3, 2018
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Enjoyable second part of the series. Nina is back to help Theo and just as things are beginning to look up kate gets back in touch.
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678 reviews17 followers
June 27, 2018
Much better than the first book. I'm getting into this now. What will Nina do next?
570 reviews1 follower
November 16, 2018
A fun quick read. Book 2. Nina goes back to Devon to help Theo with A hen weekend

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162 reviews
July 18, 2020
Cathy Bramley is a laugh out loud writer and it is usually completely unexpected and you find yourself guffawing and being looked at strange by other people.

Loving this series.
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639 reviews122 followers
August 9, 2021
Between London and Devon for Nina the drama is building so is the relationship with Theo
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64 reviews
April 13, 2023
the PERFECT done in a day holiday read for Devon, I bought the next in the series immediately after finishing each one!
1,404 reviews7 followers
April 9, 2019

Escape to the seaside with Part Two of a brand-new four-part serial set on the Devon coast, from bestselling author Cathy Bramley .

Just a few weeks in Brightside Cove and Nina has already started to forget the life she's left behind. But London is calling – lots has happened in Nina's absence and her exit has left the world of drama completely abuzz. Despite what she thought, it isn't yet curtains for her character on Victory Road.

But things are far from settled at Brightside Cove. Theo has been acting strangely and even Mittens, the tiny kitten, hasn't cheered him up as he desperately struggles to deal with the terrible events of the past. With everything that's happening, can Nina spare the time to save her friend and his business?

She hasn't got long to consider, her two worlds are about to collide. The serenity and beauty of Brightside cove is about to be shattered by a chattering of hens.

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**Escape to the seaside with Part Two of a brand-new four-part serial set on the Devon coast, from bestselling author Cathy Bramley*****.***


Just a few weeks in Brightside Cove and Nina has already started to forget the life she's left behind. But London is calling - lots has happened in Nina's absence and her exit has left the world of drama completely abuzz. Despite what she thought, it isn't yet curtains for her character on *Victory Road*.


But things are far from settled at Brightside Cove. Theo has been acting strangely and even Mittens, the tiny kitten, hasn't cheered him up as he desperately struggles to deal with the terrible events of the past. With everything that's happening, can Nina spare the time to save her friend and his business?


She hasn't got long to consider, her two worlds are about to collide. The serenity and beauty of Brightside cove is about to be shattered by a chattering of hens.


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