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The Boat House Pretty Beach: Perfect for 2023! A cosy, feel-good, uplifting romantic read. by [Polly Babbington]

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The Boat House Pretty Beach: Perfect for 2023! A cosy, feel-good, uplifting romantic read. Kindle Edition

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From author Polly Babbington comes the unique, delightfully romantic and heartwarming tale of a new life in Pretty Beach and the renovation of an old rundown family boathouse. Get ready for sun, sand, secrets and to completely lose yourself in a cosy, old house and sweet love story on the English coast.

Meet the lovely Sallie Broadchurch and follow along as she brings back to life and renovates an unloved old boathouse. Sallie, pretty, forty and down on her luck arrives in Pretty Beach very much looking for a new life by the sea. In the old boathouse she's inherited she's not unhappy to find the neighbour Ben Chalmers - he might just be the dashing owner of Ben Chalmers Seaplanes, and before she knows it she's starting to fall...

Grab a cup of tea and come on into the boathouse for long, sunny days full of fun, laughter, best friends and a love story to swoon over. A heartwarming and uplifting story about new starts, second chances and lots of love by the sea!

You're going to fall in deep for Pretty Beach - a sweeping, sparkly blue beach town surrounded by water, crisscrossed with sweet old laneways, filled with wonderful characters and overlooked by a quaint old blue and white lighthouse. Fall in love with Pretty Beach with the perfect romantic story to escape into for 2023.

'Polly Babbington, the new voice in romance, creates oh-so-magical books.'♥

The Boat House Pretty Beach is the first in the Pretty Beach Series.
All books can be read as stand alone, but it's best to start with Book 1.

Book 1 (Trilogy 1) The Boat House Pretty Beach (Sallie & Ben)
Book 2 Summer Weddings at Pretty Beach
Book 3 Winter at Pretty Beach
Book 4 (Trilogy 2) A Pretty Beach Christmas (Juliette & Luke)
Book 5 A Pretty Beach Dream
Book 6 A Pretty Beach Wish
Book 7 (Trilogy 3 ) Secret Evenings in Pretty Beach (Lottie & Connor)
Book 8 Secret Places in Pretty Beach
Book 9 Secret Days in Pretty Beach
Book 10 (Trilogy 4) Lovely Little Things in Pretty Beach (Lulu & Ollie)
Book 11 Beautiful Little Things in Pretty Beach
Book 12 Darling Little Things in Pretty Beach
Book 13 (Trilogy 5) The Old Sugar Wharf Pretty Beach (Phoebe & Jamie)
Book 14 Love at the Old Sugar Wharf Pretty Beach
Book 15 (Snow Days at the Old Sugar Wharf Pretty Beach
Book 16 (Trilogy 6) Pretty Beach Posies A Flower Farm by the Sea
Book 17 Pretty Beach Blooms
Book 18 Pretty Beach Petals
Book 19 The Pretty Beach Thing
Book 20 The Pretty Beach Way

'Whisks you away to Pretty Beach leaving you desiring to go house hunting there! The series is a really excellent adult read with the comfort of childhood series like the Famous Five!' Amazon Review

‘Polly amazes me how she can transport you to a place with her writing.’ Katie H, Amazon Review

Romcom readers on romance author Polly B:

‘These books are addictive! The Babbington Chronicles around Pretty Beach have me hooked & I find me and my kindle hiding away and reading into the night...love the characters ...the plots ...scenery ...unique women and courageous life choices ...yes I am an addict!!!’ Goodreads Review

‘A lovely romantic comedy, I couldn’t put it down. Top romantic comedy reads for 2022.’

'Cosy read, full of romance, friendship, love & a seaside town. This has to be one of my favourites this Summer.’

‘A beautiful romantic summer read - I wanted to up sticks & escape to a cosy boathouse by the sea.’

‘Never wanted this to end. Snuggle up with this cosy romance book with an escape to the beach romantic comedy.’

‘What I want from a romantic read - heart-warming, cosy & delightful characters.’

‘Feel-good read with a wonderful blend of romance, friendship & relationships.’

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July 9, 2020
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08CRBKYXC
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 677 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #901,834 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #16,076 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #27,224 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)
- #41,312 in Romantic Comedy (Books)

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In a little white Summer House at the back of the garden, under the shade of a huge old tree, Polly Babbington creates romantic feel-good stories including The Boat House PRETTY BEACH.

Polly went to college in the Garden of England and her writing career began by creating articles for magazines and publishing books online.

Polly loves to read in the cool of lazing in a hammock under an old fruit tree on a summertime morning or cosying up in the Winter under a quilt by the fire.

She lives in delightful countryside near the sea, in a sweet little village complete with a gorgeous old cricket pitch, village green with a few lovely old pubs and writes cosy romance books about women whose life you sometimes wished was yours.

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Hi, I’m Polly Babbington and I love to write.

I live with my husband and family in a beautiful old Edwardian house by the sea, with white French windows, a huge old tree out the back and a Summer House right down the end of the garden where I spend long days spinning stories and drinking tea.

I began writing years ago working for various online publications, my work published worldwide and I started writing books not long after, juggling the stories in my head with bringing up babies - there are a few unfinished manuscripts in the deep dark recesses of my computer I can tell you that for sure. ;)

These days I potter around the house writing, normally with a cup of tea and a very large slice of homemade cake in hand, taking care of my family, and plotting my next feel-good romance stories, ready to launch them out into the world to my lovely readers.

I also love flowers, taking photos, cooking, walking in the woods, sitting on the beach, pottering with things in the house and love nothing better after a day of writing than an evening gardening with a drink.

Love Polly xxx

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beth

It is worth the Chance, ❤️

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2022

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Interesting love story with a great story of one woman’s sad life and her fight to become more independent. Read how she wins!

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Kindle Customer Diane Marie

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 10, 2022

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Sallie wasn't looking for love but found it when she moved to Pretty Beach with her neighbor Ben next door. She bought an old abandoned beach house and turned it into something very nice. There was an old cottage on the property which she fixed up and decided to start renting out. When she first moved there her neighbor Ben asked her if she would rent him one of the slips for his sea plane. The cottage turned into a successful business and the money she made from that she was gonna put into a wedding Venue business. At first she was afraid to trust her feelings for Ben because he was so handsome and rich and because she had 2 failed marriages . Ben was just getting over losing his wife a couple of years ago but when Sallie moved next door to him he fell in love with her.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2022

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So glad to see a woman in her mid life starting over and making a success of her new life in a fantastic location.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2022

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I enjoyed this book with the real people with real lives and sat engrossed in each page. Everyone has baggage and we follow along as things settle down with new options. Thank you for all the fun hours curled up with this book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2022

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What a great read...I wanted to save my pennies and fly to the BOAT HOUSE to stay. I could almost visualize how it looked...I wanted to meet her friends...I wasnt ready for it to be over and I look forward to reading more👍🙂

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Jeannette A.

The Boat House Pretty Beach

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2021

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An inspiring read portraying Sallie Broadchurch who decides to move to Pretty Beach to an old run down boat house that would make most people cringe, but Sallie has been in the business of renovating houses and she loves the idea of bringing new life to this expansive property that has so much potential, and all that on a limited budget. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the plot and the escapades within this story. It brought a smile to my face and I just kept reading well past bedtime... so much so I bought the next book in the series on finishing this one!! Polly Babbington writes well with great descriptions.

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patsy

Gave up

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 11, 2021

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Ok so it doesnt pretend to be a literary masterpiece. And light reading is also fine. But at this level I couldnt get further than half way through.........

Sallie turns up at this beach resort whose local community seems to see nobody from outside? And who go out of their way to invite her here and there within two days. Obligatory gorgeous bloke next door, a doctor/cab driver, fish a chip shop owner who sits down and joins her and her rich mate from previous house. A bus driver who lives locally - Ive never seen the same one twice - free labour on her renovations - and dear lord - her rich friends has a sister whose even more rich and sends her designer furniture by the shed load and even ships it over !!??

But it was when she became outrageously drunk and inappropriate I began to think maybe its not for me - like mr wealth and gorgeous would be interested in am embarrassing woman? And the final nail was when she mentioned her head pounding four times within three paragraphs - which was still pounding at the opening of the next. And at that point I just couldn’t read another silly word.

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Barb Dee

It's What Most of us Dream About

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 12, 2021

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Sallie has two failed marriages behind her and very little to show for her life so far. She buys an old boathouse in a place called Pretty Beach and plans to do it up. On arrival the place is worse than she thought but realises she has to continue with her project as she has almost spent all her money and needs an income fast. Most of the small town welcome her with open arms, including the handsome, widower, millionaire next door. There are no great surprises in the book but it is an entertaining romance all the same. The only thing that spoilt it for me was for some reason the author insisted on referring to Sallie as Sallie Broadchurch most of the time when just Sallie, after the introduction would have done. I found that a bit irritating, but maybe that's just me.

8 people found this helpful

PaulaB

4 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 24, 2021

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This is a fun, light, and easy read. Perfect for when you don’t really want to have to think too much.

The reasons I haven’t given it 5 stars, the first one was the alcohol. Personally I wasn’t a fan of all the drinking and didn’t like the fact that drinking so much was seen as normal. And second, I didn’t like the comment Nina made about the abuse case. Not really something I expect, or want, from a light chick lit book.

Other than that, worth a read for sure.

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HC

Not a likeable main character

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 26, 2021

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I really wanted to like this book but struggled to finish it. The main character Sallie just isn’t very likeable and I didn’t feel invested in her story. She comes across as needy, desperate and just not very kind.
It was also hard to visualise the place this book was set as descriptions were lacking. I actually thought it may have been America initially and it wasn’t until over half way through that I realised it was England. This didn’t help with feeling an affinity to the book.
This book needs some serious editing as the language and sentence structure is often poor. The author also had a very annoying habit of calling the characters by their full names the whole way through the book- utterly irritating. I was pleased to make it to the end so I didn’t have to endure anymore of this dreadful book.

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tess

Totally unrealistic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 4, 2021

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The whole scenario in this book was unbelievable. The main character Sallie had everything going her way right from the beginning to the end which I found totally unrealstic as real life definitely isn't like that.
The other thing which really annoyed me was that we were supposed to be on her side when she thinks her boy friend has cheated on her when she has been doing the same thing herself. That is hypocracy and I totally went off the character after that.

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