Title: The Guest Cottage
Series: Firefly Summer #1
Author: Lori Foster
Release Date: May 27, 2025
REVIEW:
4 Stars
This is book is beautiful and inspiring. Marlow is looking for a fresh start far away from all the chaos and heartbreak. I give her major props for having the bravery to start over and for what is to come. She has an inner strength and a good heart that this story proves. Along the way Cort her new landlord becomes a good friend and more. I loved their quiet mornings watching the sunrise. This quirky small town starts to worm it's way into Marlow's heart. The slow pace and the freedom to find her true self once again breathes new life into her. Though a huge curve ball is thrown her way and will test her, but that good heart comes shining through. She's putting a lot of good karma out into the world that will reap her what she sows. I really enjoyed this book with all the heart and unexpected joys it brings. It gives you all the true ups and downs in life's journey.
BLURB:
In this uplifting series debut, forgiveness and unlikely friendship blossom in the haven of a quiet lakeside town when two very different women bond over one man’s betrayals.
Marlow Heddings is starting over. She’s carried the outrage of her husband Dylan’s affair with a younger woman—and the expectations of his family’s powerful Chicago holdings company—long enough. Now, after another devastating twist of fate, she’s unapologetically moving on.
Arriving in tiny Bramble, Kentucky, Marlow revels in her freedom, swapping her executive suits for sundresses . . . and scouting places to open her dream boutique. Best of all is her new residence, an adorable cottage with gorgeous lake views—and a breathtaking landlord, former Marine Cort Easton. Soon they’re sharing dockside morning coffee and nighttime firefly gazing. Marlow’s new life feels like a dream.
Then Pixie Nolan arrives on her doorstep. With a shocking secret.
To Marlow’s astonishment, Dylan’s “other woman” is a desperate girl of nineteen, destitute, exhausted, and disowned by her family. Defying her manipulative in-laws’ demands, and surprising even herself, Marlow vows to lay down roots in Bramble and help Pixie get on her feet. Then they’ll part ways. But empathy has a way of forging bonds. As Marlow grows close to the hard-working, devoted young woman, she becomes something of a big sister to Pixie.
Now, with each sunrise, Marlow awakens to the life she was truly meant to live, one filled with deepening connections, supportive friendship . . . and even a second chance at love.
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