Blog Tour - Ottercombe Bay- Raising the Bar - 9/4/18
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Ottercombe Bay (part 3)
Raising the Bar
By Bella Osbourne
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Book Information
Escape to the Devon coast, with Part Three of a brand-new four-part serial from the author of Willow Cottage.
Daisy Wickens has returned to Ottercombe Bay, the picturesque Devon town where her mother died when she was a girl. She plans to leave as soon as her great uncle’s funeral is over, but Great Uncle Reg had other ideas. He’s left Daisy a significant inheritance – an old building in a state of disrepair, which could offer exciting possibilities, but to get it she must stay in Ottercombe Bay for twelve whole months.
With the help of a cast of quirky locals, a few gin cocktails and a black pug with plenty of attitude, Daisy might just turn this into something special. But can she ever hope to be happy among the ghosts of her past?
With the help of a cast of quirky locals, a few gin cocktails and a black pug with plenty of attitude, Daisy might just turn this into something special. But can she ever hope to be happy among the ghosts of her past?
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My Review
5☆ Just keeps getting Better & Better!
Raising the Bar is the third part in this fantastic short series and they just keep getting better and better.
So in part 2 we see Daisy get the plans approved to turn the railway station into a hot chocolate place by day and a gin bar by night.
What a fantastic idea. After all the ups and downs Daisy finally has got the gin bar up and running with the help from her friends.
Although I'm not not entirely sure there won't be more mishaps and drama along the way.
I adore Max and Daisy's relationship. They love to hate each other but it definitely seems like Daisy is warming to Max and Ottercombe Bay.
I don't want to give too much away as they are way too good not to discover for yourself.
I am so excited for part 4 but also incredibly sad as I don't want to say goodbye to Ottercombe Bay and the quirky wonderful Characters in the village.
Bella brings the quirky characters alive. The buzz and excitement and mystery that surrounds Ottercombe Bay.
Each part has had me quickly turning page.
I wish i could visit the Bay and have a gin and hot chocolate with Daisy and her friends.
The only question left to answer is......
Will Daisy stay or will she runaway??
This series is fast becoming one of my favourite series this year!
Raising the Bar is the third part in this fantastic short series and they just keep getting better and better.
So in part 2 we see Daisy get the plans approved to turn the railway station into a hot chocolate place by day and a gin bar by night.
What a fantastic idea. After all the ups and downs Daisy finally has got the gin bar up and running with the help from her friends.
Although I'm not not entirely sure there won't be more mishaps and drama along the way.
I adore Max and Daisy's relationship. They love to hate each other but it definitely seems like Daisy is warming to Max and Ottercombe Bay.
I don't want to give too much away as they are way too good not to discover for yourself.
I am so excited for part 4 but also incredibly sad as I don't want to say goodbye to Ottercombe Bay and the quirky wonderful Characters in the village.
Bella brings the quirky characters alive. The buzz and excitement and mystery that surrounds Ottercombe Bay.
Each part has had me quickly turning page.
I wish i could visit the Bay and have a gin and hot chocolate with Daisy and her friends.
The only question left to answer is......
Will Daisy stay or will she runaway??
This series is fast becoming one of my favourite series this year!
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Extract
The next day Daisy was in a good mood: the day at the distillery had fired up her enthusiasm and buoyed with new knowledge she was more confident about everything. Her good mood motivated her to take Bug for a walk. She liked the sense of freedom, the smell of the salt air – it calmed her somehow and made thinking easier and clearer. Walking was fast becoming a regular thing. The fact she had Bug with her was a slight downside, but she couldn’t stay mad at him forever.
She was smiling as she strode down to the beach enjoying the bright November day and she was sure she could sense Bug’s excitement radiating up the lead at the prospect of a run on the sand. Daisy couldn’t help replaying the fateful day she’d had to be rescued, thanks to Bug, but when she reached the promenade she could see the tide was in enough to have blocked off access to the rocks and cave. If she let him off he would be confined to the single stretch of beach. They reached the sand and Bug started dancing around her like a lunatic and she knew she’d have to let him off the lead. To bring him here and not let him run around was tantamount to torture and despite Bug’s best efforts to bump her off she wasn’t the vengeful sort. She untangled her legs from the lead now wrapped around them both several times.
She crouched down. ‘Now listen. This is your last chance,’ she told him with a wag of her finger, which he strained hard to lick. ‘If you run off, I swear, I will not bring you again. Got it?’ Bug was snuffling around her feet and let out a giant sneeze as sand got stuck up his nose. ‘I’ll take that as a firm and binding yes.’ She unclipped his lead and he sped off as if his tail was on fire. She chuckled at the sight and realised she was actually becoming quite attached to the small four-legged monster. He charged up and down the beach, darting in random directions whilst Daisy wandered down to the shoreline.
She watched the seagulls; some swooped above her but most of them bobbed up and down on the surface of the water as the waves slowly rolled in. There were definitely fewer gulls this time of year. Daisy wasn’t sure where they went or why a few of them stayed. Perhaps, just like humans, some of them preferred to stay by the sea despite the change in weather.
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Author Bio
Bella has been jotting down stories as far back as she can remember but decided that 2013 would be the year that she finished a full length novel. That year she was runner up in the Festival of Romance New Talent Award.
In 2016, her debut novel, 'It Started At Sunset Cottage', was shortlisted for the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year and RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers Award. Her novel ‘A Family Holiday’ was shortlisted for the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year 2017. Escape to Willow Cottage is her third novel and was originally published as an e-book series in four parts.
‘It Started At Sunset Cottage’ is being translated for publication in Sweden and Finland and will be published in 2017 under the revised title of ‘Love.com’.
Bella's stories are about friendship, love and coping with what life throws at you. She likes to find the humour in the darker moments of life and weaves these into her stories. Bella believes that writing your own story really is the best fun ever, closely followed by talking, eating chocolate, drinking fizz and planning holidays.
She lives in The Midlands, UK with her lovely husband and wonderful daughter, who thankfully, both accept her as she is (with mad morning hair and a penchant for skipping).
For more about Bella, visit her
Website at www.bellaosborne.com or follow her on
Twitter - @osborne_bella
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