And Now You're Back: The most heart-warming and romantic read of the year!

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Jill Mansell’s books are always perfect beach reads. Nice and cheesy love stories, including a lot of side characters with their own love stories.

The old spark is still there, but Didi's determined to ignore it. As manager of a stunning Cotswolds hotel, she's happy at last, and soon to be married. Anyway, Shay isn't staying. He's made a promise to his father. He's going to keep it. And then he'll be gone. From quite early on I felt drawn into the book and at the same time a warmth glowing from the words, such is my love of this author. It felt comforting but new simultaneously. From the beloved author of IT STARTED WITH A SECRET comes a fabulous new novel about love, friendship and finding the way to your best life. Don't get me wrong, it's not the first work she's pumped out that felt that way, but this had to be the most recycled piece she's done. It read like a book generated from an auto-generator that had previous works of hers input. Or like a ghostwriter taking her bits and bobs and putting it together to recreate a work of Jill Mansell's.There are many plots going on at the same time, all interwoven in some way. I was completed drawn into each one of them and was concerned & joyous along with the characters as they went about their lives. One specific sub plot is about how fragile life is and the author handled this subject with great care and even humor. It is always a fabulous feeling to be settling down with a new Jill Mansell book, and this one is certainly up there with her very best. I adore Jill Mansell books. They're frothy fun, hilarious to read and full of lovable characters. I haven't read them all, but I've read enough to know the formula she works with. It's a predictable one but it tends to work. Sure, she hasn't hit every book out of the park, but a lot of them have been a really good romp when I'm in the need for a light piece of feel-good fluff. I've read some of her books several times over for that factor alone. Didi en Shay ontmoetten elkaar 13 jaar geleden in Venetië, waar ze de 18e verjaardag van hun gezamenlijke vriendin Layla vierden. Tijdens een sprookjesachtige sneeuwnacht waarin ze allebei het hotel uitglipten, bleken ze een speciale klik te hebben en ze waren al gauw onafscheidelijk. Totdat een schandaal ervoor zorgde dat Shay halsoverkop vertrok, hij haar hart brak en zij hem nooit meer zag. Tot nu.

Now both Didi and Shane have to face the problems from their pasts and find the truth about the incident which forced Shane move away and broke Didi’s heart! I’m not typically a romance reading kinda girl, but this sounded so cute I had to give it a shot and thankfully, it lived up to my expectations. Super cute and perfect for a sit down with a cup of tea. I love Jill Mansell’s sweet, heartfelt romcoms and I’m looking forward to read more of her works in near future.In fact is was Red Masons' story that possibly intrigued me the most early on, he is a real character, and it felt as though he was rather charismatic even while being rather frail. His son Shay is the reason for the book's title, and I really enjoyed the various dimensions to his personality too. I loved both of the characters a lot and I truly wished their HEA but Didi was already engaged with Aaron and after the love triangle problem seemed to be solved when she broke up, Shane found an adorable actress to date which pissed me off a little!