⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. For a novella, everything fit in very nicely and was resolved quite satisfactorily.

BLURB

Mr. Patrick Gretham was sent to Brighton to acquire the Siren’s Retreat on behalf of his employer, the Earl of Edgewick. The Earl had grand plans of turning the beloved inn into a gambling hell and offered Patrick extra financial incentive to complete the purchase. Patrick had big dreams of his future with these additional funds until he met the proprietress of the Siren’s Retreat, the siren herself, Mrs. Deborah Cartwright.  

MY THOUGHTS

This is book 4 in the Siren’s Retreat Quartet series written by Erica Ridley and Grace Burrows. I’ve enjoyed the second one, An Affair by the Sea by Erica Ridley, a bit more, and I liked Allegra and John more. But Love Letters by the Sea is nothing to be sneezed at.

Patrick had quite the conundrum on his hands once he got to know Deborah better. The two of them had also been writing to each other under pen names, and he felt a bit torn between Deborah and his anonymous friend, not knowing that they were, in fact, the same person. Meanwhile Deborah was fighting to convince her brother-in-law that she should be able to keep the inn.

I really enjoyed the interactions between the two of them and that Deborah was willing to open herself up to love again despite everything going on. There were so many possible outcomes for the two of them and I really didn’t know what was going to happen until it actually did.

I haven’t read the entire series, but I plan on doing that soon. It’s not necessary to read them in order. They are all novellas, and I can recommend this if you enjoy historical romance.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Genre: Historical Romance