The Golden Oldies Guesthouse by Dee MacDonald #bookreview #womensfiction #contemporary #romance #humor #chicklit
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Title: The Golden Oldies Guesthouse
Author: Dee MacDonald
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: August 27, 2019
Page Count: 334
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
Tess and Simon Sparrow may have a few more grey hairs than they used to, but that doesn’t stop them being swept up in a whirlwind romance and starting over. Swapping their city lives for an escape to the Cornish countryside, they fall in love with a crumbling hotel and impulsively buy it to renovate as their forever home. But soon the newlyweds have had their first fight (and their second and third…) and building costs are spiralling out of control. Their families think they’re mad and Tess is starting to agree – she just wants to escape back to civilisation.
Doing up the glorious, wisteria-clad property was meant to be a delightful retirement project. But the electrics are faulty, there’s no central heating, and the kitchen ceiling’s fallen in: the dream has become reality and things only get more chaotic when the first guests arrive…
Mysterious Celia, hapless romantic Dominic and tarnished, lovelorn actress Titania are all looking for a fresh start. Everyone in this eclectic group has their own reasons for being in Cornwall, but the summer is full of secrets and surprises. As plans go awry and truths are revealed, Tess and Simon realise that they’ve taken on a bigger challenge than they intended to: can their happily-ever-after survive the chaos or will this end up being the biggest mistake of their lives?
From the bestselling author of The Runaway Wife and The Silver Ladies of Penny Lane, this is a completely uplifting page-turner about embracing new friendships, finding love and making each day count. Perfect for fans of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village.
The Golden Oldies Guesthouse by Dee MacDonald is a contemporary fiction novel and romantic comedy.. The story in The Golden Oldies Guesthouse is one that is told by changing the point of view between characters, mostly from the lead couple.
Tess and Simon Sparrow are an older couple who have fallen in love and decided to trade in their busy city lives for a fresh start. Falling in love with an old crumbling hotel in Cornwall the couple decides to purchase it and remodel to turn it into their forever home.
Remodeling the old hotel however quickly turns into a bit of a disaster for Tess and Simon. Every turn they find more and more work to be done and the remote location turns out to be an even bigger obstacle. With their savings dwindling Tess and Simon decide to open up their new “home’ to guests once again to help pay the bills.
The Golden Oldies Guesthouse by Dee MacDonald certainly was a humorous read full of quirky characters which is always right up my alley so I couldn’t help but to enjoy this one. It’s also always nice to break the mold and find some older characters in the romance genre, grey hair or not everyone deserves finding someone. Enjoyed this one and would read this author again.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
The Runaway Wife is Dee’s first (published) novel but in fact she wrote her very first book – at around seven years of age! This was a love story which she duly illustrated before sewing all the pages together up one side. Writing was what she ‘was good at’ in school and she won several essay competitions, but then life got in the way and she didn’t pick up a pen again until after retirement.
Dee left Scotland and headed for London at the beginning of the swinging sixties. After typing her way round the West End she became an air stewardess on long haul routes with BA (then BOAC) for eight years. After that she did market research at Heathrow for both the government statistics and for BA, she became a sales rep and was the receptionist at the Thames Television Studios in Teddington when they had the franchise.
She then ran a small B&B for ten years in Cornwall, where she lives with her husband. Dee has one son and two grandsons who live locally.
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