Summer with the Marine: a short but sweet second chance romance

Summer with the Marine by Ellie Hall is the first book in the Blue Bay Beach series. Eisley Higgins needs a fresh start. She moves to her mom’s cottage in the retirement community in the coastal town of Blue Bay Beach. With a new job for a local restaurant, she is tricked into asking out the first male customer. With a twist of fate, she comes face to face with the one who broke her heart. Ford Armstrong spent the last ten years serving his country with the Marines. Now, he finds himself a civilian and a single dad to a two year old daughter. The last thing he expected to see is the one who got away. Despite the decade apart, they realize their secret feelings were still there. Will they reveal their true feelings and create a future together? 

A clean, sweet and wholesome romance, Summer with the Marine is a fast paced, short but sweet story. I was able to read it in an afternoon. A friends to lovers romance, Eisley and Ford were childhood friends who secretly fell in love with each other. As life took them on different paths, fate or kismet, brings them to the same small town as they both at a crossroads in their lives. I enjoyed their romance as they reconnect and confess their feelings. I would have liked to see more of Eisley’s new friends from the restaurant, I suppose we will in the rest of the series. Overall, I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more stories in this series. If you enjoy small town, second chance romance, I recommend Summer with the Marine. 

Summer with the Marine is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook