Canal Boat Café

Welcome to Cressida McLaughlin's heartwarming The Canal Board Cafe - step aboard! Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to help with the Canal Boat Café, which used to belong to her mother. An old family friend has been running things, but the business is in a pickle. The coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed. And then there's the handsome wildlife photographer, Mason, from the boat next door with his naughty Border Terrier. Her Bichon Frise, Latte, loves their boating neighbours, but Summer is less sure. As her old life and the community of Willowbeck begin to entwine, Summer finds herself setting sail on a new adventure but will she find herself navigating choppy waters instead? All Aboard is the first part of a four part serial.

Welcome to Cressida McLaughlin's heartwarming The Canal Board Cafe - step aboard! Summer Freeman has embarked on a new life afloat. She's taking the Canal Boat Café on a scenic journey and is meeting old friends and new. Among the new is Claire from the bohemian boating community who is keen to take Summer under her wing. Mason, the handsome photographer from Willowbeck, seems intent on tracking her down, but Summer has discovered that Mason isn't all that he seems to be. Summer starts to feel a real sense of freedom amongst wandering river folk, but she soon finds herself missing Willowbeck... and Mason. Will Summer embrace the nomadic lifestyle or will she find herself drawn back to the place she's starting to think of as home? The Canal Boat Cafe series: All Aboard - Instalment 1Casting off - Instalment 2Cabin Fever - Instalment 3Land Ahoy - Instalment 4 Each instalment of The Canal Boat Cafe can be read as part of the whole charming series, or as a standalone story.

Welcome to Cressida McLaughlin's heartwarming The Canal Boat Cafe - step aboard! Summer Freeman, who runs the Canal Boat Café in the waterside village of Willowbeck, is having the time of her life. She's navigated the café out of some stormy waters and her best friend is helping her try out some new recipes. Summer and her neighbour Mason, as well as their dogs Archie and Latte, are spending more and more time together and after a romantic evening in (which her nosy friends won't stop interrupting), Summer is excited about where things are headed...until things run adrift. As seasons change and secrets are uncovered, Summer has to decide who she can trust, including Mason...

Welcome to Cressida McLaughlin's heartwarming The Canal Board Cafe - step aboard! Summer Freeman has been trying to make a go of the Canal Boat Café, but her love life is in rough waters. Mason, the handsome photographer from the boat next door, has left Willowbeck, and Summer's Bichon Frise, Latte, misses his Border Terrier, Archie, almost as much as Summer misses Mason. But the sunshine has arrived and with the help of the roving river folk who are in Willowbeck for a festival, Summer tracks him down. The course of true doesn't run smoothly and when the unthinkable happens, Mason and Summer must face up to their past if they are to save Willowbeck and the community she has grown to love... The Canal Boat Cafe series: All Aboard — Instalment 1Casting off — Instalment 2Cabin Fever — Instalment 3Land Ahoy — Instalment 4 Each instalment of The Canal Boat Cafe can be read as part of the whole charming series, or as a standalone story. • The Canal Boat Cafe is the follow up to Primrose Terrace. It's a four-part e-serial publishing in instalments early 2015 and summer 2015: ALL ABOARD, CASTING OFF; CABIN FEVER; LAND AHOY! • Set in the fictional Fenland canal boat community of Willowbeck, the books will build on the strong performance of Primrose Terrace fans of Trisha Ashley, Lucy Diamond, Cathy Bramley and Lucy Dillon. • We'll be publishing the complete e-book and physical for summer 2016 • Cressida McLaughlin is a wonderful new voice in the genre and has previously been a reviewer for Novelicious. We can expect strong support from bloggers and online reviewers • Warm, feel-good fiction with a broad appeal Competition: Afternoon Tea At The Sunflower Cafe. Sarah Morgan;Jenny Oliver; Debbie Johnson; Caroline Roberts; Alex Brown; Lucy Diamond; Cathy Bramley; Emma Burstall;

A complete novel, first published as a four-part series. Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Café, her late mother's picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed. Help comes from the boat next door, in the shape of handsome wildlife photographer, Mason and his naughty Border Terrier, who are showing more than a passing interest in Summer and her adorable Bichon Frise, Latte. But is Mason being honest about himself? Or does he have something to hide? As her life and the community of Willowbeck begin to entwine, Summer finds herself setting sail on a new adventure. Will the anchor of a steady life on land be too strong, or can Summer learn to cut loose and embrace life afloat?