Bedlam & Breakfast at a Devon Seaside Guesthouse by Sharley Scott

Bedlam & Breakfast
at a Devon Seaside Guesthouse

Katie is desperate to leave her stressful job, so she doesn’t think too hard about moving to Devon to run a B&B, even if it means uprooting her family. She is certain that she and Jason have a strong and loving relationship which can weather any storm.

Hooked by the beauty of Torringham with its quaint harbour and stunning coastline, they purchase Flotsam Guesthouse which needs more than a lick of paint to keep it afloat. Soon, Katie finds that renovating and running a guesthouse is taking its toll, especially when dealing with challenging guests and madcap neighbours, Shona and Kim. Katie comes to learn that trouble is afoot whenever Shona begs a favour.

However, when her adored daughter moves back to their old hometown, she wonders if they’ve made a huge mistake, especially when cracks begin to show in her marriage.

Her seaside idyll is crumbling along with her relationship. Should she let Flotsam Guesthouse founder while she salvages her marriage? Katie needs to decide where her priorities lie. The only issue is, she doesn’t know.

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Sometimes you just want a good book to escape into. We all have had dreams of packing everything up and making a huge life change.
Katie and Jason knew that their dream of living seaside would take some work.  Their girls were pretty much grown and their old jobs were no longer satisfying. When they got a "deal" on a bed and breakfast, needing just a little TLC and some special handling, they were obviously nervous but felt up to the challenge. Why were the sellers so eager to move on, and so open about not being able to be reached after the sale? It doesn't take long to figure this out.

Filled with wonderful characters and amusing (to those of us looking in from the outside) anecdotes of new adventure and unexpected things to tackle every time one turns around,  Katie and Jason did not deserve the further complications brought about by sellers Maureen and Jim.  From a new life meant to bring the family together to stress designed to drive this couple apart,  weather, over which we know no man has control,  and an assortment of visitors and guests,  and a force to be reckoned with at a guest house next door, this book will make you take a second look at your own life and appreciate your own troubles. They could be much more challenging.


Author Bio

While 'Bedlam & Breakfast at a Devon Seaside Guesthouse' is fictional, I am a guesthouse owner. Thankfully, we have been blessed with lots of amazing and kind-hearted guests, who are nothing like some of the characters featured in this novel and the subsequent books in the series. I would be a lot greyer if they were.

Likewise, Jason is quite different to my husband, who I sometimes nickname Victor Meldrew. He is lovely though and has a fab sense of humour, although some of his dryness has rubbed off on Jason.

Bedlam & Breakfast is set in South Devon, in the fictional town of Torringham, which is loosely based on Brixham. If you've been to Brixham you may recognise some of the local features, including the seals, fishing industry and the fantastic lifeboat crew, but the businesses, people and a number of settings are fictionalised.

The same applies to the B&B owners featured. Many guesthouse owners undertake work when they move into a property and our current B&B was not an exception. While, thankfully, our previous owners were nothing like Jim and Maureen, this also means we don’t get to live next door to the fabulous Shona and Kim. But we do have many lovely B&B friends. B&Bers are a wonderful and hardworking bunch, although the ones we know have a perchant for parties in the low season. That's why I had to end Bedlam & Breakfast at a party. 

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