Wednesday, April 17, 2019

TEA AND PRIMROSES by Tess Thompson


Title:  TEA AND PRIMROSES

Series:  Legley Bay #2

Author:  Tess Thompson

Narrator:  S.L. Crawley

Length:  8 hours 33 minutes

Audible Release Date:  12.11.2018

Publisher:  Tess Thompson

Publish Date:   02.05.2014

Category /Genre:  Romantic Suspense

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW

Received from:  Tess Thompson (as an Audible gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Tea and Primroses

Date completed: 04.10.2019



Description from the publisher:

Nothing is as it seems in calm, quaint Legley Bay.

Famous novelist, Constance Mansfield lived a seemingly straightforward—if private—and somewhat predictable life. Friends, beloved daughter Sutton, a beautiful home, and all the success an author could wish for. A perfect life…but was it?

When a hit and run accident suddenly takes her mother’s life, Sutton finds hidden secrets with her heartbreak. Emotional walls she assumed Constance had built to protect her privacy may have been to protect something—or someone—else entirely.

Family and friends return home for support, including her own lost-love, Declan. He’s the first thing she craves to help her cope with her loss and the questions she’s left with, but he’s also the last person she wants to see. Will he be able to put down roots at last? Can the loss of true love be the making of a life or is it destined to be the undoing of everything?

When money, power and love combine across time, anything is possible.

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TEA AND PRIMROSES is the second book in the Legley Bay series.  Each will stand on its own, but I strongly recommend reading both of stories that have been released thus far.  I have enjoyed them.



A romantic suspense that spans a lifetime, Sutton’s lifetime, it is written in the present and in the last manuscript of her mother.  I loved the way that they story switches from Sutton and Declan’s present to Constance and Peter’s past.  I loved the emphasis that life is a circle and loss will be recovered.  I was completely engrossed in this story of second chances, family, friendships, relationships, loves, losses, tragedies, and emotions. 



This is more than a murder mystery.  It is a life lesson, a reminder of true love’s joys and sacrifices.  It is second-chance romances and “it’s never too late to live your dreams.”  It’s every good wish we have for each other and should have for ourselves.  This is why when Tess Thompson has another book available; I will want to read it.



Narration:  S.L. Crawley is an extremely talented narrator.  I love listening to her.  She does pronounce a few words differently than I, but that could be regional (e.g. stifle and Adirondack).



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy via getfreeaudiobooks.com, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



The Legley Bay series:

1.      Caramel and Magnolias

2.      Tea and Primroses

Also from Tess Thompson:

·         Duet for Three Hands

·         Miller’s Secret

·         The Santa Trial

·         Stolen Laughter

Blue Mountain series:

1.      Blue Midnight

2.      Blue Moon

3.      Blue Ink

Cliffside Bay series:

1.      Traded:  Brody and Kara

2.      Deleted:  Jackson and Maggie

3.      Jaded:  Zane and Honor

4.      Marred:  Kyle and Violet

5.      Tainted:  Lance and Mary

6.      Missed:  Rafael and Lisa

River Valley series:

1.      River Song

2.      River Bend

3.      River Star

4.      River Snow

A River Valley Christmas:  Tommy’s Wish

5.      River Storm






















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