The Rainy Day Bookshop by RaeAnne Thayne
Publication Date: June 2nd 2026 by St. Martin's Press MIRA & Harlequin Audio
Pages: 384
Audio Book Length: 10hrs 46min
Narrator: Carly Robins
Source: Publishers
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Emma was learning to drive in bad weather and crashed the
car killing her father. Rosie, her mother, never blamed Emma for the accident,
but Emma left soon after and spiraled. Only when she became pregnant did she
clean up and get her life back on track.
Now, Emma is back home with her three-year-old daughter,
Olive, to help her mother run The Rainy Day Bookshop while her grandmother is
laid out with a broken ankle. Rosie is thrilled to have her daughter back home
after years apart.
Emma never told her mother what caused the tragic accident
that killed her father, and she doesn’t intend to, because she doesn’t want to
shatter her mother’s memories. Now she’s happy to be back at home, close to her
family with Olive. She’s had some hard years raising her young daughter on her
own while working and earning a degree and so she appreciates the opportunity
to have some support and get close again with her family.
I loved The Rainy Day Bookshop and felt deeply for
both Emma and Rosie as they navigated their shared grief and guilt. Watching
the two of them slowly rebuild their relationship was moving. Olive was
adorable, and seeing her bond with her grandmother was touching. There were
romances as well: Andrew, the reclusive writer for Rosie, and Bryce, the
construction foreman for Emma. Both were sweet, low‑drama, and genuinely lovely!
I alternated between the e-copy and audio version and can
recommend both. Carly Robins has a pleasing voice and added warmth and emotion
to each character. I thoroughly enjoyed her performance!
4 Stars
Book Description:
Sandwiched between caring for her mother and rebuilding the relationship with her estranged daughter, Emma, Rosie Lucas’s life is full. In the best way. With Emma and her 3-year old daughter, Olive, back home, Rosie has a partner for The Rainy Day Bookshop, the family business, and a chance to fix the past. What she doesn’t have time for is a romantic relationship. And even if she did, Andrew Morgan is the last person she’d choose. Not only is he an arrogant and reclusive writer, but he’s a single dad with two young kids. She’s already been there, done that. Still as an irresistible flirtation builds between them, he becomes her unexpected confidante on the distance Rosie can’t seem to overcome with Emma, a secret she can’t quite unravel…
Emma isn’t proud of her past. But she’s pulled herself up by the bootstraps, caring for her own daughter, and protecting her mom at all costs. Just as she always has. She never told Rosie what she saw all those years ago and she never will. But some secrets refuse to stay buried, and sometimes the truth is more shocking than fiction. Rosie and Emma will have to navigate an unimaginable path forward. Together.
That sounds like a good one. I think I would enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteGreat review! It sounds sad but with growth.
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