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The Cafe by the Sea: A Novel Audio CD – Unabridged, June 27 2017

by Jenny Colgan (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 2,760 ratings
3.9 on Goodreads
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The New York Times bestselling author of Little Beach Street BakeryԻThe Bookshop on the Corner returns with a new novel -- a modern day retelling of the classic story Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -- perfect for fans of Meg Donohue, Elin Hilderbrand, and Sophie Kinsella.

A London girl-about-town returns to her family's farm on a small Scottish island following her mother's death. Her father and her four brothers remain, and it's up to them to run the farm. But as she soon discovers, they aren't quite up to the task, and need all the help they can get.

Leaving behind a bustling, high-stakes life in the city, our heroine builds a life for herself in her hometown, opening a café using the local produce of the region. And romance isn’t far behind…

The Café by the Sea is a delightful summer time romp that puts a modern twist on the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothersٴǰ.
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  1. Book 1 of 7
    Scottish Island of Mure
  2. Print length
    1 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
  5. Publication date
    June 27 2017
  6. Dimensions
    13.97 x 2.03 x 14.48 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    1538416131
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1538416136
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About the Author

Jenny Colgan is the author of several novels, including Little Beach Street Bakery, Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop, Christmas at the Cupcake Café, The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris, and Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, among others.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 27 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Unabridged AUDIO
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1538416131
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1538416136
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 181 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.03 x 14.48 cm
  • Book 1 of 7 ‏ : ‎ Scottish Island of Mure
  • 鶹 Rank: #541 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 2,760 ratings

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Jenny Colgan

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Jenny Colgan (born 1972 in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland) is a writer of romantic comedy fiction, sci-fi and has written for the Dr Who line of stories. She writes under her own name and using the pseudonyms Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan.

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  • Christmas in New York Collector
    5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
    Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2023
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    Great brain candy or chick lit. Well written with an enjoyable plot. Definitely worth the money
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  • Christina Craft
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2020
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    Love this author. A great, light read in the bathtub!
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  • Lorraine
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
    Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2017
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    This was a great summer read. It is a good story about self-discovery done through the eyes of a young woman. Humorous situations, witty dialogue and interesting characters all blend to make this an enjoyable read
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  • MEG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming Story
    Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2019
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    Jenny coltan captures your imagination instantly. Her stories are compelling because she creates characters that you care about and settings that fascinate.
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  • Alex Ketchum
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2017
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    One of Colgan's best books by far. I really enjoyed the story
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  • LilacLady
    2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment....,spoilers..
    Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2017
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    I found this book disappointing on multiple levels. Just totally did not like the way it played out at all. Could not believe they let the family farm go....something that would happen over my dead body. And as a country girl, just about the last guy on earth I would end up with is a sissy city boy. My list could go on to even more disappointing bits but this will do . I disliked this book enough to take Jenny Colgan off my favorites list and not pre-purchase any more of her books.
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  • Louise
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2017
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    As usual I am not disappointed in Jenny Colgan’s books. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
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  • DeAnna
    2.0 out of 5 stars Read it but…….
    Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2025
    A cozy small town romanced filled with festive cheer & heartwarming love, is NOT how I would describe this book! Although it was interesting in parts, I found it on the dismal side. Very long and drawn out so skimmed quite a big. Weird ending, guess she’s a Selkie? Also tip of Scotland to NYC commutable? I did not enjoy the constant blasphemy, and to be relevant today I guess there has to be gay people in books. It was in many ways a sad tale, a sad farm, and sad weather the cafe hardly rated at all. I struggled to get through it. Strangely the best part for me was when she found her Dad in the graveyard and they cried and hugged and reconnected. That’s 2 Jenny Colgan books I’ve struggled through, and this was the better one, so doubtful I’ll be reading more.
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  • AMBER ALEXANDER
    5.0 out of 5 stars love
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2018
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    A typical Jenny book, love it
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  • David/Susie Honsinger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginning to a series
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024
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    Lovely, well written story. Three dimensional characters, gorgeously described setting, and sweet romance. I definitely want to read the whole series.
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  • Polax
    5.0 out of 5 stars A really good story, that makes you want to fly to the Islands
    Reviewed in France on April 7, 2018
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    Funny at times, full of emotions, it made me laugh and cry, wait impatiently to know what was going to happen. You feel the wind and the wild landscape, you get a bol of fresh air with this book.
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  • AV_VT
    4.0 out of 5 stars Just like comfort food
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2025
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    Every time I read a Jenny Colgan book, I am overwhelmed with feelings of warmth and coziness. It’s like enjoying comfort food - it’s the same, comfortable experience every time but it makes you feel so lovely inside! Her books are all very similar in storyline and character but boy, they’re just so delightful that it really doesn’t matter. This one was sweet and actually, didn’t turn out how I predicted it would. I was pleasantly surprised with the entire story, the characters, and I enjoyed Flora’s family immensely (almost felt like I knew them!). I recently lost my mother and it was so easy to relate to Flora’s path of grief and to the complicated tapestry weaved by familial love and a shared, yet individual experience. Families can be hard but they can also be the only thing anchoring us in this crazy world. Jenny Colgan always manages to capture the essence of human experience and growth. I truly enjoy her writing and this one was worth the time!
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  • Michele Hood
    5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2019
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    I admit it. There is nothing so lovely as a fabulous run on sentence, especially when it takes on the character of what it is describing. I’m sure there is a word for that, but in my world it’s just a happy sigh. If you’ve read my rants (WHAT? You DON’T read them?) you know those pesky run on sentences creep in every once a - honestly, a lot of bits. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Well, there IS something as lovely: a full paragraph run on. It doesn’t belong in a legal brief, God knows, but there is a time and a place! So here it is. Imagine flying into Heathrow and seeing the city below as if on Google Maps. And you zoom in further and further....

    If you carry on down farther, it would pretty soon stop looking so serene, less as if you were surveying it like a god in the sky, and you’d start to notice how crowded everything is and how grubby it all looks, and how many people are shoving past each other, even now, when it’s not long past 7 A.M., exhausted-looking cleaners who’ve just finished their dawn shifts trudging home in the opposite direction from the eager suited and booted young men and women; office jockeys and retail staff and mobile phone fixers and Uber drivers and window cleaners and Big Issue sellers and the many, many men wearing hi-vis vests who do mysterious things with traffic cones; and we’re nearly at ground level now, whizzing round corners, following the path of the Docklands Light Railway, with its passengers trying to hold their own against the early-morning crush, because there is no way around it, you have to stick your elbows out, otherwise you won’t get a place, might not even get to stand: the idea of possibly getting a seat stops miles back at Gallions Reach, but you might, you might just get a corner place to stand that isn’t pressed up against somebody’s armpit, the carriage thick with coffee and hungover breath and halitosis and the sense that everyone has been somehow ripped from their beds too soon, that even the watery sunlight tilting over the horizon in this early spring isn’t entirely convinced about it, but tough, because the great machine of London is all ready and waiting, hungry, always hungry, to swallow you up, squeeze everything it can out of you and send you back to do the entire thing in reverse.

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    Sigh. A thing of beauty. Thank you Jenny and thank you Jenny’s editors.
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