Hugo Spritz Summer: A sparkling seaside romance about first love, second chances, and the season that changed everything

By Mary Ann Taylor

A sparkling seaside romance about first love, second chances, and the summer that changed everything.

Clara Bellamy never meant to come back to Little Brindle Bay.

After her glamorous writing career collapses in London, Clara returns to the seaside town of her teenage summers with a bruised heart, an empty bank account, and a firm belief that she is only passing through. But Brindle Bay has other ideas - especially when her eccentric grandmother volunteers her to help save the town's fading summer festival.

The problem? Clara must work with Leo Hart, the charming bar owner she once loved and never truly forgot.

Leo runs The Orange Parasol, the seafront bar famous for its perfect Hugo Spritz and its view of the old pier. He is loyal, infuriatingly capable, and still wounded by the way Clara left years ago. As they work together to revive the Hugo Spritz Festival, old sparks return, buried misunderstandings resurface, and Clara begins to wonder whether the place she ran from might be the place she belongs.

But when a career-changing opportunity arrives - and a slick developer threatens to transform Brindle Bay forever - Clara must decide what she really wants: the life she spent years chasing, or the love she thought she had lost.

Set against a sunlit English seaside town full of family secrets, festival chaos, old heartbreak, and second chances, Hugo Spritz Summer is a warm, feel-good romance for readers who love emotional homecomings, charming coastal settings, and love stories with heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H72DLZBX
• ISBN13: 9798185007631
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"