Home is where the heart fits . . .Summer Murray is ready to shake things up. She doesn’t want to work in risk management. She doesn’t want to live in Hartford, Connecticut. So she plans a grand adventure: she’s going to throw out all the stuff she doesn’t want and travel the country in her very own tiny house house shaped like a train caboose. Just Summer, her chihuahua-dachshund Shortie, and 220 … chihuahua-dachshund Shortie, and 220 square feet of freedom.
Then her take-no-prisoners grandmother calls to demand Summer head home to the Pacific Northwest to save the family bakery. Summer has her reasons for not wanting to return home, but she’ll just park her caboose, fix things, and then be on her way. But when she gets to Cat’s Paw, Washington, she’s shocked by her grandmother’s strange behavior and reunited with a few people she’d hoped to avoid. If Summer is going to make a fresh start, she’ll have to face the past she’s been running from all along . . .
Praise for Celia Bonaduce and her novels
“A bingeworthy triology about smart, quirky women who feel like friends. In Much Ado About Mother she shows us just how strong (and funny) the mother-daughter bond can be. Loved it!” —Clare O’Donahue, author of The Kate Conway Mysteries
“Celia Bonaduce writes well rounded, real life characters straight from the heart. I loved this book!”—Phyliss Miranda, New York Times bestselling author on A Comedy of Erinn
“The Merchant of Venice Beach has a fresh, heartwarming voice that will keep readers smiling as they dance through this charming story by Celia Bonaduce.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author
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I enjoyed the three book Tiny House series very much. It was fun and heartwarming. The characters were realistic and fun to be with.
A great happy-read especially for those who are fascinated with the idea of living in a tiny house!
This book was extremely juvenile.
Cute book. Nice reading
Fun and lighthearted. A bit of a look inside of tiny house living.
Slow story but interesting information about a tiny home and a young woman trying to reconnect with family and decision on profession.
Story was okay. Have to say it was original, but too many typos!
I enjoy historical novels – in them I learn something new and am entertained by a good story.
Tiny house was secondary to love life and choice between two men. Very little detail or info re tiny house.
Tiny House on the Hill by Celia Bonaduce is A Tiny House Novel. Clarisse “Summer” Murray is twenty-eight years old and has decided to make some big changes. Summer has quit her job, sold her condo, and commissioned a tiny house in the shape of a caboose. After shrinking a cashmere sweater in the wash and discovering she cannot unshrink it, Summer explores felting. She is going to felt sweaters, make them into purses, and sell them at craft shows while traveling around the continental United States (let’s forget that she does not know how to sew). Then she receives a call from her grandmother, Queenie asking her to come home to Cat’s Paw, Washington to help with the family bakery, Dough Z Dough. Summer packs up Big Red (her new truck), leaves most of her belonging behind (her neighbor, Lynnie will dispose of them for her) and heads to Kentucky to pick up her new tiny home. Bale Barrett, of Bale’s Tiny Dreams, has her new home ready to go. After having dinner with Bale and making plans to meet in Seattle in a few weeks, Summer starts her new life as a tiny home owner with her dog, Shortie. Summer has not been home in ten years since her heart was broken by bakery manager, Keefe Devlin. She is hoping to fix whatever is wrong with the bakery, and quickly head off on her adventure. But her grandmother’s odd behavior puts a wrinkle in her plans (just the first of several). Summer must discover what is bothering Queenie and (finally) deal with her unresolved feelings toward Keefe.
Tiny House on the Hill is a light-hearted romance novel (which was not what I expected). The story is easy to read and has a steady pace. I liked Shortie (he was a cutie). I just felt the story was a little cheesy (silly too). Summer put more research into how Shortie should travel in the truck, then her journey (tiny homes are not accepted everywhere plus she should have done test drive’s before embarking out on the open road). Summer fantasizes romance with her tiny home builder (she met him once) and then gets jealous of Keefe being around his old girlfriend, Evie (really, after ten years). Summer ogles, flirts and thinks too much about Bale and Keefe (reminded me of a sixteen-year-old girls reminisces). My rating for Tiny House on the Hill is 3 out of 5 stars. The story had the expected ending (which was a little rushed). I did appreciate the attention brought to suffers of celiac disease (my own sister has this issue). Summer’s tiny house sounded adorable. I have (like many people) watched the shows on these portable, tiny homes (my books would not fit into 220 square feet). Lynnie provided some comic relief. If you are wanting a light, humorous romantic story to read, then check out Tiny House on the Hill.