The Perfectly Simple Complicated Life of Maggie Halloran

Trish Morey

Mar 2023 · With Love, Cornwall Book 1 · Tule Publishing

About this eBook

USA TODAY bestselling author Trish Morey brings readers a multi-generational, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about second chances, the importance of family, and later-in-life romance.

Maggie Halloran’s life is finally perfect.

For recently retired Maggie Halloran, life in her renovated two-bedroom St. Ives fisherman’s cottage is picture perfect. With her daughter in London and her mother in Penzance, Maggie is free to enjoy the odd sleepover with her boyfriend, Nigel, visit galleries, or do her beloved sudoku.

When Maggie’s reserved mother falls giddily in love, Maggie takes it in stride. At the wedding, Maggie’s daughter, Alice, announces she’s pregnant and needs somewhere to live. Oh, and she has a new puppy, too…

Alice and Maggie have never been close, and Nigel’s allergic to dogs, but blood is thicker than your average Saturday night sleepover. Suddenly Maggie’s humouring her demanding daughter, fielding visits from her nostalgic ex-husband, and accommodating Alice’s baby daddy. And then Maggie’s mother arrives on the doorstep in tears, suitcase in hand, because she’s left her new husband. The only one keeping Maggie sane is Mitch, the builder converting the loft into another bedroom.

Maggie’s three-level terrace is now home to three generations—soon to be four—and her perfectly quiet, drama-free life is gone. The question is…does she want it back?

Ratings and reviews

Earlier this year I received an ARC of the second book in this series which I very much enjoyed, I liked the references to the characters in this book so when I saw it was on offer at 99p I jumped at the chance to buy it. Although I enjoyed this I didn't like it as much as the second book. Maggie's family were just so obnoxious and self-absorbed that the HEA felt forced/fake. Also there was a bit of a woo-woo bit near the end which seemed pointless.

A great first book in the With Live, Cornwall series. The Perfectly Simple Complicated Life of Maggie Halloran by Trish Morey. I didn’t know what to expect when I started this book. But I found the more I was reading it the more I was enjoying everything about the story. By the end, I was smiling and knew that I had finished reading an enjoyable, sweet, hard-warming story. I look forward to more books in this series.

The Perfectly simple complicated life of maggie halloran This story starts out with Maggie and she's retired, finally from her real estate job. Her daughter Alice lives in the city of London and works there. Her mother has just announced she's remarrying, she's in her 80's and helps to organize things. When they return from the honeymoon things are not as they appear to be... Daughter announces she's leaving London, having a baby and moving in with her mother. Things just go from bad to worse