This is a book for anyone who wants a something to read which gives you the feel good factor. The bonus is that its background is books and the love of books. Callie moves to a small village in Suffolk after a disastrous short marriage. She is an author of children’s books but when she first moves to the countryside she finds she can’t write. Then she discovers Nightingales – a bookshop – or rather three shops – which have turned the local small town into a sort of Hay on Wye. She meets Sam Nightingale – recovering from a traumatic divorce himself and who runs the second hand bookshop. They soon discover they share a love of books.
Callie is determined not to get involved with another man until she has recovered from her marriage. She just wants to write her books and live a quiet life but fate has other things in store for her including Leo who starts to teach her about the countryside and how she can find food in the hedgerows.
I liked this gentle romance with its interesting characters and the background of bookshops and writing. It has all my favourite ingredients really apart from chocolate. In fact this book has to be read accompanied by chocolate and a glass of wine! It is the first book in the series so I shall hope to read more about Callie and the inhabitants of Castle Clare and the bookshops.
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