My first but definitely not my last visit to Little Bramble. This was such a feel good read!

Almost 50 Emma goes back to her childhood home to look after her Dad for a while.

Here she finds herself faced with her past can Emma make a fresh start or run back to London?

I absolutely loved this, all wonderful and likeable characters and the fact it focuses on older people makes a nice change.

I have already added The Country Village Christmas Show to my list.

This is a perfect little treat one that I really enjoyed.

This book was a feel good book, about Emma returning back to her childhood village. It was nice to read about a variety of characters and there live and friendships too.

It was lovely to be back in Little Bramble again and to catch up with Clare and her family from the previous book. But equally this can definitely be read as a standalone, as the main characters are brand new, especially Emma.

Emma left Little Bramble when she was young and now verging on 50, she is back at least for a short while to look after her dad who hasn't been well. And she is dreading running into her old flame who was so so angry when she left all those years ago.

I loved meeting Greg, Emma's dad who at first seems so despondent and not quite himself and seeing how he improves and comes back to life as such over the course of the book is truly heartwarming. As is seeing Emma who had been a workaholic in London, learning to adjust to a slower pace of life, and deciding to take up jam making like her mum used to.

And then there is Connor, who we also get chapters, or half chapters focusing on, and he is dealing with a nightmarish ex, and also that is daughter is moving to Paris. Daughter Grace is wonderful and has so much insight for one so young it's impressive.

From a slow start, it just took me a while to really get into the swing of this book, it turned into a story I was really enjoying. I found I really cared about the characters and was enjoying the will they - won't they ever get their acts together between Emma and Connor.

I enjoyed the small community vibe, the greyhounds, the fete itself as well as the writing. It's a really enjoyable way to spend your time, and I'm very curious to see if there will be any more books set in Little Bramble.

Thank you to Zaffre and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

A lovely heart warming easy read. It has moments of self reflection and poignancy, but on the whole is a story of love, family and friendship. It was lovely to have a cast of older characters and to see life though the eyes of a different generation. Normally it is the late 20/early 30 characters who are falling in love and so to have the late 40s/early 50s made a pleasant change.

If you like village life, family, friends, re-kindled love and dogs ten this is the book for you. Settle in a cosy chair open the book and the hours will whizz by in a friendly and worthwhile way. I will now look up the next book in the series, if there is one.

A wonderful feel good book, a story of Emma who returns to her old village to look after her elderly father and the ghosts of the past catch up with her
Returning not only helps her dad it also helps put her life in perspective and she finally decides she wants to stay permanently,can all that has happened with an old love Connor be put to rights?
A light and easy book to read with some giggles included

This book made me dream of the warmer weather and being outside more with the sun on your face. Emma's story is a relatable one whatever age you are. She thinks she is happy, she isn't tied down to any one, she has a good job, but she is missing something. When her dad becomes unwell, she decides to go and spend time with him in the Village she grew up in. Can she find the missing part she desperately needs? there is a whole load of romance, cakes and a Village community coming together. Will Emma get her happy ever after? I really enjoyed reading Emma's story, it is heartfelt and uplifting when we all need a bit of escapism.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. This was just what the doctor ordered whilst I was off work feeling a bit under the weather. Great storyline, great characters. Loved it.