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The Village of Happy Ever Afters

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Molly feels like she is getting left behind by her friends as they all establish businesses and have found happiness with their partners. Will it be her turn when Logan moves to the village. he is only supposed to be there for the summer, but will he change his mind?
A great read and a great setting.

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The Village of Happy Ever Afters is a perfect English romance that will leave you just feeling so happy.

The Village of Happy Ever Afters is the fourth book in The Riverside Lane series. I have to admit, I might have done a very big happy dance when I found out we got to be on the book blog tour for this book. I adore Allison's books, and I was looking forward to returning to Riverside Lane's world. This book can be read as a stone alone, but I would highly recommend reading the previous three books. They are fabulous, and you will not be disappointed.

It's finally time for Molly's story, woot! Molly is the last one in her group of friends to find love and figure out what she wants to do with her life. Molly is sweet, kind, and loves to bake. Her story was just so lovely. Molly doesn't have a lot of self-confidence at the beginning of this book. Her ex-boyfriend really did a number on her and left her doubting her own abilities. Molly also has the bad habit of never saying "no" to anyone, which means she volunteers for things she doesn't want to. After lots of self-doubting and encouragement from family, friends, and Logan, Molly decides to open up her own little Tea Garden.

Molly's character really comes to life when baking and learning how to run her own business. I am a sucker for books where the main heroine opens up her own business (especially one that involves food). For me, that transformation not only of the space that the business is in physically but also the character's transformation as they try to launch their business is just so amazing to watch as a reader. My heart soars when they finally achieve that success that they worked for. Molly's journey into becoming a business owner has many ups and downs, but with a lot of hard work and lots of support from the community and Logan, her gorgeous neighbour, she can make her dreams come true.

Being able to go back to the little community of Cranbridge was just so wonderful. It is becoming one of my favourite places to visit. A wonderful cast of secondary characters adds so much fun and happiness to this book and series. The great thing about this book is that you fall in love with everyone, and you find yourself becoming so invested in this community. I enjoyed all those fun side stories that were in this book. I think my favourite was Dodgey Del's adventure in making his own beer. It was just so freaking funny! I love Del, he is such an oddball, and all the scenes with him and that hop plant had me cackling. It was so amusing watching him take care of that hop plant and how excited he was to make his own beer.

Molly and Logan have this sweet budding romance. They start out as neighbours, which quickly becomes a friendship, which blooms into romance. There are plenty of sweet and swoony moments between these two. Their love story just left me feeling so darn happy. It's a clean romance, so if you are looking to read something that has that Hallmark romance, I would highly recommend reading this book.

The Village of Happy Ever Afters is a feel-good romance that will put a big smile on your face.


Thank you, Boldwood Books and Rachel Random Resources for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I've read a lot of this series and always really enjoy them, this book is no exception, a lovely gentle read telling Molly and Logan's story. So nice to catch up with characters from earlier books, there are no real surprises with this book but if you're after a feel good story this is the series for you

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What an amazing story. Molly is a lovely character and I found myself empathising with her and identifying with her. Needing to trust yourself and believe in yourself can be hard, but oh so wonderful when you finally learn how to. I enjoyed seeing her progress and find her strength and confidence. Logan was lovely too, he was trying to hide and forgot the rest of the world existed, but Molly stepped up again and showed him what true friends could be like. Seeing their friendship and relationship grow was wonderful and I loved reading every page of it. The village of Cranbridge sounds like the perfect place to live

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Thanks to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for a review.

This story centres on Molly who always puts everyone before herself and as a result finds herself incapable of saying no and has no confidence in her own abilities. Enter Logan who is smarting after the end of his marriage in spectacular style and has returned to Cranbridge to stay with Grandad Stan.

I really like this book! I don’t read the first three Books of this serie.. but i’m gonna buy them!
I totally love the way Molly and Logan are connecting with each other.. i was in tears after i Reading the last view chapters!!
I want more!!!!

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What an absolutely sweet and enjoyable book!
Molly has spent her life helping out others, always putting everyone else before herself. When an opportunity presents itself for her to open her very own tea garden, she is filled with self doubt over her abilities. Thankfully, her group of friends has confidence in her. Even with the rough start the tea garden had, her friends won't let her quit.
Logan came to town to visit his grandfather and escape the aftermath of his mess and embarrassing divorce. He is determined to keep to himself and not get involved in the lives of the members of the town. But when he has a small accident and the locals gather around to help, he knows he needs to learn to trust again. Slowly the town seem to be growing on him, and he finds himself making friends, and rethinking leaving.
Of course, the sweet book would not be complete without a bit of romance. Trouble is Molly and Logan have both been hurt and they can't seem to find the courage to give each other a chance.
Loved the characters, their friendship, and the sense of community. This is a feel good book, and perfect for a quiet weekend or day at the beach. Highly recommend.
I received and advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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It's the turn of Molly to find love in the village.
Molly isn't very confident but loves to bake and her dream is to open her own tea shop
Logan has just come back to the village to stay with his grandad after his high profile marriage has just come to end. He doesn't trust anyone
An unexpected meeting brings them together and slowly with the help of friends in the village Molly's dreams start to become true and Logan starts to trust again
Another fab read

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In this book we meet the lovely Molly who is dreaming of her own happily ever after, after seeing all her friends having all of their dreams come true. Deciding to take things into her own hands Molly decides to open up her own little tea shop.

We also meet Logan who has returned to the village to spend time with his grandad after the breakdown of his marriage. Logan just wants a quiet life. But his grandad has other ideas and really wants his help in saving the old watermill and getting it working again. Which means that Logan has to get stuck into village life, in order to ask everyone for their help.

Obviously Molly and Logan's stories get intertwined and their love story plays out.

This is a lovely, feel good, happy, at times funny, heartwarming romance.

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This book was a wonderful read! I loved everything about it, the small-town setting, the characters, the strong friendship and the sweet romance. Once you start reading, you can't put it down.
I received a complimentary copy from Boldwood Books via NetGalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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I absolutely loved this book centred around Molly. I did not realise it was the fourth book in this series and although it is fine to read as a stand alone novel I loved it so much I will now go back and read the series from the beginning. A real good community spirit along with romance is a sure fire winner.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC it was an absolute pleasure.

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This is the fourth book in the series but can be read as a stand alone book. Enjoyable story ending the series, who doesn't love a happy ending. Well written as usual. Thank you netgalley for the advance copy

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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have read the other books in this series and enjoyed them, so I had high hopes for this book. I'm happy to report that the book lived up to my expectations. I enjoyed it as much as the others in the series.

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Molly and Logan make The Village of Happy ever Afters a delightful read with their resilience and giving life,love a second chance with a side of cake and some swoon worthy old fashioned romance.

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A lovely romantic novel which brings together community spirit and of course, romance. This is the first book I have read by this author and I will definitely read more. No spoilers but definitely recommend settling down with a cake and cuppa and enjoy watching Molly’s confidence grow and to bring together friends, family, a new business and new romances.

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Molly is always the one that is taken for granted, and with low self confidence is easily pushed into doing what she doesn't want to do. When she opens a tea garden for the summer, she is not sure how it will go. Opening day was a disaster, but with the help of her friends and hunky Logan things get better. Fun story, and was hard to put down. Would recommend.

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This is the fourth instalment in this series as we catch up with the residents of Cranbridge.

Molly has watched all her friends fall in love and find happiness, so when will it be her turn? Logan has decided to seek refuge in Cranbridge with his grandad Stanley after the very public breakdown of his marriage. Molly deserves a little bit of happiness, so could the fledgling friendship developing between her and Logan bring about something more?

A lovely lighthearted story with the welcome return of old characters. A great finale to this series.

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Loved it.
I'm glad molly got her confidence back and logan made friends.
I don't want to give spoilers but I love a happy ending.
Can't wait to read more by Alison sherlock.
Thank you for a brilliant book

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Another wonderful visit to Cranbridge and it’s lovely inhabits. Molly is the last one of her friends to be in a relationship after suffering from a broken heart the previous year. She is a fantastic baker and everyone tells her that her cakes are to die for. However Molly finds this hard to believe but an unexpected meeting of the new man in town and with the support of her friends and family, she decides to pursue the idea of opening her own tea garden cafe. The love that jumps off the pages from all the people who live in Cranbridge makes this a wonderful feel good story

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What an absolute treat to return to Cranbridge and visit all the wonderful people that live and work there, especially Molly who has finally found her happy ever after both in love and business, it really was the icing on the cake, literally! Marvellous!

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Thank you Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange of an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book, it was a lovely story.

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