The Forest Hideaway by Sharon Gosling

Saskia is building a home for herself out of the ruins of an old castle. Surrounded by forest, hidden away from everyone and everything, the place is special - it’s the only connection she has left to her father and it’s a hard-won chance to escape from her difficult past and create a new future. She’s spent her whole life trying to find a way to make this project work and finding someone to help her realise her dream has been almost impossible.
Coming from Cumbria myself I am always drawn to a fiction book that is set there . Throw in a mysterious setting and a bit of romance and I am in .
I enjoyed the book , but clicked from quite early on where the story was going but this did not detract from the enjoyment of it .
Great idea for a plot and likewise for the characters enough to want Saskia to get her happily ever !

I liked the tone & pace along with the character & landscape descriptions.
The story is a lovely, whimsical idea but I found the plot dragged a bit - I felt it took a long time to get to where you knew it would go early on, with not much actually happening in between.
That being said, I didn't mind too much as it was lovely to have some escapism with a light-hearted read!