We are returning to France for another great summer read by Gillian Harvey . The Village Cafe in the Loire was published by Boldwood on July 12th. High-flyer Becky Thorne cannot believe what she’s being told. She doesn’t need to be signed off for burnout! Life has been a bit chaotic lately, that’s all. As if dealing with her enviable job and permanent meddling from her mother aren’t enough, she’s also inherited a café in the Loire from an estranged great-aunt, complete with sitting tenant who refuses to budge. But nobody stands in Becky’s way! Ignoring her best friend Amber’s advice, she decides to storm over to France and sort the tenant out. Then she can finally get the café sold and jump back on the career ladder. What she doesn’t count on is the tenant being Pascale, who is six feet of tall, dark, handsome and extremely grumpy about her plans for change. Not to mention the village and the secrets it holds about her past. Becky’s path to succes...
New Beginnings on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock #Review #TheRailwayLaneSeriesBook2
When high flying, workaholic Katy Smith is suddenly made redundant, she needs to find a job fast!
After mistakenly answering an advert online, she quickly realises that the rundown railway station in sleepy Cranfield isn’t the 5-star London hotels she’s used to working in!
But a job’s a job. Right?
Chef Ryan Connelly is having a crisis of confidence after his Italian dream turns sour.
Returning home to try to pick up the pieces of his parents broken marriage, he soon discovers that his family home, the railway station, is close to financial ruin
Can Katy use all of her skills and find a way to save the railway station?
And can Ryan rediscover his passion of cooking once more?
As winter in Cranfield begins to sprinkle its magic, perhaps Katy and Ryan can find their very own new beginning on Railway Lane.
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My Thoughts
In Katy and Ryan, you have two people who have put up barriers against relationships and buried their heads in their work. This has left them feeling a little lonely and isolated. When both their parents turned their backs on them, both Katy and Ryan internalised the desire to keep themselves safe from heartbreak. When Katy arrives at Railway Lane, she finds a family who are living in the past and she sets out to help them. In doing so, she finds out quite a lot about what she wants for her future.
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting up again with all the characters in Cranfield and seeing how their lives are panning out. Katy is full of great ideas and her positive attitude is catching. I am sure that she will have some more ideas for her new friends in future books. Family and friends are key to the story as characters find out what is most rewarding in life.
In short:starting over, family and friends
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You can read my review of The Village Shop for Lonely Hearts here and The Village of Lost and Found here and The Village Inn of Secret Dreams here and The Village of Happy Ever Afters here. and Heading Home to Lavemder Cottage here.
Thanks to Alison Sherwood, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
Check out the rest of the tour!
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