The Sunshine Teashop by Jaimie Admans #Review
Dolly Lymford is having one of those days… 🧁🫖
The kind that starts with dreams of opening a café… and ends with discovering your boyfriend kissing your best friend!
Heartbroken and with nowhere else to go, Dolly accidentally-on-purpose borrows her now-ex-boyfriend’s campervan and drives until the road runs out. This leads her to Thimblenouth, a picture-perfect Yorkshire Dales village where life moves more slowly and the kettle is always on.
After literally bumping into gorgeous local builder Reece Sterling, Dolly begins to feel something she hasn’t in a long time: safe. She also rediscovers her love of baking, filling the campervan with the scent of warm scones and freshly brewed tea. And Reece is always around to share a lemon pie or two...
When Dolly has an idea to open her own pop-up café, Reece is all too happy to help. And as the summer sun begins to warm everything it touches, Dolly wonders if she's finally found a place to call home... maybe even with Reece.
But can she really build a future on borrowed wheels?
A warm, uplifting story of fresh starts, village kindness, and finding love where you least expect it — best enjoyed with tea and cake.🍰
My Thoughts
Almost from the minute you meet Dolly, you realise that she is an impulsive and likeable character. She finds herself living in the quirky little camper van and finds that the village that she has remembered from her childhood has changed on the surface. However, the villagers are desperate to rediscover the community events that used to occur. Both Dolly and Reece have visited the village in the past and it is a link for both of them to a happier past.
Reece seems to be a man of mystery and you do realise that he has issues in his life that he is avoiding talking about. The delightful yellow camper van becomes a symbol of the unrelenting happiness to be found by always looking on the bright side. There is a lot of humour to be found in Dolly's situation as she tries to sort out a life for herself. Reece seems to treat her with kindness and tolerance despite the way they meet which is so different to the way Dolly is treated by her ex-boyfriend. Fast paced and warm, the story entertains.
In short: take a risk
About the Author
Jaimie Admans is the bestselling author of several romantic comedies – including The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane and The Chateau of Happily-Ever-Afters. Her new series for Boldwood, The Ever After Street Series, is based on the magical world of fairytales.
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