When a surprise inheritance, from her late Grandmothers best friend Gwen, sees Lottie Foster as the brand new owner of a cosy cottage in the Fens she can barely wait to get herself moved in. Immediately falling in love with the charming Cuckoo Cottage, Lottie is ready to embrace her new life in Wynbridge, and when she makes a shocking but thrilling discovery in the cottage barns a plan for her future begins to unfold.
Unfortunately, Matt, the charming local builder, has some news that may find Lottie’s dreams crumbling around her ears. It turns out Cuckoo Cottage may have more flaws than assets but luckily Matt is always on hand to sort them out.
When local vet Will’s reckless driving gets Lottie into a spin, she swears to her friends she will never get along with her closest neighbour, but when nature and a fear of thunder pushes them together Lottie sees a different side to the ex-army soldier.
With village gossip running rife, a moody Yorkshire Terrier and two men vying for her attention, can Lottie manage to save Cuckoo Cottage and carve out the new life she craves for herself in Wynbridge?
Firstly, I have to say that since I learnt this book would be coming out in July I had been checking in on NetGalley daily with anticipation of requesting an ARC. Finally there and sent to my Kindle I had to finish a previous title, like any dedicated bookworm i can’t put a book down halfway through, before i could make a start. This, quite frankly, was torture! I so longed to return to Wynbridge, but the wait only served to make it all that sweeter.
Once again Swain’s characters pop off the pages with their eclectic styles and personalties, even Minnie the Yorkshire Terrier was a real treat! However, I did find Lottie’s naivety rather frustrating at times but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the story. It was wonderful to read about the progression of Amber and Jake’s life and I really relished this connection.
As is typical of Swains’ novels there was again a thin veil of mystery and a few twists in the plot along the way. It always pleases me that this authors works aren’t always boy meets girl plain sailing into the happy-ever-after, and that there are realistic faults within the story and often the characters themselves.
All in all another great addition to the Wynbridge collection. They’re never dull and always leave me desperate for more!
** Thanks to Simon & Schuster, via NetGalley, for this ARC **