When Lottie Foster’s grandmother’s best friend Gwen dies, she leaves Lottie her lovely home, Cuckoo Cottage.
Lottie loves the cottage but Matt, a charming local builder, points out that beneath its charm it is falling apart. Luckily he is always on hand to help with the problems that somehow seem to keep cropping up. But is he just a bit too good to be true? Certainly Will, Lottie’s closest neighbour, seems to think so.
Lottie plans to set up her own business renovating vintage caravans. She hasn’t told anyone about the project she has cooked up with Jemma from The Cherry Tree Café to repurpose Gwen’s old caravan and turn it into a gorgeous tearoom.
But before she can finally enjoy living with her legacy she must uncover who she can trust, and who to avoid. And with two men vying for her attention, will she also find love?
I'd like to thank Simon & Schuster for my copy of Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage to review via NetGalley.
Having reviewed Summer at Skylark Farm earlier this week which was one of my oldest review books on my Kindle I decided that it was about time that I read and reviewed the next Heidi Swain book that was on my NetGalley shelf Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage.
When we first meet Charlotte (Lottie) she is on her way to Wynbridge for the funeral of her family friend Gwen, her grandmother's best friend, who has been part of her life forever. Lottie feels totally lost and alone as Gwen was the last person in her life she called 'family' and she feels guilty for not having seen her in recent times as she'd been struggling since she lost her grandmother and Gwen was a reminder of her. But she's sure in for a surprise when Gwen's solicitor David catches up with her...
Lottie discovers that Gwen has left everything to her including Cuckoo Cottage and the land that comes with it. She's completely overwhelmed and doesn't know what to think but knows that this is the perfectly opportunity to reassess where her life is heading rather than drift along as she has done in recent years. However, as she soon discovers, although the cottage has fond childhood memories for her, living there in reality is not so picture perfect and her eye-opening meeting with Will due to a shower and subsequent power cut leaves Lottie more than a little embarrassed.
No sooner has she meet Will, the handsome vet who was bringing back Gwen's dog Minnie which was another surprise for her, then she has another man at her door, this time local builder Matt who was offering his services to continue the work he was doing for Gwen which again was news to Lottie. I loved the instant sparks between Lottie and Will even if they did get off on the wrong foot and their next encounter doesn't exactly leave a good impression of him for Lottie either. As for Matt, if it seems too good to be true then it probably is and maybe Lottie should take note of Minnie's reaction, or should that be aversion, to him and keep a close eye on him.
Once again old friends make their presence known as Lottie slowly finds her feet in the community and soon discovers a few surprises in her barn that makes her realise that Gwen had a trick or two up her sleeve for Lottie. But can she make her dreams a reality or is it all really a pipedream? Her new friends, Jemma and Lizzie from The Cherry Tree Cafe, Amber and Jake from Skylark Farm, along with a few other locals that we meet, encourage her but it seems that there's a few other locals who will do everything in their power to sabotage and discourage Lottie to try and force her out.
Heidi Swain has done it again, written a feel-good story that that not only has a picture perfect setting as well as a gorgeous cover but also features a wonderful cast of characters, an interesting business idea as well a little intrigue and romance to boot. Now I just need to catch up with the rest of the books in the series as I have a few more of them waiting for me on my Kindle.
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