Heading Home to Lavender Cottage: The Railway Lane, Book 1

Great book, easy read. Nice to just chill and get away from mundane life, with this Great story and characters. I'd recommend.

Enjoyable read.... With a good storyline, nice mix of characters... friendship, and a lovely countryside and town to visit! I'd go!....Looking forward to book two!

Light hearted love story,Little people winning against the money people.Team work and kindness.Community togetherness.A future to look forward to.

I absolutely loved this story of Harriet who, after her business fails in London, returns to the village of Cranfield, the only place she has ever considered home. Reading about Harriet and her friends Libby and Flora and Harriet's battles with the handsome stranger Joe to save her beloved lavender fields was a real delight and I couldn't put this book down.This is the first book I have read by Alison Sherlock, but it definitely won't be the last. It was a joy to read from start to finish.

A story that will pull on the emotions heartbreak of about loss and new love, bringing back together a community that was lost, I want to move to cranfield! Gives hope and encourages one to think outside the box.

Enjoyed this feel good book interesting and not predictable plot

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Alison’s previous series and this one looks to be shaping up into another lovely, comfortable read

Very familiar to another book although that was about saving a wildflower meadow. Same uptight property guy with the same demanding father…. Oh well.Read all of Alison’s books and usually a good read. This one didn’t engage me at all. Very superficial and the ‘romance’ had no spark. Sorry not for me.I LOVED ‘Over the rainbow’ - great banter, laugh out loud moments. Can’t believe this is the same writer.

Liked the story, could empathize with most of the characters and lose myself in a story of struggle and things turning out well!

It was ok, a fairly light hearted story, nothing too dramatic. Maybe I missed it in the synopsis, but the writing in this story often comes across as having being written for ages 10-12.

Harriet has been forced to return to the small village of Cranfield. Her beauty business in London went belly up because rents were so high. Her beloved Aunt and Uncle have both died and now she must close out their cottage and sell it. She needs the money. But, the loss of the cottage is nearly too much.She returns to find her two best friends, Flora and Libby are still the wonderful people she has known since she was young. And the neighbors who were friends of her Aunt and Uncle are all there to let her know she is loved. Everyone is glad she has come “home”.Harriet also meets Joe. He is a serious man with a plan. His plan will change the life of everyone in the village.Her Uncle had two fields filled with lavender. He had been tending them for many years. Harriet wants to honor his memory and would like to figure out the best way to do that.This story is about the people who live in the village as much as it is about Harriet. Every character is a person who lives an authentic life and has issues which must be faced. One of the largest issues for everyone is the fact that the village is in a downward spiral.The railroad station was closed, the farmers are having issues with weather and now a company wants to come in and take over the lavender fields. They plan to put a large warehouse where the fields now stand. The warehouse would basically take the life right out of the village.The villagers are involved in Harriet’s life as well as the lives of one another. There is humor here but there is also drama.Ms Sherlock is a talented author. She writes about people who are warm and real. Her characters are people who make the reader want to know them well.I enjoyed the book, but it took awhile for me to get into the story. It had a slow start for me, but when it picked up it was charming.

There was so much going on with the lavender fields romance, reviving the village , helping neighbors like Maggie, dealing with greif. There was do much positive rChange through the book. It was hard toput dowm.

Well written & leaves a nice feeling at the end ! Too mushy at times though ! Feel good story