Book Review - Heading Home to Lavender Cottage by Alison Sherlock

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Title: Heading Home to Lavender Cottage

Author: Alison Sherlock

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 9th January 2023

Rating: 5 Stars

Welcome to Alison Sherlocks brand NEW series, full of heart warming characters set in the idyllic English countryside.

With nowhere else to go, Harriet Colgan has returned to the sleepy village of Cranfield to sell her beloved aunt and uncle’s cottage, the only place she ever called home.

When she arrives at Lavender Cottage, Harriet discovers plans to replace the beautiful lavender fields, her uncle’s pride and joy, with an industrial warehouse.

With time on her hands, she realises she must fight to protect her family’s legacy and the village of Cranfield as well.

Workaholic businessman Joe Randall was expecting an easy purchase of the lavender fields. But suddenly his quiet life is disrupted by protests from angry locals, organised by Harriet.

Can Harriet show Joe that there’s more to life than just work? And can Joe change his mind and help Harriet save the lavender fields?

Over a long, hot summer, and with the help of a stray dog, perhaps Harriet and Joe can find their way home too.

It's always a joy to start a new Alison Sherlock book, and the first one in a new series is always extra special. 

I'll start by saying that for fans of this author already, there are familiar faces from both of the author's previous series, and i couldn't help but be cheered that Dodgy Del is back just as dodgy as ever! 

And Cranfield is just down the road from Cranbridge, but isn't anyway near as popular, and seems at first glance to be lacking in people and community. 

It take a thread to the town's lavender fields to start getting to people and what happens from those first protests onwards is just really heartwarming. 

And getting to know Harriet and Joe is just lovely, seeing how they change and develop as people over the course of the story.  They are really great people but both dealing with the loss of people close to them oh and they have a rather mixed start to their acquaintance. 

This was such a relaxing, pleasurable book to read, that I found the pages were turning fast without even realising it.  I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book, especially all the lavender. 

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.