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Previously published as Evie's Year of Taking Chances but now rewritten and improved by the author!
Love, life, and libraries
Growing up in foster care, Elle Cooper always felt a piece of herself was missing. Now, as her thirtieth birthday approaches, she's ready to find it. But when instigating the search for her birth mother leads to a whole host of unexpected events, this librarian's quiet life suddenly gets very loud!
With new friends, old flames and surprising influences keeping Elle busy, she soon starts to see that there's more to life than where you came from – and that where you are right now, and who you have in your corner, is what might just matter most of all…
Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what
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My Review
This is book #13 in the Love Heart Lane series. Whilst part of a series, it can easily be read as a standalone book. We are back in the little Scottish village of Heartcross and what better place for the book to be centred around than the library. Ellie is the local librarian but when she's not issuing and returning books, she's on the search for her birth mother, having been in foster care since a teenager.
I've read all the books in this series and have loved them all. I did find this one slightly different to the others though, with more emphasis on Ellie's search for her mother than on any romantic interest for her (as there has been with other characters in previous books!). That's not to say there wasn't any romance in the story...of course there was, and not just for Ellie either, with her work colleague and best friend, Pippa, getting in on some love action as well! The storyline flowed along well, and with myself working in a library I loved the library scenes (although Ellie's library was a lot quieter and easy going than mine is!).
The location was, as always, stunning and we are treated to some picturesque mind's eye views of the village. It was a lovely heart-warming read, with some fun parts to laugh at and plenty of emotional scenes to have a good cry over. Loved meeting back up again with the characters from the previous books and as I read I remembered their stories all over again. It does tackle some serious issues, but these are all done sensitively. An easy read which will have you hooked very quickly. Would recommend.
The Author
Christie Barlow is the author of thirteen bestselling romantic comedies including the Love Heart Lane series, A Home at Honeysuckle Farm and The Cosy Canal Boat Dream. She lives in a ramshackle cottage in a quaint village in the heart of Staffordshire with her four children and two dogs.
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