Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and Ellen Berry for my ARC copy of The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane.

Sometimes, I am as much of a sucker for a cover as the next person and this was the case with The Litle Bakery on Rosemary Lane. I picked it purely because I own a Scottish Terrier and this book has one on the front cover. Sometimes doing it this way works and sometimes it doesn't. Thankfully, with this novel it was the former.

Roxanne is a top fashion director in London after leaving her home in sleepy Yorkshire when she was a teenager. She's pretty happy with her life, she has a great boyfriend who works in the same industry as her, as a photographer. A lovely old neighbour Isabelle who is great company if a little eccentric, and she loves her job. But then when a shake up happens at work, everything seems to start going downhill. Taking her Editor's advice to go on a sabbatical, Roxanne finds herself heading back to Yorkshire to help her sister in her cookery book shop.

What Roxanne hadn't planned for was how much she was going to enjoy life in Burley Bridge. From helping in the shop, to walking Stanley the little Terrier, and socialising with Michael, the quiet yet attractive owner of The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane.

This novel is a fine example of romantic fiction or 'chic lit' done well. I've not come across this author before and I'm really glad that I've now had the opportunity. I really enjoyed this book, I found it engrossing despite the light subject matter, I was desperate to know what happened and found it impossible to put down! The characters were all engaging and likeable, and the ones you were supposed to dislike were very easy to dislike too! I'll definitely be checking out more of Ellen's books in the future!

I was slightly disappointed that it wasn't more of a feel good read. Nearly half of the book is set in London detailing work and boyfriend problems. It would have been more my cup of tea if it had got to Yorkshire a bit quicker. The idea was good and I liked the Yorkshire bits even if the romance did only happen right at the end. The two characters I liked were Elsa and Isabella and I enjoyed the second half of the story much more. than the first. Good luck with it I am sure lots of other people will love it

Small town living just never seemed right to Roxanne, so as soon as she could she traded her little village of Burley Ridge for the glitz of London. She became a fashion editor and fell in love with a photographer. Life was almost perfect until said photographer dumped her. With her heart broken, Roxanne craves the comfort of home and family and heads back to Yorkshire and her sister, Della. Roxanne is surprised to feel almost happy in her small village, the people there are nice and genuinely kind. What’s more, local bakery owner, Michael and she hit it off. What starts as a friendship has the promise of becoming something more, if Roxanne can give up the glamour of London for small town life. Homes is the place where they have to take you in, or so the saying goes, and that’s what really appealed to me about this story. A warm, loving family, caring neighbors and a man who can bake. Who could ask for more?