Thanks to Avon books and netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
Having read all of Phillipa Ashley books I was delighted to get an early copy.
Set in wonderful cornwall with it's idyllic views and way of life this was a book that answered all of that a good storyline of the past coming to meet you again
I did find the first couple of chapters very busy with lots of people and names after that it settled in to a good story can highly recommend this book to family and friends

I would like to thank Avon for asking me to review this book and to ask me to be apart of the blog tour.
Here we have a delightful story that melts the heart.
Set in the amazing idyllic setting of Cornwall in the village of Porthmellow we meet Sam. Sam is still coping with the past hurt in her family and by running herself into the ground with work. The community are all behind her in organising a food festival which started out to safe this beautiful Cornish village from being lost from all the tourist maps, like forever and that cannot happen. Defiantly not, by the sound of the gorgeous descriptions that Phillipa Ashley writes describing the location of her story. Sam also works for herself baking and selling pies and does not have time for love, especially after being heartbroken in the past.
However, is all that about to change? In walks Gabe a famous handsome chef who is here to save this years food festival. His arrival is not all together smooth and he is in need of some real smooth talk and action if he wants to make up for the past.
A brilliant read and one I was so excited to get my hands on.
Phillipa Ashley has created a beautiful love story set on the idyllic Cornish coast. One not to be missed.!

I was really excited about this book but I just couldn't get fully into it. There seemed to be a lot going on, too much to be able to class this as a light read but not enough for it to be drama, just a lot. I didn't really feel the connection between the main characters and the reasoning for not explaining the whole "big misunderstanding" from the beginning of the book seemed flimsy. Very disappointing.

The world is mad for Cornwall these days and in Ashley’s latest, we join Sam Lovell in her hometown of Porthmellow, where she’s planning the annual food festival. The village has fallen on hard times financially and Sam and her fellow villagers are hoping the festival will give the town a much-needed boost of income. Trouble arises when the guest of honor, pulls out, leaving Sam with little option but to welcome replacement chef, Gabe Matthias. Like Sam, Gabe was a local before he became a hit in London. It looks like the festival will be saved, but can Sam wrap her head around the return of the last man she expected to see back in Porthmellow. Ashley brings the sights and sounds of Cornwall to life in her lovely little romance