A heartwarming and adorable book--the perfect escape. The characters are likeable, the descriptions were beautiful, and the emotions were well-rendered!

Having read Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop, I was so eager to get my hands on the second installment of the talented author Rebecca Raisin. Her books really make my heart smile. They are light but deep, shadowed yet joyous and always filled with hope and love.

Aria loved TJ and he died 3 years ago. She had promised never to love again. Yet a hint of love came in the form of Jonathan. With her best friend Rosie and a long lost diary from TJ, she soon gave a second chance to life and love.

Having read many works of this talented author, I waited for the right day to read this book as I knew things about the world out would pull me down, then I would need an uplifter. It was today, and this was the book which brought me peace for a few hours.

Emotions made my heart tremble as I read Aria's story as she healed and found closure. The Rebecca's love for books was well reflected in Aria. Works of many great authors were mentioned in the prose. Friendships and relationships formed the core while forgiveness and acceptance were seen in the pages.

I was transported from my home to the land of France as the book camper van traveled to different places and found little gems of bookshops on the way. Love too returned with Jonathan, Rosie and her husband had a few surprises up their sleeves.

The book was everything I hoped and more. I was turbulent and angry, and it soothed me with its gentle words. What blessed peace from my thoughts for a few hours!!

A light easy read but quite predictable and repetitive in places. Fairly likeable characters but all a little over cosy and rose tinted for me but saying that, it is ideal for an escapism read especially at these troubled times. I did enjoy the French places visited but found the concept of English camper van vendors at local events somewhat far fetched especially a travelling English book shop and the amount of catering done from other vans. I've yet to come across a fete in France where these sort of vendors would be welcome let alone do well but I do tend to keep off the beaten track. I think it would have actually sat better with me set in this country but then I did love the escapism to sunny France. The only other thing that grated was for cash strapped Nomadic travellers, a helicopter trip and Uber Taxi were totally beyond belief. So probably a 3.5

Not read a book by this author before but enjoyed it, and will be reading more! Loved the fact this actually about a travelling bookshop, tea shops and all in a campervan. I liked it as it was uplifting and such an easy read.

This was just the sort of book I needed! A really lighthearted read with likeable characters and a beautiful plot. I adore reading so it was lovely to relate to Aria and her love for it too and I really enjoyed going along on the adventures with her and Rosie. It's just a feel good read that left me smiling and wanting more by the end!

I loved this novel from begin to end.

It’s really a great story about van lifers, but it’s also a lot more than that. Characters are well written, and even so the dialogs. The story is realistic and heavy theme’s like grief and forgiveness are neatly intwined in the story.

Aria is a widow and is still grieving of the loss of her husband. But there is no place for a new romance? Aria learns to live again, to forgive and to move on with the help of her friends and a nice writer. It seems like a usual love story, but it’s so much more than that. The characters show so much of themselves, they’re believable and realistic and the bonus is the love story at the end.

I loved the book theme and the many quotes about books.
“Having worlds to escape into that weren’t my own
”The beauty of literature: it’s allways there when people aren’t.”

Aria’s travelling book shops is on of the best romantic novels I read in ages!

Who doesn’t dream of running away, to another country or to a new way of living.

Aria has already done that. After the death of her husband, she has set up a book shop in her camper van and travels around the country with her best friend, Rosie, who runs a tea and cake shop from her van, and Rosie’s boyfriend Max, a clean living soul who sells freshly made juices and practices yoga. Despite being surrounded by couples, Aria has no intention of finding love because, although she is still young, she feels she has already found and lost her soul mate.

This is a typical romcom read, with plenty of humour and a very predictable, but enjoyable plot. A quick, easy to read novel that was a perfect palate cleanser, leaving me fulfilled and wanting more.

If you enjoy women’s light fiction, you will like this book.

What a lovely read! Despite not having read the first book in series (I do have it, just never managed to slot it in!) this is a fabulous stand-alone read.

Aria and her friend Rosie are about to travel with the Van Lifers, heading to France for the summer. If there's one thing Aria is certain of, it's that she's not looking for romance; she's had the one true love of her life and doesn't want another. Until she meets Jonathan and finds that her feelings seem to be thawing out . . .

I love the thought of travelling around as Aria and Rosie do - although, in all honesty, I'd never do it myself.  It's a wonderful way to see the sights and make a living at the same time! Be prepared to have the tissues close to hand with this one though - there are a few teary moments in amongst the joy and laughter. A very touching novel, beautifully written and hitting all the right notes. I've really enjoyed this one and it is well worth four stars.

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley; this is - as always - my honest, original and unbiased review.

Thank you to @netgalley for the gifted ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy this one as it normally bothers me not to have read the first book, as the context always helps. But I soon fell in to the world of Aria and Rosie, and loved their friendship. Unveiling the story of TJ was also written very tastefully, and revealed at the perfect point in the book.

It’s a very refreshing read, but not without references to life’s troubles either.

The only thing that bothered me was how many times Aria referred to being a nomad. It got a little repetitive but I do understand that it’s part of her lifestyle so it’s bound to be a big part of the story!

I re-read the previous book, Rosie's travelling tea shop, so that I could remember what happened first. Following on with Aria and her lovely bookshop was a delight. Some of the same characters, ie Max, appeared, some new ones.
So much of this book dwells on grief and loss, for Aria. Wondered at one point if there was a tiny bit too much emphaisis. But her realisation that life has to go on was very touching, as was a reconciliation.
A delightful book. Thank you NetGalley for a freview copy.

A light and lovely read. I thought this was well written, the characters and relationships were believable and the plot kept moving. Thoroughly enjoyable, I will read the first one!

I read the first book in this series a while ago and really enjoyed it so I was pleased to be sent a copy of this book to review. This story centres and Aria and her travelling book shop as she travels around France with the other van lifers and her friend Rosie from book 1. It was a lovely easy read to lose myself in, sad in some places and funny in others. I really enjoyed it and thankyou to netgalley for the review copy.

I absolutely loved Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop, and when I heard that Rebecca Raisin had written a sequel I was so excited to read it, and it certainly didn't disappoint. It felt like coming home to old friends and catching up on their lives.

Aria hasn't got over losing her husband, and love of her life TJ to cancer a few years before. Her mother in law, who was more like a mother to her resents her for 'taking away' TJ to the Lake District before he died (at his request). However she does send Aria his diary as per his request - only 3 years late!

Aria's best friend Rosie runs the tea shop van, and is forever making up delicious herbal infusions, and the most delicious cakes, and Aria I'd more than happy to try them for her. However, Rosie is no longer single, as she is dating Max who runs a van selling vegan juices. The three of them get on beautifully and pull together, however just occasionally Aria does feel lonely, and misses TJ terribly. In the time before TJ's death she promises him she won't be with anyone else, but he tells her he wants her to find love. However, the only live she can handle are inside the romance novels in her campervan.

When Aria gets tipsy, and joins in with Karaoke, she end up falling off the stage and into the arms of Jonathan, who stirs up feelings she thought were finished for her. When the opportunity arises for Aria, Rosie and Max to join the 'VanLifers' in a journey across France, they accept with enthusiasm, and Aria thinks that is the end for her and the mysterious Jonathan. Sometimes the universe has a mind of its own.

This book swallowed me whole from the moment I started reading, and sucked me into another world. Obviously as a bookworm from way back, I could relate to Aria, and I already loved Rosie from the previous book. This is not a book for those that like murder, gore, and fast paced action. If you like a beautiful story, great characterisation, and beautiful description then this is for you.

I haven't read much from this author before but the cover drew me in as well as the synopsis. It was so interesting and different to what I usually read with it's storyline about travelling bookshops, teashops and camper vans! It was a fun and easy read and at the end I felt uplifted. I really enjoyed reading this, and will look out for more by this author in the future.

OMG brilliant. Captured from page one!

Aria is living life on the road, in her mobile bookshop. Aria is grief filled and determined to follow the promise she made 3 years previously to her dying husband.

Can Aria follow the stages of grief to live her life again?

Well written and an easy read.

Praise for Rebecca Raisin.

In this second book of the travelling series, friends Aria and Rosie travel together to France with Rosie's boyfriend Max.



The three each have their own niche van lifer business, Aria a bookseller, Rosie an alchemist tea maker and Max a vegan health food and drink business.



Along their travels around France, Rosie and Max get a shock, Aria gets a surprise in the post and frenemy on their route, Tori tries to stir up trouble once again.



But nothing can prepare Aria for her future as she bumps into Jonathan again and thanks to Rosie finds a bookish surprise awaiting her...



Wow another wonderful adventure just what every summer needs especially with the company of books and this blossoming loves story was tentative and tenderly evolved a fabulous read!



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Wow. I loved this story set in a bookshop in a camper van (although the mind boggles). I’ll admit I was unsure at first as the nomad life is my idea of hell but by the end of this book I was indulging in nomadic daydreams of a life travelling (so kudos to Rebecca Raison there:)). I found the relationships between characters heart-warming and even the terrible Tori had a softer side and I warmed to her eventually. Aria’s story was a real emotional journey and although I was routing for the wonderful Jonathan I could fully understand her reluctance to move on. The use of TJ’s diary added another emotional depth to this story and I’ll admit I shed a tear or two before the end. The descriptions of France and the towns and cities on route were fabulous and I found myself looking up some of the places to see them for myself. Upon finishing this book I immediately downloaded Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop and two other Rebecca Raison books. I do hope they’ll be another in the series.
Many thanks to the publishers and Netfalley for this book.

This was a delightful book to read. The book is unusually set in the world of travelling camper vans, travelling bookshops, tea shops, etc. The two main characters Aria and Rosie are equally delightful. The book is an unashamed romance but it is also great fun. I loved the descriptions of the characters, the environment and the plot. It is so much more than a romance it is a great enjoyable read.

Oh wow brilliant book. If rosies traveling tea shop made me want to go and do what they do this book makes it harder to not just disappear in a camper van.
I love the fact that the story is not just a lovely dovey story but also glad it has a happy ending I didn't want it to end.
I want to go into arias book an just to see what books I can find and then go over to rosies for hummus so glad this story had both girls in I want to know what happens next, what sex is the baby, do aria and her man make a go of it living in her van.
This book makes this sort of life sound fantastic.
Well done Rebecca raisin fantastic book. Please keep up the brilliant work

This was such a lovely book. Aria and Rosie are great friends and enjoy a nomadic life travelling with their vans to markets and festivals. Rosie has a book shop on wheels and is drawn to other book shops and book lovers. They are traveling through France and you can feel the magic of their travelling life and romance sparkles in the air.
It deals with past heartbreak, close friendships, romance and travel. You really feel as though you are going along on the journey.
It would be lovely to read a follow on book!