What a lovely gentle story, featuring a Breton campsite, an auberge owner and all manner of family history to come to terms with.

There are two main characters, Fern and Belinda. Belinda grew up in Brittany but hasn't been back since being dragged to England by her mum at a teen. The last thing she wants is for her bosses to send her to Brittany to help renovate a campsite they have purchased, given she normally works in their hotels and really doesn't fancy the trip down memory lane.

And when she gets to the campsite the person she is managing it with is not too happy she has been sent, and just wants rid of her initially.

While they get the manager accommodation up to scratch Belinda is staying in an auberge with Fern, our second leading lady. There is an easy friendship springing up between them, and Fern is having to make some tricky decisions too.

I found this to be a really calming book to read, I enjoyed the various plot lines, the secrets that are revealed and a slow burn romance. I really enjoyed Bernie's character, he lives on the campsite and is just such a gentle person, and some of his gestures really just made me smile.

It's another enjoyable book from Jennifer Bohnet, an author that I always tend to love reading.

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

With respect to Belinda and Fern, this was a rejuvenation of life as they reclaimed their identity and found themselves again. Belinda had locked herself into her job while suppressing any past history whereas Fern was locked into her grief. I was glad that they ultimately went for what they want and deserve and found true happiness for themselves without reliance on others opinions. Heartwarming book.

I really enjoyed this book from the beginning to the end. The setting is in France and the way the author describes it in detail, it gives you the feeling you truly are in France. The characters are unique in their own ways and there is a distinct difference between the French, the English and that one American person. I love how the author manages to create different cultural backgrounds fitting in with their heritage. The plot is good and it was quite nice to have several point of views and how the book switches from Belinda to Fern.

I do have one major issue with this book which made me give it three stars and not four. It feels so incredibly rushed from the first until the last page. We jump from one place to another and the reader barely gets time to catch their breath. While I appreciate it when authors don't fill their pages with things that hardly contribute to the story, I wish this author would've done that a little more. Even the conversations between characters are rushed and they lack depth. Everything that happens feels very nonchalant. Like the growing relationship between two people in the book, it feels like they hardly spent any real time together, developing as people and in their relationship. In the end they are just in love but the author provides little character building or hints to a developing relationship which bothered me.

So while I very much enjoyed the plot, I do feel as if it lacked in depth. It makes for a fun book to read unfortunately nothing great. If the book were to be edited to make it feel less of a marathon but more of a flowing story it could get four stars or more.