Loved it didnt want it to end.
I so want to no how the young lady zoe is.
I want to know if tara and Jed get married.
I want to know if Jed and arron become friends again.
I love the idea of a house bunny and sitting in the chocolate pot cafe drinking hot chocolate.
Hope there is going to be a second book.
Thank you for a brilliant read.

Lovely book. Very feel good. Enjoyed the character portrayals and plot. Would recommend for any time of year! Thank you

This was a lovely festive read. I loved how Tara began to open up to Carly her friend. Once the floodgates opened up you could feel her weight being lifted.
I want to visit this cafe and see all the crafty decorations and then have a chilli got chocolate.
The book was sweet and very worthy of a rainy afternoon during lockdown.
I loved the friendships in this book and it felt very warm and rewarding.
I would love to read more from this author.

Another trip to Whitsborough Bay and another cracking read. Tara has a painful past that she is running from. Having been betrayed in the most awful way by the two people she trusted the most, she now protects her heart by shutting everyone out and not engaging with anyone on a personal level. Instead she puts her heart into her cafe and her adorable giant house bunny, Hercules. However, when the cafe's handsome former owner Jed returns to possibly threaten her business and she realises that in protecting her heart she has ended up extremely lonely, it is time for Tara to face up to the past and reassess what she really wants from life.
Although a christmas book (and having a gorgeous cover) the focus of this one is not the festive season- merely bookending the story. However, this doesn't matter. There's romance but the focus of the book isn't really on this relationship - instead the real focus is on journey that Tara takes to change her life. The great thing about this is, whilst there are some great characters who support and encourage Tara in her journey, the real discovery and change comes from Tara herself which is very empowering. I loved it.

Another cute, cozy read by Jessica Redland, I once again fell in love with Castle Street.

Tara Porter owns The Chocolate Pot, a very successful cafe, but she has a secret. The holiday season is so hard on her personally. Divorced and separated from all of her old family and friends, Tara manages to uphold her reputation as a successful business owner but she longs to be part of a family.

Tara slowly begins opening up to neighbor businesswoman Carly, and begins letting the past property owner and Castle Street's newest business owner Jed into her life. Will opening herself up to her friends and a new man be the key to finding happiness?

Filled with Christmas cheer but also deep moments, again, Jessica Redland doesn't disappoint!

Second book by this Author and once again i was privledged to read this book pre publication. Love cozy book to read and cant wait to read some more

Tara lost her parents at a young age, but found wonderful foster parents who love her as their own. She also has a new foster sister who takes her under her wing. But all is not as it seems and when a shocking event happens she cut all ties with them. She moves to a quiet town and changes her name and open The Chocolate Pot. She closes herself off to people, but when she meets Carly she begins to open up and heal old old wounds.

With thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
This is the 2nd book I've read by this author and was a nice xmas story. Can recommend.

What a beautifully written book, which i couldn't put down. It centres around Tara whose love of baking is wrapped up in the memories of her late father. This love of baking leads her to open her own cafe called the Chocolate Pot cafe.

Tara has secrets from her past that make her hesitant in opening up to friends. Throughout the book we watch Tara gradually open up and move from loneliness to friendships. We learn where the name of her cafe came from and share her 'best day ever'. This book is about love, friendship and survival and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to lose themselves in more than a love story.