Great to be back in Heartcross & Loveheart Lane. This time following the ups & downs of librarians Elle and Pippa, although some familiar names pop up occasionally.
Although part of a series this book can easily be enjoyed as a stand alone.
I enjoyed this story, although some of the plot was rather predictable this didn’t detract from my enjoyment.
Full of likeable & fully-formed characters the story held my interest from beginning to end. All in all another lovely heartwarming story story from the residents of Heartcross & Loveheart Lane.

Thanks so much for the review copy of this book. As its the 13th book in a series (and I haven't read the other ones), I came into the town and story without any background. While I did enjoy the setting and many of the characters, the overall story lacked the bit of sparkle that I look for in a book like this. I guess it just wasn't super memorable for me, but it was a nice, sweet story! I think readers who are already fans of the series will really enjoy it, and wish everyone luck on its upcoming release!

I requested this book as soon as I saw that the new Christie Barlow was available! I couldn't believe that we've had so many adventures in Heartcross already!

Elle's story started a little too slow for me. As a librarian, she was a character I knew I was sure to love. Boy, was I right. I loved her and her fondness for books and the place she calls a home. Sadly, for me, it all took a little too long for the exciting things to start happening. There were several times where I felt a bit bored and was tempted to put the book away. Fortunately, I was hooked around halfway through the story and I finished the book in one sitting!

However much I love reading books set in Heartcross, there's always an element to them that makes them feel just a little bit unbelievable. For everything -- and I mean, everything -- to be happening to Elle at once now that she's turned thirty, felt a little tóó much for me. As much as I'd like her to get everything she wants-- this all felt a little too beautiful.

All together, this book was a lovely read during the inbetween time of Christmas and New Years and I'll definitely be looking forward to any other new Christie Barlow books.

Christie Barlow does it again! A delightful addition to the Love Heart Lane series! Started a little slow, but was unable to put it down by the end.

The latest in the Love Heart Lane series. This book sees the reader visit the library in Heartcross, and is about librarian Elle. She is turning 30, and wants to find her birth mother. The story follows her journey, and shows that the world can indeed be very small.

I liked the character of Aiden a lot, although I found Pippa a bit over the top at times. I did also think a number of the "twists" were quite obvious!

Not my favourite in the series, but it was lovely to resist the characters and locations of previous books.

Thank you to NetGalley, HarperCollins/OneMoreChapter, and the author for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This was a pleasant story of the librarians on Love Heart Lane and finding love and themselves, primarily Elle. After a challenging upbringing, she found love and safety and lived a good life, but always felt pieces were missing. She decided to find those pieces on her 30th birthday. This story follows that journey as well as reconnecting with someone she shared a moment with the previous year. The story also follows her best friend and mom and their love journeys. At the end, the story really shows what a small world it truly is. This was a no-spice book, although a couple of closed-door moments are mentioned in passing. This book is part of a series, but having not read any of the other books, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything.

Thank you to Netgalley for a pre publication copy. In return for an honest review! #thelibraryonloveheartlane #netgalley

Elle is the librarian in love heart Lane and decides on her 30th birthday she wants to find her biological family with the help of her Foster mum Irene. Will she find out about her past? Will her past bring her everything she wants? Can she get her love life back on track?

After reading book 2 in the series "Foxglove Farm." I have been following the author. Knowing I wanted to read all the books in the Love heart Lane series. So far I have read all the books after and including book 2.

This is book 12 however you would not know this when reading it. This book makes a great stand alone. Something I think this author has got down to a fine art.

The heart cross community are each loving and generous characters, each with their own secrets and hardships, who you totally feel yourself taking into your heart. They also show you the raw sides to remote village life as well as the emotions this brings.

Their are some emotional subjects included in this book such as adoption, death, drug addiction, homelessness and missing persons amongst other things. I do not feel this makes the book too heavy but has your heart growing fonder of the struggles each character faces. Whilst being thankful that Christie brings up and raises the profile of important and often taboo subjects in modern Britain.

This was not the best book in the series. The acknowledgements state this is a rewritten book from one of the authors first books that is not in this series and I wonder if that has anything to do with my below comments. I did find the first half was slow going with nothing really happening in it although there was a great opportunity that I really wanted this book to explore the actively looking part when looking for your biological family.

I normally love all of the love heart Lane characters but I really did not like Pippa. She was self absorbed, didn't listen to anyone and wanted everyone to be like her with very little character growth or understanding from her side of things.

Furthermore this book had way too many things going on which meant it was very 2 dimensional. At some points you began to scratch the surface and thought you were getting somewhere but then it'd revert back to being 2dimensional. I think it needed one plot line to allow that character chance to give their story snd back story in depth and this wpuld also have left open the option for other book ideas.

I would also say that I much prefer the titles like the other books of eg "Heartcross Castle." I feel changing it to the long title it now is 1, doesn't roll off of the tongue so easy and 2, isn't in keeping with the love heart Lane brand. This doesn't effect the book hence my review is no different but just a thought for the publishers and one I also said from book number 8 as well.

This is such a lovely story and the latest in the Love Heart Lane series. Elle Cooper never felt that she truly fitted in until she was fostered by Irene Cooper but even then she felt like a jigsaw with a piece missing. On her 30th birthday she decides to search for her birth mother With the love and support from Irene and best friend Pippa she waits for news. In the meantime librarian Elle’s life becomes a rollercoaster with new friends and colleagues plus supporting others in the community with their ups and downs. There’s also the matter of a certain author called Noah………… I think that the many topics covered, such as fostering and relationship issues, were done so with sensitivity and alongside some quite humorous moments. This flowed and was very easy to read and follow. I whizzed through it and loved the various twists that kept coming. It was also easy to follow how everyone was connected. Thank you to the publisher, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and Netgalley for the ARC

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Elle takes us on a journey to learn more about her family. While doing this research she learns alit about herself. This was a quick read.

I received a free copy of, The Library on Love Heart Lane, by Christie Barlow, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is book 13 in The Love Hearts Lane series. This is a great series, I wish I lived on Love Heart Lane. Elle always knew she was adopted, this is the year she will find her birth parents. Elle is a great character, this whole town id full of great people.

This was a lovely story, it’s a series, but can be read as a single book.

Elle is the librarian in the library on Love Heart Lane and she’s just about to turn 30. On her 30th she wants to start looking for her biological mother. She has a lovely life in the wee village in Scotland where she has a 2 bedroomed house and her friend Libby who also works at the library moves in.

A lovely setting and a great storyline with some raw moments. All the characters were relevant to the storyline and it was easy to keep turning the page.

A book about friendship and romance.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy.

Welcome back to Love Heart Lane, a small village populated with some outsize characters that will give you a few "sigh" worthy stories. The Library is the 10th visit to Love Heart Lane. Each book revolves around a different business and or person so they can easily be read as stand alones. You will run into some familiar characters from previous books but it's like meeting your neighbors at the grocery store, always fun to find out how everyone is doing and what the newest gossip is.

Elle and Pippa are librarians. As Elle's 30th birthday approaches, she decides to search for her birth mother. As Elle and Pippa live the lives of single women looking for "the one" their everyday lives will keep readers entertained and rooting for the two of them. Their journey has a few hiccups but they get to their destinations at the end. A greatly engaging and entertaining chapter in the serial Love Heart Lane.

This is book #13 in the Love Heart Lane series. Whilst part of a series, it can easily be read as a standalone book. We are back in the little Scottish village of Heartcross and what better place for the book to be centred around than the library. Ellie is the local librarian but when she's not issuing and returning books, she's on the search for her birth mother, having been in foster care since a teenager.

I've read all the books in this series and have loved them all. I did find this one slightly different to the others though, with more emphasis on Ellie's search for her mother than on any romantic interest for her (as there has been with other characters in previous books!). That's not to say there wasn't any romance in the story...of course there was, and not just for Ellie either, with her work colleague and best friend, Pippa, getting in on some love action as well! The storyline flowed along well, and with myself working in a library I loved the library scenes (although Ellie's library was a lot quieter and easy going than mine is!).

The location was, as always, stunning and we are treated to some picturesque mind's eye views of the village. It was a lovely heart-warming read, with some fun parts to laugh at and plenty of emotional scenes to have a good cry over. Loved meeting back up again with the characters from the previous books and as I read I remembered their stories all over again. It does tackle some serious issues, but these are all done sensitively. An easy read which will have you hooked very quickly. Would recommend.

You can never go wrong with a Christie Barlow book. This is my second book and I am glad I gave in and read it when I did.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was engaging and the characters were very interesting. I love how the characters from previous books were incorporated into this plot.

I also enjoyed the unpredictability of the book (I predicted some correctly). There was no way to guess the plot twist in the story.

I loved the small town setting and the feeling of community among the residents. I also love how immersive the plot is.

If you love heartfelt, warm, cozy women’s fiction with some romance then you should read this.

Loved this latest instalment of this series each book is like catching up with friends, I cannot wait for the next one!

I really love libraries and a book set in a library is a fantastic idea. I love the friendships and the settings, it is the kind of book that makes you smile from start to finish and gives you a warm feel good glow.

📚So much amazing coincidence!😯

4.5🌟stars
I was just loving the good plot, endearing characters and a small-town setting where all the residents live to be supportive to their neighbors. Just a positive, uplifting, feel-good reading experience that will keep me coming back for more of this Christie Barlow series. Maybe all of the coincidences were unrealistic, but I didn't care!

I would classify this story more women's fiction than sweet romance for Elle, the senior librarian in an enchanting Scottish small town. The tragic story of her birth and childhood are at the heart of the novel. At 30, Elle decides to search for her birth mother and learn why she was abandoned to be passed from parcel to post in the foster system until a kind librarian takes her in. But while she is coming to terms with her past and running the library with her irrepressible friend, Elle gets some surprises that include new hope for a romance she thought had died before it had a chance to get going.

An excellent, cozy escape.

Thanks to Harper Collins UK/One More Chapter and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

The Library on Love Heart Lane was my second Christie Barlow story. It brings readers back to the village of Heartcross and centres around the library, where Elle Cooper has taken over from her foster mother Irene as head librarian. Fellow librarians Pippa and Aiden complete the trio there. Elle turns thirty in this story and once again contemplates the task of finding her biologial mother, something she’s thought about each year on her birthday for some time. The difference is that this time, she actually begins the process. Meanwhile, she’s developed feelings for author Noah Jones, who did a workshop at her library eight months earlier. Thrown into the mix is the mystery crime author Same Stone, whom Ella has nominated as her favourite author, but whose personal life is a mystery. While this story has good bones and some sweet moments throughout, I found the pace rather slow and the foreshadowing a little too pointed. It wasn’t very hard to guess who was who. Thas said, this is still a good book and for the most part I enjoyed it.

I wanted to read this book because the cover depicts a Little Free Library - and I steward a LFL myself - however, there is nothing in this book that even refers to a LFL. That was disappointing when I started reading this book.

The book itself is part of a series, which I didn't know until I started reading - it can easily be a stand alone read, but the characters might make more sense if you'd read the previous books. It was an interesting story set in a local library with fun characters and a little mystery.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a temporary, digital ARC in return for my review.

I don't know how the author does it, but she has created another superb instalment in the Love Heart Lane series. I have read all of the books and adored them, each one has a link with some characters, but they can also be read as stand-alone.

Elle and Pippa work in the Library on Love Heart Lane, they have a good friendship and are there for each other. Pippa is more outgoing while Elle is more down to earth, but they complement each other well. Elle has been keeping a secret and it is about to come out in the open, while Pippa is trying to work out how to get another boyfriend, she is over the past ex now and is ready to move on.

The Library sounds like an amazing place, as it should be, and there is a lot going on there is also the local book club that meets on a Thursday, mentions of book signings, and meeting authors are a good part of the story but as always there is also more to it than that.

The community is close and there are some regulars who make an appearance, as well as new faces. There are some fun moments in the story but there are also some very sad and heartbreaking ones. While we all want a perfect world, this is not the case and it is reflected in the story as things happen to people, but the author does tackle these within the story and they are part of the story.

The characters are great and I adored Elle and Pippa as well as Aiden, Wilson, Noah and others. They all bring their own influences, traits and opinions they give a great balance to the story and each other. This is needed when the search for a birth mother begins and the emotional support that will be needed. Also, words of wisdom are always helpful when relationships and romance are blossoming.

This story has some wonderful things going on and while I did work out some before they happened, there was still the odd one that I missed. Missed opportunities, mixed signals and an accident all add together to make the course of a romance stop before it even gets started.

This is another fabulous instalment and if you are a fan of heartfelt, warming, friendly and supportive stories that have a firm helping of friendship and cakes, there are a few of those, then this is a story for you. It is always great to come back to these stories and this one is, yes, another favourite and I adored it. It is one I would definitely recommend.