The Wild Lavender Bookshop

Author:- Jodie Thomas

Narrator/s:- Jeanine Bartel

Audiobook:- 6 Hours & 25 Minutes

Book:- 231 Pages

Return to the unforgettable world of Someday Valley, Texas, in this tender, uplifting novel of hearts in search of second chances

The trees that circle Someday Valley near Honey Creek are dressed in their fall finest, providing a pretty backdrop for the local businesses—including the little bookshop loved by schoolteacher Cora Lee Buchanan. There, under the watchful eye of owner Noah O’Brien, Cora Lee and her sister, Katherine, meet each Wednesday. Their talk mostly revolves around one subject: their father, known to everyone in town as Bear. Both Cora Lee and Katherine worry about Bear Buchanan. They’ve no idea Bear has a secret life of his own.

Review...

I want to say a big thank you to NetGalley & Recorded Books for an advanced arc of this audiobook.

It was the title of this book that made me want to listen to it and also this is the first time I have read anything by this author and I will be reading more.

Doing some research on this book I found out this is the second book in a series called Someday Valley series, I did not know this so I was afraid I might not understand where we are but I was fine following the stories & also each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone.

while listening to this i realized it deals with multiple POVs & their own stories, my favorite one out of these povs was Noah & the school teacher with the connection they shared through 2 lonely souls finally finding love, understanding & acceptance, seeing each of them growing though love & it beautiful (so many times i was like awwww ). Noah does come across as odd but that's because he has not been use to having genuine female company beyond who he grow up around but he comes across as very sweet.

The main story which is the more focused one out of all three povs done, this one with the female police detective Andi coming into town with a colorful background & making a cover of fake dating with the village head of police, but you can see this is going to turn into love & the attitude of them both is entertaining making you glued to know if they will be able to handle each other but also become better for it, but at the same time they kind of balance each other out.

In this book you see each character in there stories have been running from something, their past, their character, their children, Love & so much more but its nice to see how they all come to face with all this over the time of the book & become better for it.

the main theme I got from this book was LOVE & that love is a force so deep that it can change life's, also to help someone see themselves differently though the eyes of the one who loves them, but also helps them deal with loss etc.

this is worth a read & I highly enjoyed this quick read that I read in one sitting.

3.5 stars

Noah Obrien own the local book story in Someday Valley. Cora Lee and her sister Katherine are weekly visitors to the bookstore. The often talk about there father, Bear who own the the story next door. Bear is a little different and has some mystery to him. Katherine is actively looking for her third husband and Cora Lee seems to be entangled with Noah who also happens to be her first love. The reader also learns that Bear’s love of his live is Eliza. Bear would like this relationship to be more permanent but Eliza likes the secrecy of it that has been ongoing for years. Andi Delane end up in town looking for her two half brothers. It seems her father had died and received notice from the local lawyer in town about it. Andi is detective with Dallas PD and decides to head to Someday Valley to get out of town as one of the investigations she was involved in has some trouble for her a possibly her half-brothers. Andi meets with the Sherrif and he asking deputy Danny to help protect her. Andi eventually finds that she has three half-brothers one is still a child. As the criminals come into town looking for AndI everyone gets involved in trying to protect her. She even hides out at the bookstore with her youngest brother for awhile. Danny ends up taking them to his. Farm house but they are compromised so her enlist Bear to help protect them at Eliza’s house. All end up fine and the criminals are caught . By this time Danny and Andi know they have feeling for each other. Andi has to go back to Dallas to testify but she tells Danny she is returning for good. Bear and Eliza’s relationship is now know to all and they decide it is a good thing. Lastly, Noah and Cora Lee profess there love for each other. This book was great. I love romance and mystery together. I am looking foreword to the next book and finding out more about the people and relationships in. Someday Valley.