Following a less-than-picture-book childhood, Bella West has got used to moving around – putting down roots opens you up for disappointment and heartbreak. But since arriving in the idyllic Somerset village of Lower Brambleton, something has changed.

Bella loves her job at Purrfect Paws cat rescue and the many residents love her back. So, when one particularly grumpy Bengal named Monty proves hard to charm, Bella is determined to find out his story.

When Noah Hathaway’s beloved Grandpa Jack passes away it falls to him to deal with his estate including his charming but run-down cottage in Lower Brambleton, not forgetting Jack’s cantankerous cat Monty. Busy with a life in London, Noah wants to settle things quickly, but countryside life has its own pace and slowly but inexorably the charms of Lower Brambleton begin to work their magic on Noah.

Can one morose moggy, one perfect English village and one endless countryside summer teach Bella and Noah the meaning of home and the joy of taking a chance on love?

My Thoughts:

This is my first book by Fay and I cannot wait to read all of her previous books. I could not get enough of this story and read it in a day. Bella is living in the Village of Lower Brambleton which just sounds so idyllic that I wanted to move there straight away. Bella works at the local pub in the evening and during the day she works at the the cat rescue centre which would be my ideal job as I love cats and have one of my own. The team at Purrfect Paws are looking after a very grumpy cat called Monty after his owner died and the family don’t want him but when things need to be sorted out. Noah is sole beneficiary of the house and Monty but he lives and works elsewhere so he needs to decide what to do. This is book 3 of 4 in the Brambleton series but can be read as a standalone, I am going to make sure Fay is now on my radar as I just loved how well the story flowed, I felt as though I was there looking after the cats with Bella and I felt as though I was her friend. I just wanted to help her in the situations she gets herself into. I loved it, one of my top ten books of this year.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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