I had just finished Judy Leigh’s Heading Over The Hill, which I thoroughly enjoyed, when I realized that I was meant to review Chasing The Sun and that made me so happy. Description of Chasing The Sun Sun, Sangria and new starts, from the author of the bestselling Five French Hens. Molly’s seventieth birthday comes as something of a shock. The woman in the mirror certainly looks every day of those seventy years, but inside Molly feels she still has so much more living left to do. Widowed and living alone with her cat Crumper, Molly fears she is slipping into…

Having read Lucy Coleman’s A Springtime to Remember and The French Adventure, I was keen to read Summer in Andalucia. Summer in Andalucia Lainey Summers feels blessed to have her dream job writing for a renowned foodie magazine. And the day she goes to interview chef Rick Oliver at his new restaurant—Aleatory—in London’s popular Piccadilly, is the start of an unexpected journey. When Rick is offered the opportunity to jet off to a monastery in Andalucía, to film a cookery competition for Spanish TV, Lainey goes too, to cover the story. Spending a month filming in the stunning Spanish countryside,…

I’ve enjoyed all the books Alys Murray that I’ve read, so it was natural that I wanted to read Small Town Secrets. Happy to report I was not disappointed at all! Small Town Secrets “Young women needed for the Fortune Springs Town Improvement Initiative. One year’s room and board provided.” I should have known it was too good to be true when I first saw the ad. It turns out that Fortune Springs, Colorado isn’t just a one-horse town, it’s a two-woman one, and this is their attempt to keep the community alive. I want to say the scheme is…