The Lake District, farms, alpacas and Beatrix Potter. What is there not to love?! I’ve only recently found Jessica Redland’s books, and I was in love with them from the beginning of the first one I read. Well listened to, actually, it was an audiobook about hedgehogs!
The Best is Yet to Come was just gorgeous. I lounged around in the sun reading it and couldn’t get enough of just about everything! Apart from Grayson, who was quite frankly a knob jockey, the rest of the characters were cute, loveable and, in some cases (mainly the alpacas) extremely huggable!
Emma was awesome. She picked herself back up really quickly after her relationship fell apart; she knew what she wanted to do and with a little help from her Dad, she was soon standing upright again and ready to face her future, with new challenges and new friends.
I now have all of Jessica’s past books on my TBR and many of them will be on my Christmas list!
Thank you to NetGalley, Boldwood Books and Rachel’s Random Resources for the opportunity to read and review The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland.
About the Book
Emma is having a fresh start.
After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream of her own – to set up an alpaca-walking business around the farm.
But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected. Soon her dreams are in tatters and, broken-hearted, she must start over yet again.
When Oliver, Rosie and the team at Willowdale Hall welcome Emma with open arms, she can't believe her luck. But starting a new business in a new place is a daunting prospect, especially when it comes with unexpected obstacles. With a reserved, prickly groundskeeper as a partner, rapidly changing family dynamics to contend with, and time running out to get her new career off the ground, Emma may have bitten off more than she can chew.
But even though things are not going to plan just yet, the best is yet to come for Emma, if she can just take a leap of faith and follow her heart...
About Jessica - by Jessica
I write uplifting stories of love, friendship, family and community set in stunning Yorkshire. My Whitsborough Bay books take readers/listeners to the North Yorkshire Coast and my Hedgehog Hollow books transport them deep into the countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds.
My books are about real people living real lives. You'll find plenty of warm and fuzzy moments between the pages but you may occasionally find yourself tearing up and reaching for the
tissues. I love my characters so, no matter how tough the going gets, I make sure they get their happy ending. Of course, with a series, it may take a few books to fully get there!
My favourite subject at school was English and I always loved the aspects of my day job in HR which involved writing but I never considered writing a novel until my manager told me that my business reports read more like stories and joked that I should write a book. As soon as a plot idea presented itself, that’s exactly what I did.
Thanks so much for joining in the blog tour for The Best is Yet to Come. Really appreciate your kind comments and delighted you loved the characters - human and fluffy! 'Knob jockey' - hee hee, that did tickle me. I'm thrilled that you discovered the Hedgehog Hollow series and that you're going to explore my backlist. Happy reading!
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