I absolutely loved this book – a perfect Bank Holiday read where you can sit back, relax and imagine you are in the idyllic village of Langtry Meadows.

Lucy Jacobs is made redundant from her inner-city primary school teaching role and, after only just buying her dream house, she is desperate to find another teaching job. Unfortunately for her the only job on offer is a supply teaching cover role in the middle of nowhere.

All of the characters in the book are likeable – especially Lucy and the local vet who also happens to be working in the village on a temporary assignment.

A fun story (I found myself laughing out loud quite a bit) with plenty of romance and a charming country village full of nosey, gossipy busy-bodies.

I have never read any of Zara Stoneley’s previous books so will certainly be checking them out and adding them to my ever increasing “to be read” pile.

Thanks Netgalley and HarperImpulse for supplying me with a copy of the book ahead of publication in exchange for an honest review. I definitely rate this book 5 stars.

I absolutely loved everything about this book-from that gorgeously summery cover to the sexy vet with “the eyes” and the village that made me want to pack up my bags and head up to M6 in search of this country paradise! I would even put up with the goose and I hate anything with wings!!

I have enjoyed The Tippermere series by Zara Stoneley in the past but I’m having so much more fun in Langtry Meadows. There is a well known quote at the front of this book “Never work with children or animals” but here the author has used both to great advantage in this sweetly seductive tale of Lucy the primary school teacher and Charlie the village vet. The scenes featuring the pupils at village school were some of the highlights for me, funny and perfectly observed. And Zara had obviously done her research when it came to the veterinary medicine so you could really feel her passion for a career I know she longed to follow herself.

This book feels like a warm summer breeze, gently warming your heart with its endearing characters that you are desperate to see living their dreams and finding their happy ever after. But it’s not all fluffy lambs and sweetness as there is a hidden depth to the relationships formed that triggered off an emotional response when I least expected it. At one point Charlie gives Lucy a gift with a difference and it transported me back to when I was a child, reminding me of lazy Summer days spent with my Nana and my senses went into overdrive! It takes some very clever descriptive writing to make me convinced I can actually smell something that isn’t even there!

So be prepared for love, laughter and escapism in the sizzling summer sunshine but be warned, once you enter heavenly Langtry Meadows you may never want to leave! Highly recommended by me.