I thoroughly enjoyed this book. My first from this author but definitely wont be the last. I was totally engrossed and after reading a few heavy books recently this was a delightful change.

So this was my first Trisha Ashley book and I was really looking forward to getting stuck in, especially with the extremely enticing cover. The book starts and we are introduced to Alice Ross who is a redhead who seemingly flits from one end of the country to another. Just 6 chapters in and we had already covered a nearly 20 year time span. I have to be honest and admit that I was struggling with it a bit and found myself feeling little connection with the character. However, thankfully it seems the author did this to give the reader a really condensed version of Alice's life in preparation for what comes next. From this point on the story flowed beautifully and by the halfway mark I knew I would complete the rest in just one sitting!

SO once we skip past the beginning of Alice's life we catch up with her as she is grieving for many things in her life. She decides to make an impulse move and buys a run down cafe near Haworth. With just her Beetle and a few items she makes the journey down there with the view to starting afresh and possibly getting some answers about the place in which she was born. Initially I have to be honest and say that I thought this book would be solely focused on Alice and her Teashop (hence the title). However, although the Teashop plays a huge part in the story it's not actually the main focus and this gave it a much more original feel. Sadly these types of stories are being replicated by many authors and sometimes there is such a thing as too much.

What makes this story so enjoyable was the discovery and subsequent quest to find out about where Alice was born and what the area would tell about where her life started. For me the absolute stars of this story were the very unconventional characters of Tilda and Nell. Two Yorshire ladies who are actually well known for how rude they are. They brought a brilliant sparkle to the story and made it so much more refreshing to read about some characters that brought something new to the table. In addition Alice meets the Gidding's family who are such a joy to read about as well as other locals who make more fleeting appearances such as Jack the Handyman as well as Alice's long term friend Lola.

I think that had I given up after those first 6 chapters I would never have discovered such a great author so I am pleased I persevered. The story was a joy to read and although some would peg it firmly in the 'romance' category I think there is a lot more to this that just hearts and flowers. Another great author to add to my never ending list of people I need to continue to read.

Don't give up on this novel.
I really struggled to get into this book and if it hadn't been for the fact that I had agreed to review it, I would have given up on it by the end of Chap 6 by which time 18 years had passed and heroine had lived in 5 different places and 5 people had abandoned/died on her. However by Chap 8 things were improving and I started to connect with the characters. Soon afterwards I was fully absorbed in the storyline and continued to read until I had finished the book despite having numerous chores that I should have been doing instead! Loved the Giddings family, Alice's friends Lola and Edie and her co-workers in the teashop.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated for my review, and I was not required to write a positive review. The opinion expressed here is my own.

This book felt like I was covering myself with a comfort blanket, it was divine! The characters are believable and you feel as if you know them personally after a few chapters .
Alice hasn’t had the best start in life, she was found abandoned on the Yorkshire moors when she was only a few hours old. Adopted by a doting Dad but not so doting Mother meant that when her dad died she felt as though she didn’t really belong. She left home and started on her baking journey.
There are twists and turns that eventually bring Alice to Haworth where she was abandoned as a baby. She buys a rundown café that she decides to turn into an upmarket tea emporium, ‘The fat rascal’
This is when we are introduced to the wonderful Giddings family. Nile Giddings is the delectable owner of ‘small and perfect’ the antique shop next door to The fat rascal. Immediately you realise he will be the love interest for Alice, even so it doesn’t take the enjoyment away from seeing their love story unfold.
Alice decides that she is going to try to track down her birth mother, just for closure if nothing else
Alongside the main story there are snippets of a diary written by someone connected to Alice’s past. At first it’s unclear who this is but as the story unfolds you put two and two together and come up with five!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish, although this is the first book I’ve read by Trisha Ashley, it definitely will not be my last.
I will publish my review on my social media sites nearer to time of publishing.

I'm sorry I just couldn't get into this story, the whole relating everything to fairy tales really put me off & I did not finish

A lovely read but it was missing the special Ashley magic. Alice was a lovely character but I don't think enough was written about her fairy tales. The whole teashop idea has been done before by many other authors and I still have no idea what a Fat Rascal is.

Having read a couple of Trisha's books before I was pretty sure I'd be in for a treat with her latest book and I wasn't disappointed.

This book was a truly wonderful delightful read and thoroughly enjoyable from the very first page and right the way through to the last page. The characters were easy to fall in love with (well except the ones you weren't meant to love of course), very well written and very real/believable.

Loved the location and setting of the whole story, very well descriptive in all the right places. Really draws you in and feels like you are there in the story for real.

I loved the slight little twist at the end of the book as so wasn't expecting that. Very cleverly done.

Would I recommend this book, absolutely.

Wow, okay so I'm a huge Tricia Ashley fan, as I think most people who've ever picked a book of hers up are! They're always a great chick lit read and never let's you down. This one for me was even better that normal though, because Haworth in Yorkshire is one of our family's favourite places to visit.

In this book, Alice has grown up knowing she's adopted, we see a flashback and know Liz her real mum, had had to give up her baby. Her adoptive dad passed away when she was eighteen and her adoptive mum changed toward her but she still had her best friend Lottie there for her.

Over the years, a move to Cornwall and later Scotland, losing a fiancée and being left a small but comfortable sum of money, she returns back to her Yorkshire roots and continues her love for cooking and baking in the form of her Teashop she transforms from a mess of dust balls and disarray, into a flourishing business. She also fits into the Giddings family, taken in and made sure she's treated like family by them as she's new back to the area and their family goes back a long way living there.
They may not be her true parents, family etc but they do care for her and help her unravel the mystery around her birth mother.

I really loved this book and I liked the fact Alice wrote and that the genre she writes is fantasy horror retellings!
As always, a delightful read by Tricia, thanks to her publishers for allowing me a copy to review!

When I was selected to receive an advance copy of the little tea shop of lost and found by Trisha Ashley I was absolutely delighted as I really love her books. Upon downloading it I noticed it said a reading time of 7 hours plus which at first I thought must be a mistake but no it wasn't - it's a bumper Trisha novel and I must say it's delightful, charming and pure escapism, I didn't want it to end.
The story of Alice rose, a foundling, abandoned at birth on the Yorkshire moors. After the death of her adored adoptive father, Alice struggles to find her place in the world, her only comfort is baking and long time friend Lola.
Deciding to settle back in Hayworth, Alice buys a rundown cafe which she hopes to turn into a high class afternoon tea shop. After a difficult start Alice soon finds friends with the family of neighbour and antique shop owner the dashingly handsome but brooding Nile who she discovers she has a lot in common with.
Will she find true love with Nile ? Will she find her real mother ? Will the tea shop be a success? I can't recommend the little teashop of lost and found enough. It's a fabulous book that once started, I couldn't but down. Definitely best Trisha yet !!

I have been reading Trisha Ashley for several years and I always enjoy her books. There have been some I liked more than others, but her latest is a gem. Alice and Niles are a very engaging pair and the secondary characters are very well written. I did find it a little confusing at first as it slips from Alice's POV to a another character POV and to the fairy tales gone bad POV, but you quickly get used to it.
As always a delightful read and highly recommend.

Absolutely adored this book! As always with Trisha Ashley you know within seconds you'll be whisked off and the next thing you know its three days later. This book proved no different. Without giving story details its was another book which could not be put down! Lovely to once again be whisked off to Lancashire and the moors! Wonderful as ever! Thank you

Alice was abandoned on the Yorkshire moors within hours of her birth, found by a local farmer and adopted, Alice’s adopted father tells her she was found in Haworth. Alice’s adoptive father dies when she is 18 and her adoptive mother tells her she never wanted her and sells the family home and moves to London. Alice moves to Cornwall where she meets Edie who owns a local hotel and Alice works for her. When Edie decides to return to Scotland, Alice follows her there. She meets and becomes engaged to a local who owns a bakery but he dies in an accident and Alice discovers that he was married but separated from his wife and his wife inherits everything, Alice then discovers he left her insurance policies and feeling like she has no roots anywhere, she decides to move to Haworth and discover why she was abandoned.

Alice buys a teashop in Haworth with the insurance money and begins to refurbish it. She makes friends with a neighbouring shop owner and his family. Alice also writes adult fairy stories in between refurbishing the teashop and looking for her birth mother.

The story is told from two perspectives. The first by Alice and also by the person who abandoned her.
This is well written with a good story line, I thought Alice was a lovely character and also liked her neighbour Nile and his family who welcomed Alice into their lives. An excellent read with a good twist, looking forward to the next one.

Alice Rose is a foundling, abandoned on the moors near Haworth on the eve of her birth. Adopted but later rejected by her horrible mother upon the death of her much-loved father, Alice struggles to find somewhere she can truly call home.

A tragic accident sees her heading back to where her story began and impulsively buying a run-down café in the village of Haworth, with the intention of setting up an afternoon tea emporium.

Juggling the renovations along with writing her dark fairy tales to deadline for her scary publisher is proving to be no small task. Luckily Alice quickly makes friends who help her set up her home and discover her past, including the deliciously handsome Nile who owns the antiques shop opposite the teashop.

Will Alice find her happy ending or will her life be more befitting of her own twisted stories?

When I received this ARC, I was really looking forward to snuggling down over the rainy weekend and losing myself in a little feel good chick lit. Unfortunately, I often found myself becoming bored and ended up stretching it out over a whole week.

Told from two points of view, one being Alice’s and the other through journal entries of her birth Mother, I felt this worked nicely. As the reader, we found out a lot earlier who Alice’s biological parents were then she did, this did take away a little shock value. The bits I most struggled with, and thought were highly unnecessary, were the captions of the current novel Alice herself was working on. They bore absolutely no resemblance to her current situation and I considered them to be nothing more than page fillers.

The characters themselves were extremely likable, especially the warm and welcoming Giddings family.

I remember enthusiastically devouring Ashley’s previous novels and was quite saddened that this didn’t stand up to its predecessors.

This was my first book by Trisha Ashley and I admit I was first enticed by the pretty cover… I was so glad when this turned out to be a really good story too. The central character is Alice, who was adopted after being abandoned as a baby in the village of Haworth. She was adored by her adoptive father, who embroidered a story worthy of a fairytale for the young Alice to explain her past. When he dies Alice discovers the truth, that she was left on freezing and desolate moorland when only a few hours old. Her fairytale then becomes much darker. Drawn to Haworth, Alice eventually moves there, opening a little teashop, while hoping to find her biological mother and answers about her birth that she desperately craves.
I loved the setting of Haworth, home of the Bronte sisters, at the edge of the moors. The wildness of the location adds atmosphere to the story. Scattered throughout the novel are the thoughts of the woman who abandoned Alice all those years ago which gives this story depth and a bit of mystery. This is also a romance with a dashing Heathcliff style hero who has more in common with Alice than she at first realizes. The author creates some great local characters, some that are just lovely and some truly unpleasant.
I loved the way the story played out, there was so much more to this than a romance, although that was lovely. The atmosphere, mystery and fairy-tale theme gave this a little dash of something special. Engaging and well written, I will definitely be reading more Trisha Ashley.

Lovely book. Enjoyed the characters very much. The Giddings were such a lovely family. One everyone would long to be part of. Great Alice got her happy ever after. The book did lose a star because i found all the fairystory part boring and flicked past it. i understand the girl was writing a book, but just didnt feel the need for that to go on as much as it did. But over all really enjoyed this one

I was very torn about this book. I have always enjoyed Trisha Ashleys books and like the warmth of their characters and this was no exception. However, I just didn't get the silly excerpts from her "fantasy/horror novels". They were utter rubbish, and if they had been removed in total from the book, they would have not left the story lacking. Just seemed to be there for the word count.

One of Trisha Ashley's best stories. I loved the sub stories running through the book! I would strongly recommend this book.

I admit to being a huge fan of Trisha Ashley and this latest book certainly doesn't disappoint. An intriguing lead, a brooding beau, a very unusual household and an air of mystery weaving through and between every twist in the plot. A thoroughly fabulous read!

Adore Trisha Ashley! I have purchased all her books and this one will be added to the collection!
Perfect and enjoyable read. Could of read a lot quicker if no work and no children! But alas they wanted feeding ;-)
Writing was perfect, story was perfect! I cannot explain any other way, I love Trisha's books and always will I hope!!

This was a thoroughly enjoyable read, that I managed to get through in one day (while I was on holiday over half term). I love cake and baking, so anything that has a food premise is generally going in a good direction as far as I am concerned. But then there seem to be so many of the "women sets out to start a tea shop and so turn her life around" books, so why should you go for this one?
To start with it is well written, and most of the characters are well formed, and relationships progress at a resonable realistic pace. But at the heart of it the book isn't really about setting up the tea shop, and the odds that Alice the heroine has to overcome, and some amasingly large ones tea shop wise are set up right at the beginning. Instead it is a story that is about her trying to find somewhere that she belongs, which she hasn't had since her adoptive father died in her late teens.
There aren't any huge surprises in this book, I managed to guess all the plot reveals pretty early on due to the small clues (or seemingly through away facts) we are given. But this book isn't a thriller and you don't read it for the plot turns and surprises. Instead you read it as a warm welcoming type of escapism, that leaves you wanting to reread it again, as soon as you have finished.
I would definitely recommend this book.