Fun, cozy romance prefect to read while on vacation. Not too much drama, just a nice story about a village I'd love to visit!

It took me a while to get into this book. I’m unsure why, possibly the main character irritated me however I read on and soon got sucked into the beauty of Herring Cove and by the end was overjoyed with the ending.
This is your classic chick lit so if that’s your genre, hunker down with chocolate, your tipple of choice and a few tissues and enjoy. Sophie and Alexander’s tale of overcoming past woes and the weight of family expectations is a pleasure to read.

Thank you NetGalley

This was cute! I managed to read most of it in one day and I definitely enjoyed it. However, at times it was very slow and I felt as if nothing was happening. Sophie could be very stubborn and annoying in some ways which made me sort of dislike her. But I did love Alex! The ending was cheesy and just happened to fast in my opinion

Sophie wants to keep her little bookshop and refuses to sell to Alexander who wants to please his father by adding it to the list of other places he’s purchased. This was a good beach read with an interesting twist to this story. I’ll definitely read another Kellie Hailes book!

The Little Bookshop at Herring Cove is a fun entertaining quick beach holiday read, it’s a romance with just a touch of drama and it will make you smile.
Sophie runs the bookshop in Herring Cove and life hasn’t been easy, she took over the shop after losing both her parents and she is struggling to get her debts under control.
Alexander is in the Cove to build a resort and he needs some of the shops to sell to him so he can build on their land but Sophie refuses point blank to sell....
What starts off as just a business arrangement soon turns into so much more in this beautiful romance but will Alexander return to Herring Cove after leaving to confront his father and if he does what does he risk losing ......
A great holiday read

The Little Bookshop at Herring Cove is a quintessential beach read that you won't be able to put down this summer. The book is told from both Sophie and Alex's perspectives. Sophie is a bookshop owner in a small town on the English coast, while Alex is a developer trying to buy her bookshop for his family business' next resort development. But Sophie isn't going down without a fight and Alex decides to be more helpful than a hindrance. Romance blossoms and in the end everyone wins. You will undoubtedly breeze through this book like I did and you will be left wanting more of this easily loveable couple.

This was a light, enjoyable read with a cast of likeable characters and an interesting community situation. It is clear that Herring Cove needs change but the question of who will deliver it keeps the story going. When we first meet Sophie, she seems to be stuck in the past, resistant to change, and we get to follow her working through a few issues and reevaluating what she wants. There is potential for future stories within this setting and the overall feeling is uplifting.

Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of the book.

A very well written romance. Great plot, characters and setting. I look forward to reading more of this author’s books. Romance readers will enjoy this book. Thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

What a lovely little read this was. The cover for it is beautiful and makes it stand out and the story is equally as lovely. A perfect read to take on holiday and perfect for those who love a good chic lit book.

I loved the author's previous title "The Little Unicorn Gift Shop" so couldn't wait to get stuck into this one and I wasn't disappointed. There's a wonderful location in the form of Herring Cove and a fabulous cast of characters to keep you entertained as Sophie's story unfolds. I raced through it and although I was a little bereft at the end, you can't beat the warm fuzzy feelings it leaves you with.

Such a sweet and fun story to read! A perfect beach read.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
A very good read and one I can highly recommend to others.
I could not put this down.
Thoroughly enjoyable with an amazing cast of characters that you cannot help but engage with.

Lovely feel good story. It was well written and flowed well. Easy to read and hard to put down. Perfect on these summer nights

I love books that make me smile.

The Little Bookshop at Herring Cove immediately piqued my interest when I saw the title on NetGalley. I mean, how do you resist books about bookshops? The book has it all, fluffiness, romance, the right amount of grief and a bit of drama.

It's not a long read and if you are looking for a light contemporary romance, you should definitely check it out! It shows a great and apt perspective on how rapid, profit-building development these days is destroying small villages and towns and depriving this world of their beautiful, raw and vibrant nature. The only thing that put me off was that the plot was a little too predictable but that's a personal opinion and others might just like the simplicity.

4/5 ★ from me!

I absolutely loved this book.
It was a slow burn romantic read. I loved the development of the story and the lovely twist within the book.
A book to make you smile. A warm and happy read

The little Bookshop at Herring Cove.is the perfect summer read. Its setting of a seaside village is idyllic.

Sophie Jones loves her little bookshop at Herring Cove. She’ll never give it up to big property developer, Alexander Fletcher – no matter how handsome he might be…

Yet beneath Alex’s sharp suit and persuasive manner, there’s something about him that makes Sophie want to trust him.

So when he offers to help make her little shop a success again, she wonders whether this could be the start of something wonderful for both Sophie and Alex – together?

This is a light easy read for a lazy summer day. I instantly fell in love with Herring Cove and its townspeople. The I found that the author brought the little village to life for me and I could picture it in my mind.

The characters are wonderful which makes reading even more pleasurable. I highly recommend this novel to all who who love Chic Lit novels.

I requested and received an Advanced Readers copy from the publisher and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own

I was intrigued by the title and wanted to enjoy this book. I did, but, it took me over a week to read because it developed slowly, repetitively and fairly predictably and so was easy to put down and leave.. The characters were promising and I did care about them, but did not feel they fully developed. It will make a good holiday book - you can read it and leave it to go swimming, get off the plane, go for a walk etc and still come back to it and carry on without losing the plot line or suspense. Thanks for the chance to read it.

The Little Bookshop at Herring Cove is a sweet summer read that bookstore lovers and Chick Lit will appreciate. My suggestion is to keep reading. In all honesty, my interest during the first half waned and I actually set the story aside for a few days. I’m glad I came back and finished because I truly liked the characters and am a sucker for a happy ending. Because I didn’t feeling the story evolved in a realistic time frame, had a rather predictable ending and was “put down-able,” Sophie and Alexander’s happy ending still only earned 3 stars in my book.

Thank you to Netgalley for gifting me this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a cute and uplifting story! Alex works for the family firm that builds resorts in small struggling villages. Sophie owns and runs her family bookstore, ever since her parent's death's and her aunt left after raising her. After a disastrous romance where the guy took her money and keft, she's wary of nen. Alex gets under her skin.

She refuses to sell her bookstore, but he helps her as she struggles to regain her financial footing. Her friends are fun, quirky, and supportive. The British slang and descriptions were a bit confusing so for that reason I would give it a 3.5 star rating.

I received a free ARC eBook from Net Galley and the publisher for my honest review.

‘Sorry. I guess it’s been a long time since I felt anything that...hard.’

I don’t read much romance. Especially not recently since I just had a terrible breakup and I am very anti love and romance at the moment but this book and these cute people broke me...It’s like when I watch a Korean drama and the tension gets too heavy that I have to look away.

At the root of it and this novel, romance is about hope.

Sophie Jones lives at Herring Cove a lovely, sleepy seaside village located near London. She runs an old bookstore that has been in her family for generations and things...Well, things aren’t looking great for Sophie and the business financially.

Alexander Fletcher is the son and heir to the Fletcher Group. A company that builds on fabulous locations like Herring Cove and transforms them into into destination resorts. Alex is sent to the village to get permission and offer each landowner a lot of money to begin construction but faces resistance when he meets Sophie. Sparks and hammers fly.

This was a cute romantic summer read which had the right amount of awws and laughs. Alex and Sophie are adorable and you genuinely felt the connection they had. The rich boy, poor girl cliche has been used to death but I liked how self sufficient Sophie was.

All in all this was a pretty cute book that serves as a fun beach read. Thanks very much to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. Please visit my blog for more reviews:
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