This really was a feel good book which made me cosy inside. I read it this week while the weather was awful outside and it really lifted my spirits. The cover alone made me want to take a walk down Love Heart Lane and the characters are so well written. ( )

Felicity (Flick) Simons fled to London eight years ago after a miscarriage and then being told she could no longer have children. Things in London were great for a while, then she split with her new boyfriend and a new boss at her department store made her realise that she doesn't really like her job, and hasn't made any real connections or friends in London. When her gran dies, she returns to her home village of Heartcross in the Scottish Highlands for a week or two to help her mother out. Her ex-boyfriend Fergus, who she abandoned eight years ago, is still there. It's winter and and a snow storm and resulting flood cause the Grade II listed bridge over the river, the only way in and out of the village, to be swept away. This means the villagers won't be able to get any supplies in, even by boat as the river is running too high and too fast. Fergus was left heartbroken after her disappearing act, but has moved on with his life. Felicity plans to get him back, and it's her plotting and scheming to do this that makes me dislike her as the main character of this book. Disappointing when the village and other people's stories were really cute. ( )