BLOGTOUR: The Little Village of Happiness - Holly Martin

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About:

Willow McKay needs a fresh start. Her recent break-up may not have left her heartbroken but it’s certainly wounded her pride. Desperate to escape the whispers and stares of her town’s gossips, an advert offering homes in a picturesque village in the grounds of a majestic castle on the Cornish coast sounds like just what she needs. Without thinking twice Willow applies for a cottage and packs up her life for the village of Happiness.

But when Willow arrives she finds a crumbling ruin and ramshackle cottages, nothing like the pretty picture the advert had boasted. It seems Happiness was too good to be true. That is until she meets the incredibly handsome estate manager Andrew Harrington…

His passion for restoring the village to its former glory is contagious and soon they are working together to bring happiness back to Happiness. And as sparks fly between them Willow can feel herself falling. But Andrew is holding something back.

Can Willow risk her heart again? And will they succeed in transforming the old village to its original beauty before it’s too late?

My Review:

Holly Martin has given us such a wonderful treat with this book – a lovely, summer read that will leave you wanting more. I smiled all the way through, it is SUCH  an aptly name book. Isn’t Happiness the most perfect village name – all you can imagine is everyone being lovely, kind and full of smiles.

I love the characters that Holly writes. Willow is my kind of girl, following her instincts and relocating on a whim. She finds that all may not be as it seems in the village she’d seen advertised. She soon settles in and makes her mark on the community – it more ways than one. She’s confident, lively and not afraid to get stuck in, I really like that.

When she meets hottest village handyman, you’ll come across then you just now it won’t be long until she lets love into her heart – their chemistry is instant, and they make a great pair.
There is so much more to Andrew than you first realise, and I think Holly has written about this fantastically. It added that little bit more to an already great story.

I enjoyed how they worked to get the village ready for the open day, the way the community joined together to make it as great as it sounds on paper. I LOVED the Secret Gifting Society as it was such fun to see who would get what gift next.

This book has an overriding feeling of wonderful community spirit, welcoming new additions and making them feel like they belong. It’s more than just your typical summer rom com read. Full of humour, romance and characters you will be keen to learn more about too. I was hooked from the moment I started and just couldn’t put it down.

This book will leave you wanting more – the village is an untapped source of many, many stories. I am so excited that there will be another, ‘The Gift of Happiness’ later in the year.

I highly recommend this book; it will leave you smiling for sure.