When Hallie's name is picked to become the next person to run her favourite bookstore in her hometown, no-one is more surprised than her. Her luck generally runs bad from men to employment, as well as general clumsiness and embarrassing moments. But Once Upon A Page bookstore is Hallie's second chance at getting something right. But as Hallie comes up with ideas to bring life back to the struggling store, local property developers are circling and Hallie's confidence is slipping.

This was actually a very cute read that I didn't think I'd enjoy quite as much as I did. This is the perfect contemporary book for book lovers from a dream job (what book lover wouldn't want to run their own bookstore in a cute Cotswold village?), an idyllic setting, a friends to lovers romance and a bit of slapstick comedy for a bit of laughter along the way. You just don't have to think too hard about how logistically and realistically the store can be passed to random people the way it has done for years, and the one that got me was Hallie only being offered £35,000 for the store/building on the main street of a village in the Cotswold which seems like a remarkably low property price to me.

The romance in this is genuinely lovely to experience development. It's been a while since I've read a book where the main character and love interest have been so evenly and perfectly matched. The minute Dimitri literally fell into the bookstore, it was love hearts all over the shop. There were pages and pages of dialogue between the two characters and it felt like within two days they had spent so much genuine time together, and truly were getting to know each other.

This is sweet and fun, and one I'd recommend. I'd happily read more of the author's work.