“Absolutely delightful.” —PeopleThe enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling … Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father’s death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia’s loyal customers have become like family, and she can’t imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive.
There’s Sarah, owner of the stately Peasebrook Manor, who has used the bookshop as an escape in the past few years, but it now seems there’s a very specific reason for all those frequent visits. Next is roguish Jackson, who, after making a complete mess of his marriage, now looks to Emilia for advice on books for the son he misses so much. And the forever shy Thomasina, who runs a pop-up restaurant for two in her tiny cottage—she has a crush on a man she met in the cookbook section, but can hardly dream of working up the courage to admit her true feelings.
Enter the world of Nightingale Books for a serving of romance, long-held secrets, and unexpected hopes for the future—and not just within the pages on the shelves. How to Find Love in a Bookshop is the delightful story of Emilia, the unforgettable cast of customers whose lives she has touched, and the books they all cherish.
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I loved this book; sad but happy too. All the characters were so real and had such interesting stories. I wanted it to keep going!
I loved this book. Only complaint is that I wanted to know more about the characters. Too short of a story. I did not want the book to end.
I enjoyed the characters , the plot twists and the weaving of good feelings this book delivers. Nicely written..
A sweet read, with lovely characters you can root for.
I adored this book. Everything about it was wonderful. Heartwarming and delightful.
I enjoyed this book and its characters. You want everyone to find love and be happy. My only complaint is that it is a bit too contrived.
It started off slow to me and almost made me put it down, but when it picked up it really took off. I wanted to finish it that day.
The jump to new characters was a little hard, so many characters, but the author tied it all up very well and the story was compelling enough to finish. I enjoyed reading this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I wanted to meet every character the author described, and live in that town. It left me uplifted.
If you are looking for escape and who isn’t these days, this is a pleasant, easy read. You know that somehow it will all turn out all right but it’s OK since the characters are different enough from total stereotypes to have you root for them. The flood is the only mild surprise and it resolves a lot of loose ends a bit too tidily but if you are in the mood for sweet, this works.
Cozy, heartwarming story set in a charming English villlage. Eccentric, loveable characters and all’s well that ends well.
It was an easy read that you could read without thinking.
This was a very sweet, touching story. Not a heavy duty work of literature, but a very enjoyable easy read.
I was having a particularly bad week when i found this book. It was an easy read, it improved my mood, and it has lovely characters. It is not profound, but it did make me smile for the first time that week. If you need something to make you feel better, this is the book.
A great summer read. Had some welcome twists and turns that kept it interesting.
In the past 3 weeks, two of my on-hold e-library books came in. So I read them pretty much back to back. And was amazed and somewhat upset to find THEY BOTH WERE THE SAME STORY!
Book one was Lisa Windgate’s “The Lost and Found Bookshop” and book 2 was Veronica Henry’s “How to Find Love in a Bookshop.” One is set in San Francisco and the other in a small English village. Both heroines lived in an apartment above the store. Both were woman inherited a failing bookstore. The first from her grandfather and the second from her father. Both men had raised the women alone. Each book had the main character agonizing over how to keep the store open; each at some point was ready to give up. Each had a supporting cast of quirky characters to encourage them. Each had a book signing event that was a pivotal moment. Each had a hunky contractor who played an important role. Each had a major catastrophe (Earthquake in book 1, flood from overflowing bathtub in book 2). And of course, each had a happy ending where a financial solution just appeared and the woman found the love of her life. So I looked up the release dates: The first book has a 7/7/2020 date and the second a 8/15/2017 date. I guess Windgate really liked Henry’s book! But both were good, summer beach reads (although Windgate is the better writer, Henry isn’t bad). But don’t read them back to back.
lovely book about a charming village bookshop. Great characters!
Some sad things but also many happy things
Truth to tell, I expected to like this book far more than I did. Since I am having trouble conveying the reasons for my disappointment and my belief that the three stars I awarded the book were very generous without giving away a large part of the plot, some readers may wish to stop reading now.
In purchasing the book I never expected the title to be quite so literal. Every character whom the reader encounters in the bookstore and likes will have a love interest; and once the trend is established, the denouement of that interest becomes both obvious and very repetitive.
Because the author treats so many characters’ love lives in not a very long novel, no character grows or develops at all. Similarly, there is not much of a plot here. Perhaps I should say that one brief plot is repeated multiple times.
I have read and very much enjoyed other books set in libraries or bookstores, books that use other books to stretch the imagination of the characters and of the reader, books that make one think and think back to the book again and again. None of this was the case here.
This is a lovely book with characters so real they walk walk off the pages into my memory. I will not forget them soon. Please don’t miss this one.
Loved this story and the characters. Endearing, loving, positive.