Taking a job at the antique shop she has always admired, she finds herself crossing paths with two very different men. Will, who has recently become the guardian to his niece after the tragic death of her parents. And Ciaran, who she enlists to help solve the mystery of an Egyptian antique. Two men who represent two different happy endings.
The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures is the latest release by
Holly Hepburn and I fell in love with this book right from the moment I saw the
cover, shallow of me I know! The little cosy welcoming street on the cover
depicts the street that houses the Emporium so well and I completely lost myself
in this story.
Hope is a young widow who is taking a new path in her life,
moving back to her childhood roots to be closer to her family but her next step
she wasn’t so sure on until she stumbled across the spellbinding Emporium that
she remembers from her younger years and her next step seemed to have found her.
In her early days in her new job a discovery is made that
opens up a new project for her but will she find more than she is looking for
in her research.
This is so much for than just a cosy little romance that I
usually love to escape into this storyline has so much to discover and I was as
intrigued and invested as Hope in discovering the background to the story of Elenor
Lovelace and each time a new piece of information was revealed and the story be
completed another exciting little tit bit would emerge to continue and spark my
intrigue again.
The storyline does touch on loss and grief and the way it can
affect people in different ways but it is by no means a depressing novel it is
full of hope, healing and new beginnings. Little Brodie in particular touched
my heart and even I was grinning like a Cheshire cat towards the end when her
healing process took a step in the right direction.
The friendships and community feel in this novel really gave
the book a welcoming and uplifting feel and although I read this book as a whole
I can imagine those who read it in the four parts felt like being reunited with
old friends each time. It did feel a little drawn out, like it could have been
a little shorter but I think this probably worked well for the individual parts
and only had a little effect when put together as a complete book but I still
enjoyed this book thoroughly none the less.
The romance was a little predictable but also faced realistic
bumps along the way so this didn’t affect my enjoyment of the novel especially
when there were other things going on around the romance element to keep you intrigued.
Holly Hepburn has kicked the year off with a book of discovery,
healing and romance that I definitely recommend.
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