I just love the cover for The Little Vintage Carousel by the Sea by Jaimie Admans. This book is due to be published by HQ Digital on 3rd April, so if you are looking for some summery escapism then go and get yourself a copy of this one.

What if one moment could change your life forever?

Ness has almost resigned herself to being single forever, when she catches sight of the most gorgeous man she’s ever seen on the train to work.

But just as she plucks up the courage to speak to him – he steps off the train and disappears into the crowds, without realising he’s accidentally dropped his phone!

It’s her ‘glass slipper’ moment, she’s sure of it, she just needs to track him down – all the way to the gorgeous seaside village of Pearlholme, where she finds him restoring a vintage carousel by the seMaybe it’s finally time to follow her heart?

Ness works as a fact checker for a magazine. Her daily commute through London means she see’s various people, no one that memorable, well there is one exception. There is a handsome stranger, they see each other, they never talk, or really acknowledge one another. One day he drops his phone, its a good job Ness is the one that see’s it fall, but she is not quick enough to hand it to him. Ness is then cajoled into writing a story about “Train Man” and from there she goes in search of her mystery, handsome stranger.

Within a couple of chapters this book had me, hook, line and sinker. I already had a good feeling about this book before I even started to read it, the cover is just an absolute delight. As I started to read that “good feeling” just got better and better.

There are numerous things that just felt right about this story, the characters from the outset were memorable and some were hilarious and some just had no filter and made for some very sniggery moments. In fact when I wasn’t sniggering I was grinning like the proverbial Cheshire Cat.

The descriptions of the carousel were just a dream, I remember carousel from a seaside holiday as a child. I think they have a quality that has stayed with me over the years. The detail;s and information about the horses was just the right amount of added extra detail to the story. The setting also had a very good part to play, it added a dramatic backdrop to a fabulous story and cast.

This is the story of two people who for their own reasons are content to live and work a single life. Neither wanting a relationship and neither realising that they have become stuck in a rut.

I really, really enjoyed this story, it has so many interesting extras in the way of characters, backstories, historical snippets, subplots and descriptions. It is one I would definitely recommend to readers who love a proper feel good read, romance and Rom-com.

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