The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane

The perfect feel-good read

By: Ellen Berry

Narrated by: Katie Scarfe

‘As comforting as a slice of homemade apple pie’ Red

Prepare to fall in love with beautiful village of Burley Bridge.

Growing up in a quiet Yorkshire village, Roxanne couldn’t wait to escape and find her place in the world in London. As a high-powered fashion editor she lives a glamorous life of perennial singlehood – or so it seems to her sister Della. But when Roxanne gets her heart broken by a fashion photographer, she runs away, back to Della’s welcoming home above her bookshop in Burley Bridge.

But Burley Bridge, Roxanne discovers, is even quieter than she remembered. There’s nothing to do, so Roxanne agrees to walk Della’s dog Stanley. It’s on these walks that Roxanne makes a startling discovery: the people who live in Burley Bridge are, well, just people – different from the fashion set she’s used to, but kind and even interesting. Michael, a widower trying to make a go of a small bakery, particularly so. Little by little, cupcake by cupcake, Roxanne and Michael fall into a comforting friendship.

Could there be a life for Roxanne after all, in the place she’s spent years trying to escape?

The perfect cosy, heartwarming read for fans of Trisha Ashley.

©2017 Ellen Berry (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

‘Warm, funny and poignant.’ The Daily Mail

‘A novel as comforting as a slice of homemade apple pie.’ Red

’Brilliant…manages to capture family life perfectly.’ Chick Lit Reviews

Fun, light read

The story and characters are sweet. They make me miss Yorkshire and hope to find a Burley Bridge, with a bookshop, a bakery, and a vintage store, all in a row :) I’d give the story 5 stars except that it is really predictable. But sometimes a low-stress story is nice.