Starcross Manor is the fourth book in the wonderful Love Heart Lane series by Christie Barlow. It was a treat to revisit this village where the inhabitants have each other’s backs and for the most part do their best to help each other. Julia runs a B&B in the village and is horrified to see a face from her past in Heart Cross. Flynn Carter is handsome and highly successful, but he’s also the man who jilted her best friend and devastated Julia when he bought her grandfather’s home for a much lower price than it was worth years before.

Now Flynn’s back, and when she discovers that he’s taken over the manor and is renovating it to open it up as a luxury hotel, she fears he is about to entice away her precious clients from her B&B. Julia might be determined to have nothing to do with Flynn, but when things go drastically wrong she finds she must reconsider that maybe he might not be the dreadful person she recalled him as being. Or is he?

This is a book to snuggle up with, forget what’s happening in the world, and lose yourself in the lives of the brilliantly depicted characters. It is a series not to be missed. I’m now eagerly awaiting the fifth book in the series, The Lake House.

Thanks to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for an ARC copy in return for an honest review.