Poppy's Recipe for Life by Heidi Swain

I fell in love with this book from the first page and I'm gutted its taken me this long to write up the review to post.

In thus book we meet Poppy who lives above where she works for Harry in his Green Grocers  shop and who has become like family since she moved away from home. Poppy left home when she was very young and she has been looking after herself for many years and her hidden talent is writing food recipes to go with food sold at the shop to customer who purchase from the shop.

 Poppy dream is about to come true, when she rents a cottage off Kate in Nightingale Square with access to the community  gardens growing her won food and making more beautiful recipes.

Her first day moving in  is great all the neighbours are helpful and friendly  and the closeness within the square which Poppy has been looking for and needs but she has a neighbour who isn't the above at all and Mr Grumpy (Jacob) shouts from his bedroom window asking when they will be done but over time  he seems to come out more  and be part who the community and stop hiding from them and Jacob and Poppy become close friends from working in the gardens and living next door to each other. 

 The out of the blue her a strange mother calls to tell her that she is going to Spain but leaving Ryan her bother behind and also he hasn't been attending college lately and she now has to deal with it. Ryan and Poppy are not close since she moved out and left him behind with their Mother but she decides to move him in with her now as he has the cottage.  Ryan drag his heal and makes her feel like he doesn't want to be there but Poppy is having nothing of it and pulls him into her life if he dies it or not and the community take to Ryan like they have taken to Poppy.

Working on the gardening competition pulls all the community of Nightingale Square together  and we get to catch up with all the lovely characters from this series.

But will Ryan past catch up with him and stop him from having a fresh start?

Will Jacob stop living in the past and more in the future?

Does Poppy finally live her dream life?

This book is part of a fabulous series but can be read alone as you will fall in love with all the Characters and it will leave you wanting more so go grab a copy you wont be disappointed.