The Little Flower Shop by the Sea by Ali McNamara

It is a surprise to the whole family when Grandma Rose leaves her florist shop to Poppy.  Poppy has to return to St Felix in Cornwall to visit the shop which she has not seen for 15 years.  

All the locals really want Poppy to continue with the family tradition of running a flower shop.  Many people say that her grandmother had a magical touch with her flowers.  At first Poppy isn't sure, St Felix holds a lot of memories from her childhood, some good and some bad, but the longer she spends there the happier she begins to feel.  

Poppy makes new friends and finds (almost) all the locals really friendly and helpful.  There is also Jake, the very attractive local flower grower, who has been supplying the shop for many years. 

Daisy's Vintage Cornish Camper Van by Ali McNamara is also set in St Felix and features some of the same characters (I think I have read these books the wrong way round). 

All About Us by Tom Ellen

On 24 December 2020 Ben meets his friend Harv in a pub for a quick drink.  He wants to have a serious conversation with Harv and tell him his marriage to Daphne is looking rocky and that he has plans to meet up with Alice, an old friend from university, in a few days time. Instead, after a couple of drinks and some banter, he leaves the pub having been given a broken watch by an unknown old man.  The hands of the watch are stuck at one minute to midnight. 

The next morning Ben wakes up to find himself back in university in December 2005 on the very day he met Daphne. As the time approaches midnight he jumps again to re-live another day a couple of years later.  Each time he jumps he has an opportunity to find out something he missed the first time around and to see what life was like with Daphne and what it would be like without her.  He also jumps into the future and can see what his life would be if he chose Alice over Daphne.  

The concept of the story is borrowed from Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’.  Ben needs to work out who he wants to be with and what he really wants to do with his life. 

Rachel’s Pudding Pantry by Caroline Roberts

Primrose Farm is the family home of Rachel, her mum Jill, and her young daughter Maisy.  As the farm hits financial difficulties Rachel has to come with a plan to diversify to bring in additional cash.  Using Jill’s talent for baking and pudding making Rachel comes up with a scheme to convert one of the old barns into a tea shop.  Timing is tight to get all the alterations finished and the tea shop ready and open for the summer tourist season.  

Whilst the farm is busy undergoing change Rachel realises that her feelings for Tom, the farmer next door, are also beginning to change but she is unsure of how he may feel about her. 

A couple of Jill and Rachel's recipes appear at the end of the book.