Much Ado About You

Evie Starling is thirty-three, lives in Chicago, and feels that something is missing from her days. When her employer passes her over for a promotion, she decides she needs a change and books a holiday in a small English village on impulse.

The package includes a temporary job at Much Ado About Books, the shop directly below her rental apartment. For a bookish woman who has loved Shakespeare all her life, it is an ideal setup. She is put to work running the store almost as soon as she lands, and the villagers quickly draw her into their friendships, love affairs and quarrels.

One of them is Roane Robson, a farmer who is charming, good-looking and openly flirtatious. Evie tells herself to keep her distance, since a holiday romance can only end badly. The pull between them is hard to ignore, though, and she starts to wonder whether she could trust him with something lasting.

This is a romantic comedy with a cozy, warm tone, built around a bookshop, a close-knit community and a slow fight against a fling that may not stay one. It reads as light and gentle, with the question of whether Evie will risk her heart driving the story.