Lissa, after witnessing a terrible accident, is sent for a 3 month job switch with Cormac, who lives in a small town in Scotland. They are both nurses, and Cormac will get to experience nursing in the big city of London, while Lissa is asked to take this job away by her employers as a sort of break from the city which reminds her so much of the accident.

They both assume they won’t like the other’s home, but readers get to spend much of the novel experiencing their swapped lives and how their views change. As they work, Cormac and Lissa correspond by email and text. What started out as professional quickly turned into a friendship.... possibly more?

The book was a little slow to get into, but then I enjoyed getting to know the characters and their experiences in their new roles and living arrangement, especially Lissa. I didn’t like that the book ended quite too quickly, and felt it should have given more of Lissa and Cormac once they met face to face. That was a letdown.

Overall, a cute story with lots of imagery of London and small town Scotland, which I liked.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was really fun. I loved how the main characters didn’t even know what each other looked like yet were so in to each other. I haven’t read any books by this author, but I will. The cover was really cute.

Interesting premise--creative way to build on previous books featuring the location and some characters. Good discussion starter for PTSD and the different forms it can take.

I could not put this one down! Jenny Colgan knows just what I need to beat the winter blahs. We are revisiting some old haunts that we found in The Bookshop on the Corner and The Bookshop on the Shore, but this is not Nina's story or Zoe's story. They do appear, but minimally, and serve as reminders that things can change and they surely will! Lissa is struggling and her struggle is well written and believable. Why not send her to Scotland on a nurse's exchange? I loved the characters, both new and familiar. Kim-Ange is wonderful....we all need a friend like her. Thank you, netgalley, for allowing me to preview this one. I highly recommend as a fun, wonderful read.

Another super sweet read from Jenny Colgan! I loved the setup of this one, as it was somewhat reminiscent one of my favorite movies, The Holiday (characters with rather different circumstances switching homes/lives), and Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare (communicating and falling in love by correspondence long before they meet in person). The characters of Lissa and Cormack were each compelling in their own ways and I was really rooting for them to be together. I love the way Colgan's prose transports you to such cozy, romantic settings, and this book executed that perfectly.

This was on par with the caliber that I expect from this author, even though the end I felt was a big rush. It was everything I expected & more. Catching up with past characters was great and I'm glad that another trip to Scotland through the author's eyes was well worth it.

Lissa is a tough homecare nurse living and working in South London. Cormac is an ex-army homecare nurse in a small town in Scotland. When they switch lives for three months, a romance blossoms despite their pen-pal-like relationship.

Pros:
- As a fan of Outlander, the Outlander reference made me giggle. And the colloquialisms are fun.
- I like reading books with settings that are not in the United States, and there are /two/ here: London and Scotland.
- Yay for semi-positive depictions of therapy.

Cons:
- Why is there a character named Lissa AND Larissa? There are so many names out there... it totally isn't necessary to have two such similar ones in the same book.
- The narration is garbled and garbage. It starts off as very third-person limited, but as Lissa and Cormac switch locations, we start to get the thoughts and reasonings of minor characters. And even quite a bit of Lissa's London best friend/neighbor's romance. Like, yes, the trans romance is lovely, but not important to the overall story of Lissa and Cormac. If you want to do a trans romance, make this a series, and give Kim-Ange her own story-- do true justice to her and her love.
- The end bit of everything going wrong for Cormac is comedic in tone. And this book has had no previous tone of comedy. Why are you trying to turn what could be a nice and lovely romance into a disjointed rom-com?
- It felt like a second draft, not a complete story written by an author who has published scores of other stories.

I have long been a fan of Colgan’s sweet, sometimes screwball romantic comedies, and while I was disappointed in her last book, Where Have All the Boys Gone, she has redeemed herself with this delightful, slightly different tale. The main characters in this story, Lissa and Cormack, both health care workers, trade workplaces when their own jobs and surroundings become too much. Lissa is suffering PTSD after losing a patient at her London practice, Cormack works in a small Scottish village and thinks some time in the Big Smoke might give him an added edge. Both feel very out of sorts in their new positions, but they stay in contact, answering questions and providing moral support. Will their long distance camaraderie become something more when they finally meet? A sweet and absorbing story about two carers finding love