Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for the ARC.
Review of this novel will be posted soon.

Had this book on my shelf for a while now ! So a rainy day what to do ? so let’s sit with a coffee and let’s start reading, so pleased I did. This author is new to me and I loved it. Mim who has been living in her car after losing her job and home and a chance meeting of a couple that help Mim change her life for the better.
Story was good and characters and loved the escape to Devon so much it made me want to visit.
A lovely feel good read and a happy ending what more could you want.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Uk and One More Chapter for the early read .

This is a beautiful story of how even those with nothing still can feel that they have it all. Mim belives that she has everything she needs living out of her car. When she meets Beatrice and William stranded far from their home she offers to drive them. She is shocked when she pulls into this sprawling mansion and now does not know what life will hold for her. Due to her kindness will Beatrice and William offer her a home with them?

Really cute cheeky story of getting what you deserve for being so kind hearted.

This is my first read by the author Kate Field and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thai story is based on the story of Mum who has had a run of bad luck until she meets Bill and Bea. The good turn she does to help them turns out to be a turning point for her as well.
It is based in the glorious Devon and the author has developed the lovely characters.
A beautiful uplifting story which I recommend.
Thanks to#NetGalley for the advance copy in return for an honest review

What an adorable, easy read that will leave you with a warm feeling inside.

Mim helps out a couple in need, and ends up driving them home to Devon. They say thanks by offering accommodation for a few days, and she ends up staying longer. During her time in Devon, Mim discovers friendship, family, and love.

This book in many ways should not be any good. The idea a woman would get into a car with strangers is a bit much. Plus the 'barriers' of her working class upbringing against the wealth of her new friends is often over emphasised. Also the notion that a stranger fits into a new town within a week, whilst a nice idea, is not really very realistic.

However the band of characters created in the Devon town are wonderful - both full of character, and believable. The romance story is not tied up in too many stereotypes, although does move a bit quickly at the end for my liking. Watching Mim learn to trust with different relationships - not just romantic - was key to me actually really loving this book.

One I would recommend if looking for an easy read - perhaps for the beach, or for a cosy rainy Sunday.

Thanks to Net Galley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Couldn’t put this one down. Was hooked from the start. A very sweet story that keeps the reader engaged throughout. Loved all the little village details and side characters. Would love to read more about this family and village.

Read this is one day after starting it. Would make a great beach read or comfy read to snuggle up with some tea.

Absolutely loved everything about this book. Mim is such a like able character that you root for the whole book. She is looking for nothing but in returns gains so much more.

A strong, beautiful, poignant story, with wonderful characters, set in an enviable location, that had me gripped from beginning to end, desperate for Mim and Corin, to end up together. A wonderful testament to the fact that those with money can be generous beyond words and to the fact that couples do not have to come from the same background in order to succeed. What’s not to love! I defy you not to love this book, when you read it for yourself – what better way to while away a day or too, than immersed in this book! No sooner had I finished reading, I wanted to start the book again, desperate to find some morsel that I had missed the first time around!

Please someone, assure me this is the first in a series of books!

Mim’s life changes the day she does a favour for a pair of strangers; driving them back to their stately home in Devon after their car breaks down in Lancashire. it’s no odds to Mim, who is jobless and homeless and has been living out of her car. It’s a godsend for Bea and Bill Howard, who are due to be at their Niece’s wedding in their house the following day. The good deed is of no consequence to Mim as she has nothing better to do!

Mim soon finds herself being immersed into The Howard family. She comes up with the idea of a charity to offer caravan holidays to disadvantaged people and she is really starting to feel at home. That is until her half Brother turns up and she is torn between her new life in Devon and spending more time with her new Brother.

Mim ends up going back to Lancashire, but will absence make the heart grow fonder and make her want to go back to spend more time with her ‘friend’ Corin (Bea’s Son) in Devon? You will have to read for yourself to find out.

Heart-warming, thought-provoking and absorbing, Kate Field’s Finding Home is a spellbinding tale about life’s unexpected surprises, belonging and healing that will cast a magical spell on readers and keep them completely hooked from start to finish.

Miranda Brown – known as Mim – hasn’t exactly had the easiest of lives. She’s unemployed, is in between houses and lives in her car. Other people in her situation would crumble, but Mim, having had her fair share of heartache, knows that despite of her current circumstances, she has a lot to be grateful for. She might not have much, but she is thankful for what she has and if somebody needs her help, Mim is the first one to roll up her sleeves and give a helping hand to those in need. Being kind and doing somebody a good turn costs nothing which is why when life throws her in the path of Beatrice and William Howard, she doesn’t hesitate to offer them her assistance – without realizing that her life is about to be changed forever.

Beatrice and William Howard – Bill and Bea – are not the sort of people Mim usually meets or mixes with. But when she comes across them having been stranded for five hours in a layby the night before their niece’s wedding, Mim offers them a lift home. Home turns out to be a sprawling seaside estate called Venhallow Hall, situated in the charming village of Littlemead. Mim thinks that she is just going to be dropping off the Howards, however, when she pulls up into the village, picturesque Littlemead immediately casts a magical spell upon her. Could Littlemead offer Mim not just refuge and a place of safety, but also somewhere she could finally call home?

Will Mim finally find the happiness and fulfillment she had always hoped for? Or is there simply no place for somebody like her in Littlemead?

Kate Field’s Finding Home is such a lovely read. An emotionally satisfying drama that will make readers laugh and cry, Finding Home is a story about family, learning to trust and healing that tugs at the heartstrings and will completely captivate readers. Kate Field creates beautifully sketched and exquisitely nuanced characters readers cannot help but warm to and care for and they will find themselves completely and utterly charmed by the book’s protagonists and by the wonderful community of Littlemead.

An uplifting page-turner readers will thoroughly enjoy losing themselves into, Kate Field’s Finding Home is a must-read for contemporary women’s fiction fans.

As soon as Miranda sets off on her journey to Devon. You are hooked into her story. This is a warm, uplifting read which does not shy away from harsher themes but treats them in an optimistic fashion. Miranda is the product of a difficult childhood but has emerged from her young life in care as a resilient and hardworking young woman. She is at a low ebb at the beginning, but you see her respond to the love and kindness of the Howard family and she begins to appreciate the benefits of friendship and belonging.
The Howard family could form a series in their own right. They are such different characters and I am sure each would have a story to tell. The Devonshire setting is gorgeous and makes you long for Summer. Charity, kindness and helping others are all intrinsic to the story but never treated in a condescending way. Miranda's determination not to take advantage of others makes her a staunch friend and a thoroughly likeable character. This is an enjoyable read, full of community with the odd bitter moment to keep it real.
In short: It costs nothing to be kind...
Thanks to the publisher for a copy of the book

After the death of her employer, Mim finds herself unemployed and homeless. Without any family, she literally has no place to go. After a chance encounter with an elderly couple, Bill and Bea, they take her into their home and their family. Even though the whole family is very accepting of her especially their son, Corin, Mim knows that she is not really part of their family or even part of their world and she doesn't want to overstay her welcome especially when a person connected to her past arrives. This is a truly beautiful story about found family. The characters in this book are so good and so loving and so accepting of each other that it will make you want to cry happy tears almost every moment. This is not to say that they are no unlikeable characters in the book or that nothing ever goes wrong or there aren't any misunderstandings or anything because obviously, the book wouldn't be interested without any of that. Some parts of the plot are extremely predictable, and if you are a regular reader of this type of book you can see the ending coming from the beginning. However, that doesn't make the joy of it any less sweet or the book overall, any less of a satisfying read.

Finding Home" by Kate Field was a joy to read, what can I say other than I loved it and read in one day.

The setting of a Devonshire village sounded breathtaking, I could picture it especially as I have visited small villages along the Devon coast. It had everything you could want in a story friendship, love, family and how important it is to be kind and helpful to those in need.

I found the characters to be well developed, and multi-dimensional. There were multiple sub-plots to keep you engaged and interested in the outcome.

I will definitely read other books by this author.

I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from One More Chapter and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Finding Home by Kate Field is so much more than 'just' a romance story. This is a story that touches your heart.
Mim is living in her car, sleeping in a lay-by in Lancashire after losing her job and her home.Bill and Bea Howard's car breaks down and Mim offers to take them back to their home in Devon. During the journey all three of them get to know one another. It turns out Bill and Bea Howard are the key to a new chapter in Mims life.
As I said a story that touches your heart. One that really does restore faith in human nature. We see Mim working so hard to get everything back on track as she believes you should not take anything for granted. There is romance too, one that almost made me go 'aww'. A story that highlights how one random, simple act can make such a difference to someone else.
The characters are all so warm and friendly, although with Mim she is quite hardened and a little wary, but that is due to the hand that she has been dealt in life
A really light hearted, life affirming read that does not stop giving, from the first to last page. I do feel I shall be reading more books from Kate Fields in the future, I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources,One More Chapter and Netgalley for the copy of the book.

I’m really not quite sure where to start with this review. I loved this book, it’s the sort of story that draws you in from the beginning and it had me wondering what I would do if I was in Mim’s position, would I stay somewhere I know or go somewhere else and see what happens.

We meet Mim when she’s having a rough time, though she doesn’t see it quite like that. She’s homeless and sleeping in her car but to her, having the car puts her in a better position than others. She has a very particular view on life which is challenged in all sorts of ways after she helps Bea and Bill out when they get stuck. What starts off as an act of kindness turns into a bit of an adventure and a rethinking of her life.

There’s a lot that happens to Mim and I don’t want to go into details and spoil it. However, I did like that she has her preconceptions challenged. She’s used to people making judgements about her and after a while realises that she does the same about others, and I liked that she acknowledges this. I also liked that she tried new things in Devon and had new experiences, rather than just sticking to what she’d always done. Sometimes it takes a change of scenery and people to get you to realise that perhaps there is more to life than what you’ve always known.

Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.

My first book my Kate Field and I couldn’t put it down. Brilliant summer read.

Mim (Miranda) is jobless, homeless and living in a car in Lancashire when she stumbles on a couple (Beatrice and William) who have broken down and need to get home to Devon for a family wedding. They persuade Mim to take them home and then offer her somewhere to stay until she gets back on her feet. Devon starts to feel like home and she settles into life living in a caravan on the grounds of Beatrice and William’s estate Venhallow Hall. When her brother who she didn’t know existed turns up will Mim decide to move back to Lancashire or will she stay in Devon.

Finding Home was uplifting and feel-good women’s fiction that revolved around Mim’s journey to find home, love and family. The story was about belongingness, home, family, love, friendship, kindness, lifestyle differences between wealthy and homeless and poor and assumptions people make based on it, and following your heart.

Writing was lucid, lovely, and captivating that kept me flipping pages with smile on my face. It was third person narrative from Mim’s POV. Setting of Littlemead village, Devon was vivid and beautiful.

Plot was lovely. It started with Miranda Brown (Mim) spending her days in car and looking for job ever since she lost her job and home fortnight ago. When she pulled her car at her favourite layby to spend the night, she met an old couple Bae and Bill Howard whose car was broken down and asked for her help to reach to Devon. Mim was never out of Lancashire in her life, she wasn’t going have any luck with finding job in New Year eve, and kindness wasn’t going to cost her anything. She didn’t hesitate in offering help but on she arrived Devon, at Bea and Bill’s Venhallow Hall estate, she got lot more in return of her kindness than she expected.

It was amazing to see how Mim’s life changed and how she found everything she was looking for in life. I was curious to see if she can accept her fate and Howards’ larger than life spirit, kindness and love or the past would come knocking at this new place too.

This book had incredible characters. They were all realistic, relatable and developed. Most of the characters were good who made me smile and easily entered my heart. I loved dynamics of Howard family. Bae and Bill were sweetest and kindest people I have ever read. Their children were equally amazing. I loved Lia most. Unlike rich people we read in books, there wasn’t a drop of shallowness, arrogance or spoilt nature in any of them. They all were so lovely, gentle, down to earth, who followed their heart and supported each other in all possible way.

Mim was my favourite. It was easy to root for her. She was amazing character. I admired how she kept going forward in her life even after the pain she felt on losing her employer, job, and home. Even after facing harsh words of some people, she never let hatred or negativity enter her life. She was always kind, gentle, helping other in all condition without expecting anything in return. I could understand why she was hesitant and why it was taking her long to accept Howards’ love and kindness and kept space, even though they said she was family and treated her like one. I admired her most when she accepted she was being judgemental towards Corin and made mistake in understanding him.

Corin was my second favourite. He was different from his family. At first looking at him through Mim’s eyes, I felt he was ungrateful for not liking his lovely looking family and accepting all the riches and love he got for being privileged, for which people like Mim would do anything. But as we see him more, we could easily see Mim misunderstood him. He was as lovely and kind as his family and loved them unconditionally. I couldn’t get it fully why he didn’t like being born in rich family until he explained it and that, along with Mim, made me see him though different eye. I admired him for what he was doing with his money, knowing about his passion and dream and what he sacrificed for his family.

The plot wouldn’t be interesting without some mean and selfish characters that gave Mim hard time. They weren’t big surprises but I liked reading how Mim and other characters handled them.

Mim’s new friends Karen and Heather were great. I enjoyed how almost everyone in village accepted Mim and helped her and Howards in their little project. Best things in the book were close-knit community, fossil walk, history of Devon coast, Easter Monday event, 2k and 4K sea swim challenge, As You Like Like it holidays caravan project, and Bea and Bill’s love story.

At first, I thought this was a romance book but it wasn’t. Story’s main focus was Mim and her journey to find home but along the way she did find love. So, it might feel underdeveloped if you’re expecting romance here as both main characters spent a bit less time together. Mim and Corin’s relationship was slow and steady growing that started with misunderstanding, assumptions, and friendship with a bit communication trope. I love that author took time with their relationship and how Mim never knowing what exactly love is and how it feels which made their romance different and beautiful. And there is also another love story blooming along with Mim and Corin’s.

It was predictable story and yet author managed to surprise me in climax. It was lovely surprise and I was curious to see how this will change Mim’s life and what she will decide to do at the end. End was perfect, so feel-good and satisfying.

Overall, Finding Home was fluffy, heart-warming and wonderful women’s fiction that contemporary readers would surely enjoy. I read one book by Jenny Colgan and this had similar vibes so if you enjoyed Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan, you would like this too.

A lovely story that keeps you involved from the beginning right through until the final page. Definitely recommended to those readers who enjoy reading this type of book.

Really enjoyed this book - such a great feel-good story! I live in Devon so that was a good start - it is a fantastic place to live and the book confirmed that! And I loved Mim - what a great lady she is. Loved that she wasn't afraid of anything and her hope, optimism and kindness shined through. She just wanted to help others, even coming from the place that she had and with all that she had endured. The Howard family are all real characters and you simply couldn't help but love them too - again, they just want to help, even if they don't think through their actions first!

You are willing for everything to turn out as you hope it is going to - did it? I wouldn't want to spoil your enjoyment by telling you - you'll just have to read it for yourself! Highly recommended - you won't be disappointed with this easy to read story.

Thank you to Net Galley & the publishers for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review, which is what I have given.

Mim is between homes, living in her car she comes to the rescue of Bea and Bill, who have broken down and are desperate for a lift home. Home is Devon, many miles away. However, this does not deter her as she passes road signs of places she has never heard of. She arrives at their home late at night they insist she stays for the night. The next day as she plans to head back to Lancashire she is asked again to help out this time with the wedding.

Mim is so good natured and has nothing to make her return to Burnley, no family and no friends for so she agrees. She is shocked when she finds out that the huge house belongs to Bea and Bill. Whilst waitressing at the wedding she meets a mysterious man. She decides that she could maybe get work here instead of Lancashire and the family invite her to stay, she refuses living in the house but accepts the caravan.

I live in Devon so loved the references to places that I know well. Poor Mim has had a really hard life and I really hoped everything would work out for her. Of course life never runs smoothly but will she find somewhere that she can call home ?

This is warm and comforting read, I instantly liked the characters and the setting. I liked the friends Karen and Heather that she makes swimming, and Janet in the shop is a interesting one ! Life is very different for Mim here and she can be a bit prickly at times due to her insecurities but the Howard family are also not your usual landlords.

I was quickly invested in them all and it was a great story which I throughly enjoyed.

4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book was a picturesque as the cover itself. Set on the coast of Devon, Field’s book offered perfect escapism. I felt transported with Mim to Littlemead and was as bemused as she with her interactions with the wealthy Howards.

One thing is for sure, the stark difference between the Howards and Mim is immense. Mim feels incredibly out of the place when it is clear how wealthy the family are. They do not want for anything but, rather than being stuck up and stand-offish, they are warm and loving. Immediately accepting Mim into the fold of the family, Mim suddenly experiences being wanted and feeling safe. Prior to meeting the Howards, she has been living out of her car, desperately trying to make ends meet. Therefore, it was like a Cinderella moment when Mim has the opportunity of starting afresh in a new place with even a decent bed to snuggle in to at night.

Like Mim, I warmed to the Howard family and loved all the different characters. They are so different and likeable at the same time. So bubbly and friendly, it was pleasant to see that Mim was not going to resist their genuine friendship for too long. Without needing to depart from Devon again, Mim soon finds herself settling down with the Howards. Working in the local deli and pub, Mim makes swimming friends and even helps the Howards establish a life-changing project that will help those in a similar situation to Mim.

There are so many touching scenes in this book, with Fields demonstrating the importance of family and love. I really liked the Shakespearean and Cinderella references, adding to the comfort that both book and characters offer. I could understand Mim attempting to resist settling down in Littlemead, but it is clear to readers that the appeal is difficult to ignore. Indeed, as it becomes clear how important she is to the Howards, I loved watching her grow and settle in such a positive place.

One of the key themes in this book is wealth and identity. For too long, Mim has suffered judgements based on her past and background. Significantly, however, she finds herself doing this to the Howard family, casting assumptions because of their massive wealth. Frequently, Mim reminds her new friends that there are certain things she cannot do due to her lack of finances. Although I found it slightly irritating, I think Field was demonstrating how Mim has become defined by her struggles. On the other hand, she stereotypes members of the Howard family because of how they behave. Over time, she realises the importance of getting to know people properly before such impressions can be made.

Whilst some aspects of the plot were obvious, I still liked reading the progression of the story. Field illustrates how one’s past can influence your judgements but that it is still important to learn from them to make you a stronger person. This is certainly personified with Mim’s character. The wealth divide is a little awkward at first but I think Mim overcomes this to reflect how this does not shape a person. In other words, the love and friendship that Mim finds herself surrounded by, from both the Howard family and her friends, is unconditional and an indication of how much they value her. For Mim, this is a tricky lesson to learn.

I really enjoyed this sweet story and loved watching Mim grow. The setting helps to make this an even more enjoyable story and I appreciated the importance that Field’s places on treasuring connections – both family and beyond.

With thanks to One More Chapter, NetGalley and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.