A real celebration of the warmth and charm you get from the Irish. Set in a small village on the west coast of Ireland, three women with seemingly nothing in common forge an alliance that strengthens and enriches all of their lives. Definitely escapism of the highest order. My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for this advance digital copy. This is bound to be a hit.

Joy's husband's last words were to tell he he had a daughter. Joy is devasted and is left wondering how her husband could have done this to her.
During the reading for the will Joy finds out that an expensive painting has been left to Robyn,her husband's daughter.
Robyn's address is a village in Ireland so Joy decides to travel from France to deliver the painting in person and find out about Robyn and who her mother is.
Robyn has opened a bookshop and its not doing very well, this has been her dream so she is anxious to make it work.
Joy plucks up courage to enter the bookshop and is somehow roped into becoming a bookshop volunteer before she can even tell Robyn who she is.
Joy loves the bookshop and is determined to help Robyn make it a success before she has to return to France. She also keeps it a secret who she is and why she is there.
This is such a good read. It was nice to read a feel good book where people want the best for those around them. The people in the village are so neighbourly and helpful. Joy and Robyn are great characters.
Faith Hogan never fails me by writing a book that captures my attention and imagination from the first page.

A lovely book about families set in Ireland. A great cast of characters and a lovely story too. Highly recommended.

Set in France and Ireland, this is a,true page turner. A storyline full of deceit, surprises, and love. An atmospheric and emotional book with vivid descriptions and characters .I enjoyed reading it immensely.

I discovered Faith Hogan last year and have read a few now. I really like her writing style.
Joy is returning home with her husband Yves when they are involved in a car crash. As he is being rushed into hospital, his dying words to Joy are 'I have a daughter'.
Joy is shocked.
Yves has left a painting to a woman called Robyn. So Joy sets off to Ballycove in Ireland to track down this mysterious woman.
Robyn has taken over a bookshop. She is quite a shy young woman who lacks many friends. Her best friend is Kian, who she has been in love with forever. Her mother, Fern, has her own marital woes
She returns to Ballycove to get some headspace and decide on her future.
I loved this. I really enjoyed the way the author brought all the characters together, and they really are a lovely bunch. I really liked Albie, full of wisdom.
The ending was a little predictable. I knew straight away who the culprit was. This does not take away the enjoyment of the story.
I really look forward to Ms. Hogan's next book.
Thanks to Netgalley and Aria and Aries for the ARC in return for an honest review.

this book had me hooked from cover to cover. everything about it was just so beautiful. I really enjoyed the characters and the depth of the story. so beautifully written.

A sweet book about female friendship. Perhaps the plot is a little predictable, but entertaining and a nice read. Set mostly in the West of Ireland, the book centres on Robyn , a young woman who has taken over a bookshop.
I like the characterizations in yhe book, though some of the problems are perhaps too quickly resolved. Certainly entertaining though
Thanks to Net galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

When Joy’s husband dies, she travels to Ireland to meet the step daughter she didn’t know existed.

This is the story of three women:
Joy, an American living in Paris who has been recently widowed and needs a purpose in life.

Robyn, a shy young girl whose dream of owning her own bookshop, is about to come true - but owning the bookshop is just the start; now she has to make it successful.

Fern, Robyn’s mother, a successful artist whose marriage is not what it seems.

The author writes lovely stories with strong characters. This is the story of how these women meet and form an unlikely friendship, in a small Irish village. The village itself and all the minor characters who come and go, are as much a part of the story and I ended up feeling as though I knew them all personally.

I really enjoy Faith Hogan’s books and this one did not disappoint. I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A very enjoyable book that i won’t hesitate to recommend to others. Thanks for the opportunity to read & review it.

This was my first book by Faith Hogan but it certainly won't be my last! I will be adding her other books to my TBR pile and marking her as a favourite author.

What a gorgeous story this was. I was drawn to it because of the title and picture on the cover. I love bookshops so of course I just had to read about Robyn and her bookshop.

Faith has created such wonderful, real characters that I became to care for very early on. I was totally invested in their lives and laughed and cried along with them.

Love the twists and turns of the story and would love to see a sequel to this to see where everyone ends up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Aria for the digital ARC. All opinions are my own.

Having enjoyed previous titles from Faith Hogan, I was eager to read this latest offering. This is, yet again a beautiful tale, set in Ireland with easy to get to know characters and a wonderful plot.

I enjoy Faith Hogans books and this was no exception. I was completely caught up in this warm and engaging story and loved the way it developed. Absolutely recommend this as a great summer read.

I do love a Faith Hogan book, and this was no exception. We're back in the beautiful town of Ballycove and this time the story is set in a struggling bookshop, with a little mystery about a painting left to the owner, Robyn.

Robyn is the owner of the bookshop, although her family have owned the whole building for many years. Robyn has always dreamt of owning a bookshop but isn't great with people and is struggling to make her dream viable and the bookshop profitable. Her mother, Fern, is a well known artist and lives in Dublin with her French husband, but ends up back in Ballycove after trouble in her relationship.

Then we have Joy, who had been living in Paris, but has recently lost her husband in a tragic accident, and has travelled to Ballycove to solve a mystery and give a valuable painting to Robyn that her husband left her in his will.

There are a few secrets that people are hiding in this book, mainly Joy by not telling anyone why she is there, but of course Fern too, as she knew Joy's art dealer husband many years ago. But Joy gets sucked into life in Ballcove and ends up working in the bookshop quite by accident, helping Robyn with marketing and making the bookshop very popular.

There were some lovely side characters, the main one being elderly Albie, Robyn's great uncle. He was full of gentle wisdom for everyone and the one that everyone went to for advice. Fern wasn't my favourite character, I found her quite hard to like, but I really loved Joy and Robyn and how their relationship developed. Of course the secrets were eventually revealed and everyone came to accept the past was the past, and they moved on with their lives much happier. In the end everything tends to happen for a reason and Joy found her 'family' in Ballycove. Really lovely book.

Having read several Faith Hogan books before I was delighted to get this ARC and it didn't disappoint. Great book lovely characters, apart from two nasty pieces! Love the way Ballycove is the setting for many of Faiths books yet they stand alone. Definitely be suggesting these books to friends and family

Who doesn't love a Bookshop?! I certainly do and so I was naturally drawn to a book set in a bookshop, particularly when it was written by the wonderful Faith Hogan and set in Ballycove.

A brilliant tale of friendship, love (complicated and simple!) and embracing the future, even if it doesn't happen as you planned. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 from me and highly recommended.

As is usually the way with Faith Hogan books The Bookshop Ladies is a very warm hearted and endearing book where characters come together, sometimes initially in adversity and discover peace and a solution to their problems by helping each other and/or others. This book centres around three women. Joy, Robyn and Fern whose lives are connected. Although initially they are unaware of this. The death of Joy's husband and the betrayal of Fern's finds them all gathered in Ballycove on the West Coast of Ireland. A favourite spot of the author in which to set her novels. Other characters from previous novels have cameos in this story but the main narrative involves the three women and Uncle Albie. The book was a pleasure to read. The characters are well rounded, easy to empathise with and totally believable. There was a nice balance of pathos and humour and the final twist was timed exactly right to bring the book to a satisfactory conclusion. I'm very happy to give this book a 5* recommendation.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

Who doesn't love a book about running a bookshop?! Robyn has taken on quite a project, it was not only her dream to own a bookshop, but also something to leave her comfort zone. I enjoyed how she tried to work around her social anxiety.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.

I have read one of Faith Hogan's other books set in Ballycove and I do love her style of writing. The characters are so true to life as are the situations they find themselves in. You don't need to have read any of her other books to enjoy this one. After losing her art dealer husband, American Joy discovers that he has a daughter she never knew about. Apart from feeling extremely upset and hurt, she sets out to deliver a painting he left to his daughter Robyn in his will. Joy does not not immediately tell the people in Ballycove who she really is so we discover the lives of those closest to Robyn. As Joy becomes a part of the daily life of Ballycove, she finds it so much harder to admit to who she is and why she is there. I loved this book and how the story panned out. I loved how Joy becomes part of the community in Ballycove and the situations presented here are not false or unrealistic. It was one of those books where I couldn't wait to see what happened but then again, didn't want it to end. Thank you so much to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this lovely book.

This is a really great book to read with lots of sub plots to follow too keeping you hooked in from start to finish and being left with wanting to know just that little bit more...

Joy and her husband have been in a traffic accident. On the way to hospital Joy’s husband confesses that he has a secret daughter.
Later Joy discovers that he has left a valuable painting in his will to his daughter and Joy travels to Ireland to deliver it in person to the girl.
A feel good story about, secrets, friendships and new beginnings.
Thank you to NetGalley and Head of Zeus Ltd for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.