The Start of the Story: A BRAND NEW beautifully uplifting romance from Jane Lovering for 2024 by Jane LoveringMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Rowan Thorpe collects folklore, she's even got a grant to collect folklore local to her home in Yorkshire, much of which centres around the Fairy Stane which is said to guard the entrance to fairyland/keep the little people trapped underground. She lives alone in a small cottage on the moors.
Then one day her academic research is rudely interrupted by an impossibly handsome Irish historian (the sworn enemies of folklorists). Connor O'Keefe has come across to Yorkshire to explore whether there may have been an ancient Roman town on the moors and he is convinced the Fairy Stane is the key.
Despite her better judgement, Rowan agrees to let Connor use her spare room, since he doesn't drive and there are no B&Bs close to the Stane. Rowan finds herself opening up to Connor, in return Connor shares his own reasons for leaving Ireland.
This didn't really work for me. I failed to see what Connor found so interesting about Rowan, he seemed to fall for her from the start - why? There were also a few historical vignettes which were randomly inserted and interrupted the story. I now know why they were put there but frankly they didn't add anything for me.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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