Reading a Katie Fforde book is such a comforting, enjoyable, lovely experience. The plots may follow a similar pattern, but characters and vocations differ enough to keep things interesting and new. Flora is a fun, young breath of fresh air as she arrives in the country to join the family antiques business. Her uptight cousin Charles and his fiance Annabelle are obvious in their disdain and assume she'll be easily bought out. Flora surprises them and herself by enjoying the business and fighting to make it profitable. The unwanted attraction that both Flora and Charles, opposites in the extreme, begin to feel is fun to follow and satisfying to see in the end. I'm crossing my fingers that Fforde continues to write books that are similar to Flora's Lot for many years to come.