A novel set in the Lake District was always going to be interesting having visited the area on may occasions. I have to agree that all we want is "nice walks, nice views and a tearoom". Rachel is at the centre of everything and thinks of the countryside of her home county of Cumbria in a much deeper way. So when the Earl of Annerdale wants her to take control of the rewilding of wolves on his estate, her experience with those animals in Idaho makes this an opportunity she cannot resist.
I found the book to be a compulsive page turner although much did seem like fantasy. Sometimes everything seems just too perfect, her cottage on the estate (Seldom Seen), pregnancy, single motherhood, Rachel herself, the Earl all seem like a fantastical construction for the sake of the story. It is only her relationship with her troubled brother that feels real.
The last section takes a different turn and the book puts it's foot down on the accelerator. But overall I found the novel to be a warm and cuddly piece of cleverly organised fiction, one that I enjoyed.
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