Bea’s Book Wagon - Julie Haworth

About the book… 

Set in the fictional Sussex village of Blossom Heath, and featuring characters you will know and love from Julie Haworth’s RNA Katie Fforde Debut of the Year Always By Your Side and follow up New Beginnings at The Cosy Cat Café, Bea’s Book Wagon is a cosy, uplifting and comforting romance that tells the story of two love interest hero’s vying for Bea’s heart – her artisan cheesemaking childhood sweetheart and a knock-you-off-your-feet property developer.

After impulsively jacking in her dead-end temp job and investing her life savings in a ramshackle old horsebox, Bea sets about turning her dream of running a bookshop into a reality, and opens Bea’s Book Wagon. But it’s not all smooth sailing, and as Bea struggles with the challenges of running of her own small business, she can only hope that her love of literature and the power of reading can help transform the lives of her friends, her community and herself in the process.

Buy Links: 

Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/iBC2oP8

About the author… 

With a degree in English and American Literature, Julie Haworth worked as an English teacher for a number of years, specialising in working with learners with literacy difficulties, before launching her own freelance copywriting business. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, and her debut novel, Always By Your Side, which she wrote whilst recovering from Covid in 2020, won the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award.

I write uplifting stories about friendship and
community, bursting with romance and charm
from my home in the bustling city of Chelmsford,
Essex. I’m still pinching myself that I’ve realised
my lifelong dream of becoming an author!

When I’m  since that fabulous night where Julie and the other authors read from their up coming new books!not busy writing, I can mainly be found
shopping, drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee
and hanging out with my two rescue cats. I’m
also a member of the Romantic Novelists’
the Society of Authors.

I love to hear from readers and you can find me
on Instagram @juliehaworthauthor or on X at
@jhaworthauthor

Contact Links: 

Instagram: @JulieHaworthAuthor

X: @JHaworthauthor

My thoughts…

I was fortunate to attend the Simon & Schuster - author/blogger event back in February this year and be given an early copy of Bea’s Book Wagon.  I cannot believe it’s been seven months and it’s finally publication day this week on Thursday 9th of October.  It was a privilege to hear Julie and the other authors reading from their up coming new books.

Bea’s Book Wagon is a dream of a read set back in Blossom Heath where the author Julie Haworth had set her previous books, debut and second book.  Bea finds herself the proud owner of a horse box bought from eBay after a night spent drinking too many tequilas after quitting her latest temping job. Veering from exhilarated to regret in the space of a night - what had she done now!

Somehow she has the vision of turning her passion for books, knights in shining armour and villains of the peace into a reality. She with the help of friends converts the horse box into a mobile book shop and sets about setting up a business.

Like any good romance there’s a twist and Bea doesn’t see beyond the solid friendship and kindness of long ago childhood beau Nathan, who is always there for her, supporting and kind, he is a heart on legs with zero expectations.  Fast track second love interest Lachlan, he’s the polar opposite.  Where Nathan has zero expections and does things out of absolute kindness and love, Lachlan is all about the show, everything is really about him and his ego. As the saying goes ‘there’s no show without punch’ and for Lachlan this is true but of course Bea doesn’t see this.  

I absolutely loved the concept of this book and totally bought into the dream of the ‘Book Wagon’, I joined her friends and family in cheer leading from the sidelines - this was the perfect tonic, read wrapped up in a blanket with my coffee and cake. Another fab read from Julie Haworth that had me smiling throughout - except of course when I was cussing Lachlan and his superficial charm!

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