Neighbours on Foxglove Street

Foxglove Street #1

by Alix Kelso

Welcome to Foxglove Street, where neighbours become friends, friends become family, and there’s a story behind every door…

After a long and lonely winter, pensioner Olive Nimmo is desperate to get out of the house and make new friends. Finding her neighbour, Angela, in dire straits and struggling to care for her much-loved family dog, Olive offers to lend a helping hand. But when her good intentions almost end in disaster, Olive wonders if she’s up to the challenge of being a good neighbour after all.

Single mother Angela Barton is juggling raising her daughter, returning to work, and recovering from her ex-husband’s betrayal. Grateful for her neighbour’s dog-walking help, she’s thrilled when friendship blossoms with the elderly lady. But when Olive’s near-disaster brings handsome policeman, Mark, into Angela’s life, she fights against the undeniable attraction. The last thing she wants is a new relationship, or so she keeps telling herself.

As Olive and Angela are forced to rethink what they’re capable of in life, they each wonder if a whole new world might be waiting for them… but are they brave enough to face their fears and venture into the unknown?

Enjoy a visit to Foxglove Street for a heartwarming story filled with friendship, new beginnings, and a sprinkling of small town romance.

Genres: Romance

328 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 4, 2023

About the author

Alix Kelso writes feel-good, heartwarming stories filled with romance, family, friendship and fun. She lives in Glasgow with her husband, where she enjoys pottering in the kitchen, exploring the great outdoors, and buying far too many Christmas decorations.

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Reviews

[Gerrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a truly delightful book! Reading it was like being given a comforting hug on a cold day. And it's wonderful to know there are many more books to follow in the series.
We follow the dual stories of neighbours Olive and Angela, two women at different stages of their lives, but drawn together when it becomes clear the latter needs help with a distressing dilemma. Along the way, we encounter other characters, each part of the tale expertly woven together to create an entertaining experience.
This is a story about community and friendship, as well as a lesson in never judging a person too quickly and always embracing new challenges, even if the thought is quite terrifying.
She'd lived long enough to know that inside every disaster there lay the seeds of eventual triumph, from every sadness there would come eventual joy, and that from every ending came a new beginning.
I look forward to visiting Foxglove Street again soon.

[Alison Cairns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a nice heartwarming read. I love meeting new characters, and I love seeing different generations become friends. This reminded me of moving into a house with young children and being befriended by my elderly neighbour. We all grew to love her and feel like family. Olive and Angela are neighbours who haven't spoken beyond a nodded hello. When Olive hears Angela crying she asks if she can help and so begins a friendship of mutual support. We read this for our book club and one of the ladies said she can empathise so much with Olive, living alone, feeling lonely, seeing her peers die. Just a lovely story and I look forward to meeting more of the neighbours.

[jill dunklin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neighbours on Foxglove Street

I really enjoyed this book. I will recommend this to my friends.

I look forward to reading another e book in the Foxglove Street Series.

I give this book 5 stars.

[Bernie Armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it

Best book I have read in ages. Love the story line and the neighbours being like all good neighbours should be . Its like where I live.
Looking forward to the next book in the series and hope it's just as good

[Elizabeth Dewfall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real feel good book loved all the characters

[Pat Langhelt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book neighbours becoming Good friends and the different generations firming new relationships.

[Dot Sumner · Rating 5 out of 5]

True to life

I am 76, and feel just like Olive did, but enjoyed the book very much it's certainly got the feel good read about it.

[MRS KIM V BARCLAY · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it

Wasn’t really sure what to expect but it exceeded my expectations and more. An easy read with a few twists and turns

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this series, my only regret is that I've finished the series!
I want more!

[Erika Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the whole series of these. Gently formulaic after a few, the characters nonetheless kept me coming back for more until they felt like old friends!

[Lucy C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyable!

[ms jane paskin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read

Absolutely loved reading this book,I'm looking forward to the next one now, Alix Kelso is now one of my favourite authors