Healing Hearts on Thistledown Lane PART #3: Fall in love with part three of this new uplifting and heartwarming story

Healing Hearts on Thistledown Lane #3

by Holly Hepburn

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97 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 14, 2025

About the author

I’ve wanted to write books for adults for as long as I can remember but I was too scared to try. One day I decided to be brave and dipped a toe into the bubble bath of romantic comedy with my first novella, Cupidity, and I’ve never looked back. I often try to be funny to be funny, except for when faced with traffic wardens and border control staff. My favourite thing is making people smile.

I’ve tried many jobs over the years, from barmaid to market researcher and I even had a brief flirtation with modelling. These days I am mostly found writing.

I live near London with my grey tabby cat, Portia. We both have an unhealthy obsession with Marmite.

Reviews

[Kirsty (BookBlogger) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Healing Hearts on Thistledown Lane (Part Three) by Holly Hepburn

Blurb

Maura has everything she ever wanted from life – a quirky cottage in Edinburgh’s picturesque Dean Village, a thriving career as a potter, and a contented relationship with her childhood sweetheart, Jamie. Never mind that the cottage is damp, her pots aren’t selling and Jamie prefers a night down the pub with his rugby mates to an evening in with her.

But everyone wishes things were just a tiny bit better, right?

When Maura reunites with Fraser Bell at a Hogmanay party, she’s instantly transported back to her school days. And when he suggests she makes some ceramic ghosts to go with his city ghost tour business, she’s tempted. At first, everything goes smoothly but it’s not long before their new partnership causes problems that ripple through every aspect of Maura’s life. The ghosts go viral, meaning she has more orders than she can fulfil, and Jamie is less than thrilled that she’s spending all her time in her studio. But it’s not until Edinburgh Castle shows an interest in Maura’s work that things begin to spiral out of control.

Can Maura really have it all or will she regret wishing for more?

My Opinion

This is the third part of Healing Hearts on Thistledown Lane; the book really must be read in the correct order. With some great characters this really is a fun read.

Rating 4/5

[Wendy(Wendyreadsbooks) Robey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Healing Hearts on Thistledown Lane is a really sweet romance read based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. I loved getting to know Maura and seeing her confidence grow in her pottery was lovely to see - the pieces she made sounded beautiful and I loved the idea of the ghosts.
The historical elements of the story are fascinating and the ghosts tours sounded great fun. Fraser’s skill at bringing the stories to life was really showcased.
Full of emotion, we really got to see both Maura and Fraser from their school years to the current day as their lives continued to entwine without the realisation as to how important they were to eachother.
A warm-hearted, feel-good read this is another lovely story from Holly Hepburn.

[Debbieafranklin]

Loved it. What a journey

This book was just as good as the previous 2. Maura is so loverly & such a hard worker making all her loverly pottery she is doing so well at the pottery festival. Fraser is doing such a wonderful job with his ghost story's and he's always a gentleman. They both deserve to find someone to make them feel happier than they have been. No spoilers just read this one you wo t be disappointed.

[Karin S Openshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, very well written loved the charictures can't wait for book 4

[Joyce tuffs · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely story.

This is the third book in The Healing Hearts on Thisledown Lane series. A series of short stories following the friendship of two old school friends.

[Jocelyn Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

[Tracey Pearce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again this is another short story in the series Healing Hearts which is set in Edinburgh. Some of places are made up like the street name in the title. I quite enjoy reading these books in small parts as i dont think they would be as good as a whole book.