Though Viv may be a flake, Scarlett becomes more worried as each day passes and she fails to appear. Scarlett begins to wonder why Vivian hasn’t met her at the station. Upon her arrival in London, Scarlett is met by a stranger who turns out to be her long-ago childhood friend, Harry, who’s also Viv’s business manager. This induces a warm, friendly setting that lets you feel at home. I liked that time is spent acquainting you with some of the characters before the mystery is sprung. The story draws you in from the very first page as the characters come to life and beckon you into their world.Īs Scarlett’s life becomes internet fodder, she decides to accept her cousin Vivian’s offer to come to London and help run Mim’s Whims hat shop which was left to them both by her grandmother. This is the first book in a new series by the author of the Cupcake Bakery and Library Lovers series. Is Scarlett’s cousin in trouble? Or is she in hiding? No one is too concerned about the unpredictable Viv until one of her posh clients is found dead wearing the cloche hat Viv made for her-and nothing else. Second, Viv-who has some whims of her own-seems to be missing. First, she is met at the airport not by Viv, but by her handsome business manager, Harrison Wentworth. Viv is the proprietor of Mims’s Whims, a ladies’ hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business.īut a few surprises await Scarlett in London. So when Viv suggests Scarlett leave Florida to lay low in London, she hops on the next plane across the pond. Is Scarlett's cousin in trouble? Or is she in hiding?įancy hats and British aristocrats make this my sort of delicious cozy read.Not only is Scarlett Parker’s love life in the loo-as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say-it’s also gone viral with an embarrassing video.

But a few surprises await Scarlett in London. Viv is the proprietor of Mims's Whims, a ladies' hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business. Not only is Scarlett Parker's love life in the loo-as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say-it's also gone viral with an embarrassing video.

Cloche and dagger