Maz Harwood's life takes a sudden turn when her boyfriend dumps her for his ex and her best friend Emma needs someone to take over her veterinary clinic while she and her husband take a much needed vacation. Not quite sure how it happened, Maz finds herself leaving London for an extended stay in the village of Talyton St. George in Devon. For Emma, Talyton is where she grew up. Her childhood home, Otter House, has been converted to house her practice. She loves the village and all its inhabitants, four and two legged. Poor Maz might as well be in a foreign country.

Maz is a good vet who knows how to treat sick animals. The unspoken rules and expectations of small town life are another matter. There's the rivalry with the oldest vet practice in town owned by the Fox-Giffords. The father is determined to see Otter House closed while the son is handsome and dashing but with suspect motives given the rivalry. The locals won't trust the new vet making it difficult to do her job, something that becomes increasingly important as Maz learns the real financial state of the practice. Good or bad, news travels fast in a small town and Maz finds herself putting out fires with every mistake she makes. Life in the English countryside is more complicated than you would think.

CITY GIRL, COUNTRY VET is a pleasant story of life in the English countryside. Cute animals, quirky villagers, a beautiful setting, emotional ups and downs...the story has all the elements a reader would expect. Maz is suitably out of her element leading to some humorous accidents and miscalculations. I enjoyed the story, though at times I thought it dragged a bit. At times Maz seemed a bit naive for someone with years of experience as a vet. I am curious, though, to see how Maz and her story evolve now that she's had her introduction to Talyton.

CITY GIRL, COUNTRY VET, is a reissue of the first book in the Otter House Vets series previously published as Trust Me, I'm a Vet.