Welcome to Highland Falls, both the name of Debbie Mason's new series and the town in which it is set. In the first book, SUMMER ON HONEYSUCKLE RIDGE, we meet Abby Everhart, who lives in Los Angeles and is a recent divorcee. She’s made money from running a YouTube channel but her grumpy ex has insisted she give up being a popular influencer. Abby has beetled off to take up an inheritance from an aunt she hardly knew in North Carolina.

SUMMER ON HONEYSUCKLE RIDGE begins with Abby’s arrival at Honeysuckle Farm. Abby is so chatty and endearing it’s easy to get drawn into her light-hearted life. Hunter MacKenzie thinks Abby is either lost or batty when she turns up with designer luggage on a farm that’s definitely in need of repair. Hunter owns part of the land through the same will which gave Abby the house, and he greatly resents her. The little Yorkshire Terrier she dotes on, chats to, and dresses in bows, almost gets eaten by his wolf-dog. This is really a case of dogs resembling owners, as Hunter is a former soldier who doesn’t much like being around people. The only thing Abby can find that’s good about the farmhouse is that it has cellphone reception. She can keep in touch with her gorgeous sisters, which, of course, means trying to find a pretty backdrop for every photo and FaceTime call.

Let’s just say a great many elements combine. Highland Falls has several residents of Scottish descent who insist on re-enacting the Outlander story. The locality gives farm tours for profit, there’s baking and beekeeping going on, and lots more. But behind it all, we learn that Abby has an issue causing some clumsiness and reading problems. I was at first a bit impatient with her tripping constantly, but she quickly tells Hunter the cause. I would be more patient with a person in real life, so why was I less understanding of this heroine? Nobody is perfect. Not even in a book. Debbie Mason gives us a version of a Cinderella story and a heroine we can actually admire more than someone who is perfect. Abby seems able to turn her hand to film media extremely well, and I was delighted to see this. SUMMER ON HONEYSUCKLE RIDGE is full-time fun and there are new characters, antics, and twists around every corner.