Alison Sherlock

Alison Sherlock creates uplifting British contemporary romance whose connected village stories emphasize home, friendship, and community renewal. Heading Home to Lavender Cottage, published by Boldwood Books in 2023, opens her Railway Lane series. Harriet Colgan returns to Cranfield intending to sell the cottage inherited from her aunt and uncle, then discovers plans to replace cherished lavender fields with an industrial warehouse. Her campaign brings her into conflict with businessman Joe Randall, whose expected land purchase becomes more complicated as he encounters Harriet and the villagers. The novel combines a rural Cotswold-style setting, a stray dog, and a threatened family legacy with a developing romance. Sherlock previously created the Willow Tree Hall books and later extended Railway Lane through New Beginnings on Railway Lane and Winter Magic on Railway Lane. She left office work to pursue writing after a long interest in books and storytelling. Her fiction repeatedly treats a place in need of care as part of the emotional journey toward belonging.