The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

Zoe is sick of being broke and living in a noisy, cramped London apartment with her young son, Hari. When the chance comes to move to Scotland and work both as a nanny and running a mobile bookstore, Zoe decides to make the move. Even though the countryside is beautiful, Zoe has a hard time of it. As a live-in nanny at the Beeches, she finds the children quite a handful, since their father keeps to himself and their mother disappeared awhile ago. Also, the regular customers of the bookshop have not taken kindly to someone taking over the business from their beloved Nina, who is out on maternity leave. Slowly, Zoe finds her own way of working and things begin to turn around. However, when Hari's dad, Jaz ,visits and insists that Zoe and Hari move back to London so he can find them a better place to live, Zoe feels she must agree, because she feels Hari needs to be around his father. Is this really the right choice for Zoe and Hari? The Bookshop on the Shore is sequel to Colgan's The Bookshop on the Corner which featured Nina as the main character.