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Quilting Bee & Tea Shop #3
Embroidery Cottage
When Euan, the rich and handsome flower grower, buys another field, it comes with a pretty cottage. Deciding to rent out the cottage, he advertises that it’s available.
Poppy has started up her own craft business in Glasgow, designing embroidery patterns, but moves to Euan’s cottage in the Scottish Highlands on the West Coast by the sea. She’s pleased to find out that there’s a local quilting bee held in the tea shop every week, and the ladies of the bee welcome her to join them.
Poppy wants to concentrate on her embroidery work, and isn’t looking for romance or another broken heart. Euan has never been lucky in love, but maybe his luck is about to change when Poppy moves into the cottage.
Note:
The book includes a bumblebee embroidery pattern designed by the author, De-ann Black, to download.
Poppy has started up her own craft business in Glasgow, designing embroidery patterns, but moves to Euan’s cottage in the Scottish Highlands on the West Coast by the sea. She’s pleased to find out that there’s a local quilting bee held in the tea shop every week, and the ladies of the bee welcome her to join them.
Poppy wants to concentrate on her embroidery work, and isn’t looking for romance or another broken heart. Euan has never been lucky in love, but maybe his luck is about to change when Poppy moves into the cottage.
Note:
The book includes a bumblebee embroidery pattern designed by the author, De-ann Black, to download.
- GenresContemporary
116 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 28, 2022
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About the author
De-ann Black
168 books82 followersDe-ann Black's new books are: Wedding Waltz, Vintage Ball, Autumn Nature Colouring Book, Autumn Ball Marriage & Music, Design, Dance & Romance, Romance Dancer, Summer Ball Weddings & Waltzing, Quilt Shop by the Seaside, Embroidery Bee, Crafting Bee, Scottish Highlands New Year Ball, Ballroom Dancing Christmas Romance, Christmas Ballroom Dancing, Autumn Romance, Knitting & Starlight, Knitting Bee, The Sweetest Waltz, Sweet Music, Love & Lyrics, Christmas Weddings, Fairytale Christmas on the Island, The Cure for Love at Christmas, Vintage Dress Shop on the Island, Scottish Island Fairytale Castle, Scottish Loch Summer Romance, Scottish Island Knitting Bee, Sewing & Mending Cottage, Knitting Shop by the Sea, Scottish Highlands Christmas Wedding, Colouring Book Cottage, Oops! I'm the Paparazzi, Again, and Knitting Cottage.
Her embroidery pattern books include: Floral Garden Embroidery Patterns, Floral Spring Embroidery Patterns, Sea Theme Embroidery Patterns, and Christmas & Winter Embroidery Patterns.
De-ann’s colouring books include: Autumn Nature, Summer Nature, Flower Nature, and Christmas Theme Colouring Book.
De-ann is a bestselling author, screenwriter and former newspaper journalist. Traditionally published for over 15 years. De-ann became an Amazon All-Star author in 2014 and 2015, as well as an Amazon All-Stars in 2025.
She has over 100 books published. Romance, thrillers, espionage novels, action adventure. And children's books (non-fiction rocket science books, children's fiction and picture books).
She previously worked as a full-time newspaper journalist for several years. She had her own weekly columns in the press. This included being a motoring correspondent where she got to test drive cars every week for the press for three years.
Before being asked to work for the press, De-ann worked in magazine editorial writing everything from fashion features to social news. And was marketing editor of a glossy magazine.
She is also a professional artist and illustrator. Embroidery design, fabric design, dressmaking, sewing, knitting, photography and fashion are part of her work.
Additionally, De-ann has always been interested in fitness and dance, and was a fitness and bodybuilding champion, 100 metre runner and mountaineer. As a former N.A.B.B.A. Miss Scotland, she had a weekly fitness show on the radio that ran for over three years.
De-ann trained in Shukokai karate, boxing, kickboxing, Dayan Qigong and Jiu Jitsu.
She splits her time between Scotland and London.
Find out more at: www.de-annblack.com
Her embroidery pattern books include: Floral Garden Embroidery Patterns, Floral Spring Embroidery Patterns, Sea Theme Embroidery Patterns, and Christmas & Winter Embroidery Patterns.
De-ann’s colouring books include: Autumn Nature, Summer Nature, Flower Nature, and Christmas Theme Colouring Book.
De-ann is a bestselling author, screenwriter and former newspaper journalist. Traditionally published for over 15 years. De-ann became an Amazon All-Star author in 2014 and 2015, as well as an Amazon All-Stars in 2025.
She has over 100 books published. Romance, thrillers, espionage novels, action adventure. And children's books (non-fiction rocket science books, children's fiction and picture books).
She previously worked as a full-time newspaper journalist for several years. She had her own weekly columns in the press. This included being a motoring correspondent where she got to test drive cars every week for the press for three years.
Before being asked to work for the press, De-ann worked in magazine editorial writing everything from fashion features to social news. And was marketing editor of a glossy magazine.
She is also a professional artist and illustrator. Embroidery design, fabric design, dressmaking, sewing, knitting, photography and fashion are part of her work.
Additionally, De-ann has always been interested in fitness and dance, and was a fitness and bodybuilding champion, 100 metre runner and mountaineer. As a former N.A.B.B.A. Miss Scotland, she had a weekly fitness show on the radio that ran for over three years.
De-ann trained in Shukokai karate, boxing, kickboxing, Dayan Qigong and Jiu Jitsu.
She splits her time between Scotland and London.
Find out more at: www.de-annblack.com
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May 27, 2024
Another great book in the series!
April 18, 2022
This is the 3rd book in the lovely series set in Scotland, about making a new life for yourself, new friends and the prospect of a partner.
In this book, Poppy moves to the small village by the sea on the West Coast of Scotland and rents a cottage from Euan, the local flower farmer.
Poppy creates and sells embroidery patterns and finished embroidery pieces. She fits in quickly with the local ladies in the quilting bee, and they help encourage her romance with the strapping, handsome farmer.
A lovely story, easily read in a couple of hours. Although a standalone story, the books are best read in order of publication to preserve continuity of the characters and series.
In this book, Poppy moves to the small village by the sea on the West Coast of Scotland and rents a cottage from Euan, the local flower farmer.
Poppy creates and sells embroidery patterns and finished embroidery pieces. She fits in quickly with the local ladies in the quilting bee, and they help encourage her romance with the strapping, handsome farmer.
A lovely story, easily read in a couple of hours. Although a standalone story, the books are best read in order of publication to preserve continuity of the characters and series.
November 27, 2025
At about 100 pages, Embroidery Cottage could be read in one sitting, but I did it in two. A quick read of book three in the Quilting Bee and Tea Shop series and we have met, learned to care for, and root for Euan and Poppy. Poppy moves into Euan's rental cottage and finds new friends, a calmer life, and the perfect place to work on her embroidery design and kit business. Euan, a flower farmer, is instantly attracted to her but she has been burned before and just wants to be friends. This is a stand alone offering, but characters from the first two stories appear in this tale. This is a light-hearted and fun read. But, I got more out of it than just some pleasant time-passing. It helped me make a decision. Simultaneously, on my Kindle, is an ARC romance that I have been debating whether to abandon due to the language and what amounts to soft-core porn love scenes. I must have missed the cues I look for in the blurb. I had already contemplated how the story could be written just as well without those elements and Embroidery Cottageproves it can be done. I'm not saying Embroidery Cottage is great romantic literature, nor is it intended to be; but the other book is just gratuitous, in my opinion. Anyway, this is a cute book and I will prolly look for the other books in the series, just to meet up with the other folks living in this quaint village in the Scottish Highlands. Recommend.
October 24, 2025
Another great book in the series. I love these as an in between read. Something you can sit and work through and know it’s a feel good book. As someone once called it a marshmallow book. It follows the story of a young woman leaving Glasgow to set up a small craft business. This would be doing the thing she loves most embroidery. Going against other people’s negativity she takes the plunge and manages to add some romance
July 27, 2023
This is the 3rd book in the series. A nice, if predictable, storyline, similar to the others in that the main character has escaped from the city to the countryside/coast & falls in love in the first few pages!
However, I enjoy the vivid descriptions of a)the scenery, b) the needlework which is a main theme running through the books and c) the food from Gordon's tea shop!
However, I enjoy the vivid descriptions of a)the scenery, b) the needlework which is a main theme running through the books and c) the food from Gordon's tea shop!
July 3, 2024
Another lovely story about Euan, the flower farmer, and Poppy who lives in Embroidery Cottage.
February 28, 2025
Great series! I would highly recommend for a fun and loving read! I love all the characters in this book series!
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