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- Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd (15 Feb. 2022)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1800482558
- ISBN-13 : 978-1800482555
Cottage Two, Bracken Ridge Farm sits at the end of a pitted track, with the glorious Yorkshire moors stretching behind it.
Just a simple two up, two down, the cottage holds the promise of a new start for two very different women, but it is also full of secrets.
Fifty years ago, newly-wed Stella is relishing making the little cottage a happy home. But for all the lovingly handmade curtains, and the hot dinners ready on the table for her husband, Stella’s dreams of married life jar painfully with the truth.
Fifty years later, the cottage is a new beginning for Tamzin. Determined to get away from her previous life, she makes the move to the wild and vast Yorkshire countryside.
When Tamzin finds a sepia photo of a woman, Stella, standing in the cottage’s garden, there’s a sadness in her eyes that Tamzin recognises. As the cottage reveals more of its secrets, Tamzin is desperate to find out whether Stella got her happy ending. And as she gradually makes new friends, and starts to win over her mysterious neighbour Euan, Tamzin dares to dream about her own happy ending too…
Escape the rat race with this heart-warming, page-turning new novel from Jane Lovering. Perfect for fans of Julie Houston, Beth O’Leary and Kate Forster.
Book Review
After finally summoning the strength to leave and start a new life, Tamzin moves to a remote cottage in Yorkshire with her pet fox, who she is rehabilitating. Upon moving in she meets her mysterious neighbour Euan and doesn’t quite know what to make of him.
One day she discovers a photograph of a woman dated in the early seventies and wonders what became of her. Stella used to live in Tamzin’s cottage and longed for a perfect life there with her husband but the truth is a little different.
Told from the points of view of both women this book is emotional and deals with some very difficult issues, and the healing process behind recovery from them. Despite this, the writing is funny and familiar and I enjoyed the humour as well as the heartwarming way Tamzin looks after the fox, Brack. I was rooting for her to find happiness again as her ex truly sounded like a nasty piece of work and I thoroughly enjoyed Stella’s chapters too. Both women are extremely likeable and each of their stories are interesting and multi-layered.
A Cottage Full of Secrets is a fantastic story to get really lost in with a beautiful setting and wonderful characters.
Jane Lovering is the bestselling and award-winning romantic comedy writer who won the RNA Novel of the Year Award in 2012 with Please Don’t Stop the Music. She lives in Yorkshire and has a cat and a bonkers terrier, as well as five children who have now left home. Her first title for Boldwood was published in September 2020.
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