Poppy’s Recipe for Life is my first Heidi Swain novel but it won’t be my last!  I’ve loved spending time with this community. Things haven’t always been straightforward in Poppy’s life but her dreams are finally within her reach.   She’s moving into a cottage in beautiful Nightingale Square, close to the local community garden, where she can indulge her passion for making preserves and pickles. She may not have the best relationship with her family but she is surrounded by loving friends, and feels sure that even her grumpy new neighbour, Jacob, has more to him than his steely exterior belies.   But the unexpected arrival of Poppy’s troubled…

I’ve booked to attend ‘An Evening with Lindsey Kelk, Paige Toon and Lucy Diamond’ next month at Waterstones.  I can’t wait to hear Paige Toon discussing If You Could Go Anywhere … although I’ll probably be so awestruck my listening skills will be severely impaired. 🙂 HOW DO YOU FIND WHERE YOU’RE GOING, IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE FROM . . .  Angie has always wanted to travel. But at twenty-seven, she has barely stepped outside the small mining town where she was born. Instead, she discovers the world through stories told to her by passing travellers, dreaming that one day she’ll see it all for herself. When her…