Genre: Sweet romance/cosy mystery
Release Date:1 February 2018
Publisher: Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus)
Packed full of French flavour and idyllic settings
this is a romantic, heart-warming and unputdownable new novel about life and
love, perfect for anyone who loves Milly Johnson, Lucy Diamond and Debbie
Johnson.
Suddenly
unemployed and single, Anna escapes to her parents' beautiful house in France
for a much-needed recharge – and to work out what she wants to do next with her
life now her carefully mapped out plan has gone out the window.
Anna gives herself 6 months to recuperate, all the
while helping renovate her parents' adjoining gites into picturesque B&Bs.
But working alongside the ruggedly handsome Sam on the renovation project, she
didn't expect for life to take an unexpected, if not unwelcome, twist...
EXCERPT
The L Word
Two weeks today will be the first anniversary of
our first real date. Being wined and dined in a chic little French restaurant
was a gigantic step forward; it signalled the beginning of a new era in my
relationship with Karl. Even though at least half of the meal was spent talking
about work, his intentions were clear – we were no longer simply colleagues and
romance was in the air.
Since then, Karl must have told me that he loves
me more than a thousand times. You might think I’m exaggerating, but I can
assure you that’s not the case. He usually manages to slip it into the
conversation at least three times a day. The first time he said the L word to
me, it slid off his tongue so easily I could almost have missed it. It wasn’t a
staring into each other’s eyes moment of discovery, just a casual ‘love you,
babe’.
As the months rolled by, I pushed aside my
growing fear that it was only a word to him. Because it means so much more to
me, I freeze whenever he tacks it onto a sentence.
And, yes, I’m very aware that my air of
disapproval does make me sound ungrateful and undeserving. But it’s all about
self-preservation, you see. I’ll never utter that word again until I’m one
hundred per cent certain that the man I’m saying it to believes I’m their soul
mate too – the perfect fit.
The last time I uttered the L word, was six years
ago. It was to a guy I’d known since childhood and the man I genuinely believed
I would marry when the time was right. He was handsome in a rugged way, fired
up with ambition and exciting to be around. Sadly, everyone we knew thought we
were the perfect couple too, except the guy in question, as it turned out…
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ABOUT
LUCY COLEMAN
Lucy
Coleman always knew that one day she would write, but first life took her on a
wonderful journey of self-discovery for which she is very grateful.
Family
life and two very diverse careers later she now spends most days glued to a
keyboard, which she refers to as her personal
quality time.
‘It’s
only when you know who you are that you truly understand what makes you happy –
and writing about love, life and relationships makes me leap out of bed every
morning!’
If
she isn’t online she’s either playing with the kids, whose imaginations seem to
know no bounds, or painting something. As a serial house mover together with
her lovely husband, there is always a new challenge to keep her occupied!
Lucy
also writes under the name Linn B. Halton.
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Thank you so much for being on the tour, Rachel - much appreciated! xx
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