Will Anna's grand designs prove just a pipe dream? Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage, so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living. Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy - and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But, just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life's hurdles?
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Katie Fforde lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and some of her three children. Her hobbies are ironing and housework, but, unfortunately, she has almost no time for them as she feels it is her duty to keep a close eye on the afternoon chat shows. This is her twelfth novel.
Praise for Katie Fforde
'A sweet and breezy read the ideal accompaniment to a long summer s evening
Daily Mail
Delicious gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches
Sunday Times
A witty and generous romance Jilly Cooper for the grown-ups
Independent
A heart-warming tale of female friendship, fizzing with Fforde s distinctive brand of humour
Sunday Express
Top drawer romantic escapism
You Magazine
A fairytale-like, gently witty read ... Heartwarming made for sunny days in the park
Cosmopolitan
Perfect summer reading'
Choice
A spirited summer read that s got to be Fforde s best yet
Woman and Home
Old-fashioned romance of the best sort
Elle
Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it s time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She s risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.
Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna s soon wondering whether she s bitten off more than she can chew.
Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But just as Anna s starting to believe she s found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life s hurdles?
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