Lavender House

Book Title: Lavender House
ISBN: 9781784294144
By Author(s):BOYD HILARY
By Publisher:QUERCUS
Format:PB

Emotional, page-turning women’s fiction from the author of #1 EBOOK BESTSELLER,THURSDAYS IN THE PARK. Beautiful storytelling for fans of Erica James, Veronica Henry and Harriet Evans. ‘Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life – and better than Trollope at jokes’Daily Mail

Nancy de Freitas is the glue that holds her family together. Caught between her ageing, ailing mother Frances, and her struggling daughter Louise, frequent user of Nancy’s babysitting services, it seems Nancy’s fate is to quietly go on shouldering the burden of responsibility for all four generations. Her divorce four years ago put paid to any thoughts of a partner to share her later years with. Now it looks like her family is all she has.

Then she meets Jim. Smoker, drinker, unsuccessful country singer and wearer of cowboy boots, he should be completely unsuited to the very together Nancy. And yet, there is a real spark.
But Nancy’s family don’t trust Jim one bit. They’re convinced he’ll break her heart, maybe run off with her money – he certainly distracts her from her family responsibilities.

Can she be brave enough to follow her heart? Or will she remain glued to her family’s side and walk away from one last chance for love?

Review:

Warm-hearted and with a beady eye,Boyd gets under the skin of her charactersto show that falling in love isn’t limited to the young (Sunday Express)

A warm-hearted storyof families, trust and second-chance love (Sunday Mirror)

Hilary Boydin her inimitable fashionhas told the story yet again of mature love which,like an excellent vintage wine, is just waiting to burst out of its barrels (My Weekly)

Boyd isas canny as Joanna Trollopeat observing family life – andbetter than Trollope at jokes(Daily Mail)

Agentle but emotionally chargeddrama (Sunday Mirror)

I found myselfinstantly gripped. . . a romance in the Joanna Trollope vein (The Times)

Thoroughly enjoyableread . . . a realpage turner(Good Housekeeping)

This story isengrossing. . . one of my favourite books of the year so far (Mature Times)

Poignant, well-observedand wonderfully written, this is a bit ofa heartstring-puller(Closer)

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