Willow Cottage – Part One: Sunshine and Secrets. Bella Osborne
Читать онлайн.| Название | Willow Cottage – Part One: Sunshine and Secrets |
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| Автор произведения | Bella Osborne |
| Жанр | Зарубежный юмор |
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| Издательство | Зарубежный юмор |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780008180980 |
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2016
Copyright © Bella Osborne 2016
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Ebook Edition © July 2016 ISBN: 9780008180980
Source ISBN: 9780008181024
Version: 2017-11-16
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‘Loved this book, so light-hearted and amusing’
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‘Full of wit and charm’
‘Great characters who have quickly become established and rooted in my imagination. Very funny, but with deeper undercurrents woven in’
‘Loved the story, couldn’t put it down’
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‘Three Words: Brilliant, Charming and Moving’
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In memory of a truly amazing woman, my Grandma 1903–1993
Table of Contents
What Readers Are Saying About Escape to Willow Cottage
Beth had spent the day surrounded by people who, she suspected, all looked exactly like their passport photos – not a smile between them. Beth yawned and stretched her arms above her head; it had been a long day.
‘Bid from the lady on the right,’ said the auctioneer as he carried on his high-speed number chant.
Beth spun round. She was on the right but it couldn’t have been her, could it? Her eyes darted around the room. Nobody was moving, not even a twitch. Her heart was racing and she could feel the panic rising.
‘Two ninety, at the back,’ said the auctioneer and Beth let out a sigh of relief. That was a lucky escape.
‘Any advance on two ninety?’ The auctioneer was looking directly at Beth.
What the hell had she bid on? She snatched up the catalogue and quickly thumbed through the pages, past her first choice of apartments she had come to buy and that had shot high above her budget.
‘Selling for two ninety,’ said the auctioneer, looking at someone at the back. ‘Lot 37, Willow Cottage, selling for two hundred and ninety thousand pounds.’
Beth found Willow Cottage in the catalogue and speed-read the blurb. It sounded like a slice of paradise – a cottage overlooking a traditional village green in the heart of the Cotswolds. She bit her lip. It was like that moment on eBay when you quite like something; it’s not exactly what you were