Book description
We all hide things, some more than others...
Mia Channing appears to have an enviable life: a beautiful home in the
village of Little Pelham, a happy, stable marriage, a job she enjoys and
three grown up children to whom she's devoted.
But appearances are deceiving; the truth is that it's all a precarious
balancing act. When the family gather for her son's thirtieth birthday,
Daisy, her youngest daughter, drops a bombshell in the way only Daisy
can. Once again Mia finds herself cast in the role of peacemaker. It's a
role she's tired of, particularly since her husband refuses to believe
he's responsible for the problems they're facing. Not surprisingly, Mia
longs for escape.
For Owen Fletcher, buying the Hidden Cottage was the fulfillment of a
lifelong dream and provides the perfect escape for him. When Mia meets
him, she must decide whether she has the courage to do something for
herself for a change. And if she does, can she ever go back to the life
of compromise she had before? With an insatiable appetite for other
people's business, Erica James will readily strike up conversation with
strangers in the hope of unearthing a useful gem for her writing. The
author of many bestselling novels, including GARDENS OF DELIGHT
which won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award, the recent SUNDAY TIMES
top 10 bestseller, THE REAL KATIE LAVENDER, Erica now divides her time
between Cheshire and Lake Como in Italy, where she now strikes up
conversation with unsuspecting Italians.
