Book description
A joyful, page-turning tale of a love affair between a woman, a man . .
. and the stately ruin they transformed into a home. She rescued a
house, then the house rescued her . . .When Anne, a divorced author
suffering from writer's block, and her new partner, Ian, a widower and
fellow Scottish romantic, decide to take their deepening relationship to
the next level and move in together, it isn't as simple as it sounds.
There are their respective adult children's feelings to consider, plus
Anne and Ian want to make a new start away from the scrutiny of the tiny
township where they've both lived for many years. Their search takes
them to the historic Queensland town of Maryborough, where the brief
glimpse of a derelict house not even for sale is the start of a whole
new life together. This is Anne's story of how she lovingly brought
Baddow House - known locally as 'the Ghost House' - back to life, and in
doing so both rediscovered her passion for writing and cemented her
relationship with Ian. But it's not all choosing paint colours and
uncovering troves of priceless cedar. The restoration is a difficult,
costly and painstaking process. And family tensions arise when the
couple want to take the next step, marriage, placing a great strain on
what had been an easy, comfortable partnership. How Anne overcomes the
obstacles in her path, including a fear of being alone in the isolated,
spooky house at night, will have you cheering her on. Anne de Lisle
lives with her husband, Ian Russell, and two dogs, Topsy and Lottie, in
Baddow House, Maryborough - known locally as 'the Ghost House'. She has
written four internationally successful historical romances and her
first non-fiction book, A Grand Passion, is an entertaining memoir about
restoring her house.
