"Летние тайны в Дели Apple Blossom" - новый роман от бестселлерного автора Портии Макинтош! Лили Холмс готова к новому началу, и нет места лучше, чем живописный курортный городок Маррам-Бей. Лили хочет только одного - сосредоточиться на успешном развитии своей новой закусочной и обеспечении счастья своего сына. Но это оказывается далеко не так просто. Город взбудоражен появлением городской девушки, и Лили борется со всеми на каждом шагу. Возможно, с помощью привлекательного производителя сидра по соседству, она сможет их покорить, но ее прошлое скрывает тайны, которые могут разрушить все. Это смешная и приятная история любви, которая поднимет настроение идеально подходит для лета. Подойдет для поклонников Джо Уотсона и Тилли Теннант. Читатели обожают книги Портии Макинтош! "Книги Портии становятся все лучше и лучше!" - Got Books, Babe? "Смешно и освежающе замечательно!" - The Writing Garnet "Я просто не могла оторваться!" - Sweet Is Always In Style "Определенно автор, которого я рекомендую. Поверьте мне, это поднимет вам настроение и заставит вас улыбаться. Пять блестящих звезд без сомнения." - Good'n'Read-y "Легкая и веселая книга ... очень приятно читать." - By The Letter Book Reviews "Отличный, забавный, современный британский романтический роман ... Я гарантирую, что он поставит улыбку на ваше лицо." - What’s Better Than Books.
This brand new feel-good, laugh out-loud romance from bestselling author Portia MacIntosh has it all going for it – the perfect balance of sizzling chemistry, heartfelt family moments and comical situations. Readers are going wild for this effortlessly engaging and eminently entertaining novel, which spotlights the joys of rediscovering yourself and rebuilding your life.
Silent book lover Lily Holmes calls the seaside village of Marram Bay to start a new chapter of her life when her successful deli comes under investigation and her son seems to require quite the attention boost. Amidst landscape rivalling paintings by the renowned Turner watercolourist and single-mindedly pursuing business success, Lily eyes the town with cunning. Surely she can make a worthy start… then why does she see windows down the street flashing with attempts at flirting from the cute guy who runs the vintage shop on the corner, Tim?
Matters aren't helped by a feel-bad note wishing her luck from Reinhardt, her erratic London estranged roommate, complete with a how-to guide for meeting Mr Right. Preparing to give up hope, accepting that she has to live out the remainder of her snooty city friends' identical prearranged credit-card-and-tie-wearing loveless marriages, Lily happens upon a lively little cafe called the Rye Bear before striking by the unsettling sense that—this is it.
The right move. Drifting back into her hometown, almost on autopilot, she binges on pastries and obliterates the paperback boilersuit rails and office chair bedsheets she prefers for more glamorous runs around the dog park and scenic beach walks. It helps that old friend Dan Croser shows up, determined to bang her'even though she dosed your coffee one hot afternoon without asking in high school with half a teaspoon of laxative' and thereby is obliged to explain the dynamics of small-town coquetry. An invaluable run of explanation.
Oh hai, grandpa. Lily peruses old photos and discovers that there have always been moments either forgotten or buried in pandemonium along their ancestral path. What fun can be had in remembering those years missed, still – duck under the misconceived bruswaying hands of dead relatives, unrequited first loves and friendship fraying, and experience the wickedly wonderful realities–if believable–in the gentle Peruvian water glasses in tacked photographs, the cosy colour hues of old pals, grandmother Fern's baking gifts and derring-do-ish aqua-amen look of Sidney's guitar strums. Fun, fun—then, oh wait, through the warped prism of the window pane—she sees a bike repairman has witnessed Tim's flashes of awakening interest.
Enter the reluctant neighbour, Detective Luke Middleton. Suddenly, two worlds collide. She feigns obliviousness, grazing over the pictures as though they formed a panoply of local history. She submits her eyes to understanding slowly. If only he could speak. That deliberate officer of decency sees the attraction from afar. I don't want this man thinking of me as a sexual predator, swallows chocolate sherbert blindly. But soon tension within the tiny community cannot stand much more incriminating territory occupied by unsaid attraction.
Will it lead to a storm of flinging needless articles, or relief to finally be understood. Experience with pictures is questionable in most cases, a dusty two weeks dead magazine sculpture proves unanchored and leaves a grey sludge of precedence. Sometimes you can only tell blandly–at least she knows something he wants nothing to do with it. Autumn Mare X Antonio–≤—she shakes her head fruitlessly to chase thoughts away—somehow fathom the timeframe between sidelong glances and blissful hotchpotched coziness.
Lily defends herself against the gazes of townspersons, using flimsy mix suggestions from Ortwin, chef at The Crumb Bagel Café on the high street next door. Cookery is a language of plenty wordplay, mere daubs and things found in the pantry and forested corner rising to the top. Many will obligingly follow these slim requests, others—Sara, school teacher – propound unplausible predicaments along the way, reverting to old goading methods, confusing lovers' frustration with general banter.
And hardly anyone in town explains why she wants the foodie to leave. She blinks back at the attacking Turquean cat spirit of Mehran; horrified, she loves him all the more. Meeting under misleading pretexts leaves him gripped half in wonder, half her situation. Will Sage grant a non-adept of pure soul compatibility any overt acknowledgment, if such was ever asked? It's hard to determine. In fact, personal preferences may not even matter in untangling Lily's web.
Электронная Книга «Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli: A laugh out loud feel-good romance perfect for summer» написана автором Portia MacIntosh в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780008297718
Описание книги от Portia MacIntosh
The laugh-out-loud new novel from bestseller Portia Macintosh!Lily Holmes is ready for a fresh start. And there’s no better place to begin again than the idyllic seaside town of Marram Bay.All Lily wants to do is focus on making her new deli a success and ensuring her son’s happiness. Not the postcard creeping out of her handbag, and definitely not finding a new man in her life!But this isn’t going to be as easy as she first thought. The town is in uproar about the city girl who’s dared to join them and she’s fighting a battle at every turn.Perhaps with a little help from the gorgeous cider farmer next door, she may be able to win them over, but her past secrets threaten to ruin everything…The brand new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from bestseller Portia Macintosh. Perfect for fans of Jo Watson and Tilly Tennant.Readers love Portia Macintosh!‘Portia's books just get better and better!’ Got Books, Babe?‘Hilarious and refreshingly brilliant!’ – The Writing Garnet‘I just couldn't put it down!’ – Sweet Is Always In Style‘Definitely an author I recommend. Trust me, this will lift your spirits and make you smile. Five sparkling gold stars without a doubt.’ Good’n’Read-y'A light-hearted and fun read…highly enjoyable.' – By The Letter Book Reviews‘A great, laugh-out loud, British contemporary romance novel…I guarantee it will put a smile on your face.’ – What’s Better Than Books
