The Lavender House

Hilary Boyd

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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Romance

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The delightfully warm and witty new novel on risking everything for a second chance at love, for fans of Erica James and Veronica Henry.

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?

Praise for The Lavender House

Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes - Daily Mail
Poignant, well-observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heartstring-puller - Closer (on Tangled Lives)
A smart emotional drama, you will race through this - Daily Mirror (on A Most Desirable Marriage)

Hilary Boyd

Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, then as a marriage guidance counselor. After a degree in English Literature at London University in her thirties, she moved into health journalism, writing a Mind, Body, Spirit column for the Daily Express. She published six non-fiction books on health-related subjects before turning to fiction and writing a string of bestsellers, starting with Thursdays in the Park. Hilary is married to film director/producer Don Boyd and lives near Chichester, West Sussex.