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My Husband Next Door

My Husband Next Door

The heartwarming and emotionally gripping novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Summary

Step into Alliott country with the fabulously funny and wonderfully heartwarming story from the bestselling author of A Cornish Summer and Behind Closed Doors

'I raced through it, completely gripped from start to finish'
DAILY MAIL

'An entertaining read that's as light as the summer breeze' DAILY EXPRESS
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A modern marriage, or a big mistake?

Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Is it a marvellously modern relationship - or a disaster waiting to happen?

When charming gardener Ludo arrives on the scene and Sebastian makes a sudden and surprising decision, Ella sees a chance at a fresh start. Yet with two teenagers and her parents on the verge of their own late-life crisis, will Ella be allowed to choose her own path? And how long can she hide from the truth which haunts her broken marriage?

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'A captivating and heartwarming tale'
Closer

Reviews

  • Charming, clever, well-written, laugh-out-loud funny with a great plot
    Irish Times

About the author

Catherine Alliott

Catherine Alliott is the author of seventeen bestselling novels including My Husband Next Door, A Rural Affair, One Day in May, The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton, and A Cornish Summer and Behind Closed Doors. She lives with her family in Hertfordshire.
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