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Annabel and Her Sisters

The Pink House

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

My Husband Next Door

The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton

The emotionally gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Behind Closed Doors

Wish You Were Here

About Last Night . . .

One Day in May

A Rural Affair

The Wedding Day

A Crowded Marriage

A Married Man

Not That Kind of Girl

Going Too Far

The Old-Girl Network

Olivia's Luck

Rosie Meadows Regrets...

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A Cornish Summer

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Simply a delight: funny, intelligent and at times heart wrenching. It's full of such witty, entertaining characters, and best of all, it transported me away from real life into a Cornish holiday that I didn't want to leave. It's the perfect summer read

Oh how I enjoyed this! No one writes about Cornwall like Catherine. Yet another fabulous book, packed with glamour, delicious characters and myriad family complications!

I LOVE it. Catherine's writing is so warm, funny and heartfelt and no matter what's going on in your own world, you can curl up in Catherine's and feel her warmth like summer sun

I've loved Catherine Alliott books since he first one. They're always a delight and this one's no exception

A wonderful story of family and love, secrets and sunshine. Catherine Alliott is on top form with this

A magical mix of wit, warmth and poignancy

Trisha Ashley, bestselling author of The House of Hopes and Dreams

Alliott is always an absolute joy to read

Another blissful read from Catherine Alliott

It's full of Cornish colour and a plot that seems plausible from your deckchair

Praise for Catherine Alliott

Her writing is both intelligent and sparkling

An addictive cocktail of wit, frivolity and madcap romance

Classy, wonderfully gossipy and breathless

Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years. 
The trouble is, he's been married to someone else for the past fifteen. 
 
Now she's been invited to spend the summer in the shady lanes and sandy coves of Cornwall. It should be blissful. 
There's just one small snag: she'll be staying with her former mother-in-law, Belinda. 
And Flora discovers she's not the only one invited when her ex-husband shows up out of the blue, complete with his new wife. So now there are two small snags. 
Can Flora spend the summer playing happy families with the woman who stole her husband's heart, and the mother-in-law who might have had a hand in it? 
Or will stumbling on the family secret change her mind about them all?

ESCAPE TO THE CORNISH COAST IN THIS DELIGHTFULLY HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 
 
'Oh how I enjoyed this! Yet another fabulous book, packed with glamour, delicious characters and myriad family complications!' Jill Mansell, bestselling author of This Could Change Everything 
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Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years. The trouble is, he's been married to someone else for the past fifteen . . . 
 
Now she's been invited to spend the summer in the shady lanes and sandy coves of Cornwall. It should be blissful. 
 
There's just one small snag: she'll be staying with her former mother-in-law, Belinda. 
 
And Flora discovers she's not the only one invited when her ex-husband shows up out of the blue, complete with his new wife. So now there are two small snags. 
 
Can Flora spend the summer playing happy families with the woman who stole her husband's heart, and the mother-in-law who might have had a hand in it? 
 
Or will stumbling on the family secret change her mind about them all? 
 
If you like Fern Britton, Katie Fforde and Sophie Kinsella, you'll love this heartwarming read. . . 
 
'I LOVE it. Catherine's writing is so warm, funny and heartfelt and no matter what's going on in your own world, you can curl up in Catherine's and feel her warmth like summer sun' Cathy Kelly 
 
'A magical mix of wit, warmth and poignancy' Trisha Ashley, bestselling author of The House of Hopes and Dreams 
 
'Another blissful read from Catherine Alliott' Hello! 
 
Praise for Catherine Alliott: 
 
'Warm, witty and wise' Daily Mail 
 
'Intelligent and sparkling' Marian Keyes 
 
'Hilarious yet poignant' Sophie Kinsella

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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