Cover

About the Author

Cathy Bramley is the author of the best-selling romantic comedies Ivy Lane, Appleby Farm, Wickham Hall, The Plumberry School of Comfort Food, The Lemon Tree Café and A Match Made in Devon (all four-part serialized novels) as well as Conditional Love, White Lies & Wishes and Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery. She lives in a Nottinghamshire village with her family and a dog. Her recent career as a full-time writer of light-hearted romantic fiction has come as somewhat of a lovely surprise after spending the last eighteen years running her own marketing agency.

Cathy would love to hear from you! Find her on:

Facebook.com/CathyBramleyAuthor

@CathyBramley

Dedication

To Snowy Arbuckle with all my love

Acclaim for Cathy Bramley:

‘It’s impossible not to fall in love with Cathy Bramley’s feel-good stories’

Sunday Express

‘Heartwarming and positive … will leave you with a lovely cosy glow’

My Weekly

‘Books by Cathy Bramley are brilliantly life affirming’

Good Housekeeping

‘This is delightful!’

Katie Fforde

‘As comforting as hot tea and toast made on the Aga!’

Veronica Henry

‘Thoroughly enjoyable’

U Magazine

‘This book ticks all the boxes’

Heat

‘Reading a Cathy Bramley book for me is like coming home from a day out, closing the curtains, putting on your PJs and settling down with a huge sigh of relief! Her books are full of warmth, love and compassion and they are completely adorable’

Kim the Bookworm

‘Full of joy and fun’

Milly Johnson

‘Perfect feel-good loveliness’

Miranda Dickinson

‘I love Cathy’s writing and her characters – her books are delicious’

Rachael Lucas

‘The perfect tale to warm your heart and make you smile’

Ali McNamara

‘Between the irresistible characters and the desirable setting, Wickham Hall is impossible to resist’

Daily Express

‘Delightfully warm’

Trisha Ashley

‘A fabulously heart-warming and fun read that will make you just want to snuggle up on the sofa and turn off from the outside world’

By the Letter

‘Another absolute corker from Cathy Bramley. She just gets better and better – creating beautiful locations, gripping and lovely storylines and fantastic characters that stick with you a long time after reading’

Little Northern Soul

Chapter 1

‘There you go, Gladys, all nice and neat again.’ I brushed the specks of loose soil from Mrs Wheatley’s slate plaque and dropped a handful of faded pink azalea petals into my wheelbarrow. ‘Weed free and blooming beautifully. Ready for your husband’s visit tomorrow.’

I stood up and circled my shoulders. Only nine o’clock in the morning and the June heat was already beginning to build within the walls of the Garden of Remembrance. It would be a sunhat and sunscreen sort of day, a bit hot and sticky for me, working outside all day, but nice for our visitors to be able to say their farewells in the sunshine.