The Bookshop of Second Chances : : a Novel

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Fraser, Jackie
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Fraser, Jackie	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Thea Mottram is having a bad month. Her husband of nearly twenty years has just left her for one of her friends, and to top it off, she is let go from her office job - on Valentine's Day, of all days. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn't know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away - leaving her his home and a hefty antique book collection - she decides to leave Sussex for a few weeks. Escaping to a small coastal town where no one knows her seems to be exactly what she needs. Almost instantly, Thea becomes enamored with the quaint cottage, comforted by its cozy rooms and shaggy, tulip-covered lawn. The locals in nearby Baldochrie are just as warm, quirky, and inviting. The only person she can't seem to win over is bookshop owner Edward Maltravers, to whom she hopes to sell her uncle's antique novel collection. His gruff attitude - fueled by an infamous, long-standing feud with his brother, a local Lord - tests Thea's patience. But bickering with Edward proves oddly refreshing and exciting, leading Thea to develop feelings she hasn't felt in a long time. As she follows a thrilling (yet terrifying) impulse to stay in Scotland indefinitely, Thea realizes that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from"-- Provided by publisher.

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entertaining but slow submitted by beckleystover on June 25, 2021, 2:33pm this book was long and slow in places but it was also really nice. i liked the characters

chick lit submitted by Carolyn J Petersen on July 28, 2021, 12:01pm More Jackie Fraser, please. This is a very enjoyable read. In the world of pandemic, I need British chick lit. Interesting characters, places, stories . Books with romance, but written by authors who are not referencing fifty shades, which has been grossly overdone.

Bookstore Romance Fun submitted by laurenmccarthya2 on July 8, 2023, 10:32am British romances have different character development than us-based stories. I prefer them, since the characters are more real, although they can definitely be sadder. Or at least more complicated. Makes it more worth reading.