A Cottage Full of Secrets: Escape to the country for the perfect uplifting read

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This is a dual-time of WWII and the present. During the war, Patience Ellis’ father rescues a young man many believe to be a German sailor. He goes by Dutch. Patience lives life accordingly to her own rules, but after her adopted daughter dies, she loses touch with her young granddaughter. She leaves her island cottage to Ellie with the stipulation that she live there for a year. Life on the island stirs long-ago memories for Ellie, with surprising revelations.

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Stella’s husband Andy is controlling and violent towards her and some scenes are upsetting, but written very well. The darkness of Stella’s story contrasts well with the humour in Tamzin’s, but she too has had a hard time in a previous relationship. By the time Ellie reaches the same place as the reader, one is completely captivated by the characters in both times. There are 7,000 varieties of apple out there — and you’ve probably tasted less than a dozen. Here’s how to put that right. Apparently, my newfound cottagecore obsession is not going anywhere anytime soon. And, since I live on a shoestring and can’t afford to venture out of the city, country romance novels are the next best thing for quenching my thirst.

As the layers become more exposed we find another woman has lived in this cottage fifty years ago with the same hopes and dreams, she's newly married makes dinner for her husband and sews curtains for the kitchen. Her story is not to be a happily ever after though as we see when the story progresses. Apart from Tamzin’s, there is one more cottage in the isolated moorland. This one belongs to Euan, a reserved, taciturn wildlife painter who isn’t too keen on company. In the process of redecorating the old cottage, Tamzin finds pictures of a young woman taken in the early seventies. Katie and Tamzin are shown to be supportive of and helpful to one another. They both dated Dominic, after all, so they know the kind of damage he’s capable of and how destructive his controlling ways can be. There is no competitiveness between the two women, no jealousy, no petty drama. Tamzin helps Katie escape Dominic by offering her sanctuary and a fresh perspective, and Katie helps Tamzin by unearthing information on Stella, even though the two women are little more than acquaintances. In summer, you can feel your pulse racing as the garden throbs in a tidal wave of colour, none more spectacular than the amazing vermilion-coloured flowers of Crocosmia Lucifer in tandem with the indispensable Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff. Current day - Ellie has inherited a cottage on an almost forgotten island, from a grandmother she's forgotten. One stipulation is, she most spend a year on the island before collecting her inheritance. There she finds the secrets of the island and Patience.

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Many thanks to Net Galley, Bookouture, and the author for a chance to read and review this book. All opinions are expressed voluntarily. Keeping any garden but particularly a south-facing, ‘hot’ garden going through the summer months is about timely watering as much as anything else. A Cottage Full of Secrets by Jane Lovering is an enjoyable contemporary fiction that has a little bit of everything. A relaxing read. Shower room: corner shower unit with rain and power shower head, wash hand basin, WC, washing machine. I was totally brought into the world which Jane Lovering has created in this romcom. Tamzin and Euan are both such interesting characters who have been damaged by past relationships. Although on the surface, this is a gentle and heart-warming romance, there is quite a dark side to some of the issues which are hidden. Tamzin and Euan recognise in each other their vulnerabilities. Nature and the environment seem to have a healing quality which offers them some hope and a chance to connect with what is important.Master bedroom : double bed, bedside drawer units and lamps, dressing table, wardrobe, free-standing drawer unit. When Ellie Roberts inherited a cottage on the Scilly Isles, she’s a bit resentful about the condition she needs to fulfill to claim it – live in it for one year. She wonders why Patience Ellis left the cottage to her when she had relatives who lived right on the island. Moving to the wild and vast Yorkshire countryside is a dream come true for Tamzin she has a lovely little cottage there and her rescue fox who she's nurtured since he was a kit. A lover of words. A self-acceptance blogger. A creativity coach. A book reviewer. A woman happily journeying through midlife, moving from self-improvement to self-acceptance and enjoying being herself.

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I enjoyed the descriptions of the Yorkshire countryside, very peaceful and relaxing. I also enjoyed seeing Tazmin and her mysterious neighbour Euan help each other heal from past hurts and come alive again.

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A Cottage Full of Secrets is a dual timeline story about two troubled young women inhabiting the same house five decades apart. The theme of controlling and abusive relationships runs through the narrative as their stories gradually unfold. We find out why wildlife artist Euan prefers his own company, and what caused Tamzin to run, but instead of dwelling on the past, the focus here is about the healing power of nature and learning to trust again. Tamzin and Euan are not as strange as they first appear. Once you know what they’ve been through, their behaviour is entirely understandable. It may be simply that other romantic novels have spoiled me and made me forget the fact that adult novels can still be adult without being explicit. So, while I still prefer my steam to be steamy and like voyeuristically intruding on the characters’ sex life, at least now I know I can always turn to Lovering’s books when I’m in the mood for something less XXX. I've only read one of Jane's other books in the past, The Cottage Escape, and I'll be honest it wasn't my favourite read (although it certainly wasn't bad). So if I'm being totally honest, I was a little apprehensive about starting this one and went in with an open mind.