I am super happy to be bringing you an extract of this book today. Love, Lies and Family Ties by Florence Keeling looks like a good read. It is an uplifting romantic comedy that will warm your heart – perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley, Milly Johnson and Carole Matthews.
The Blurb
Bea Winters is in desperate need of a fresh start. Being bullied at work is not her idea of fun and she longs to follow her dream of becoming a published author. When an advert appears in her local paper to work in a publishing house in the sleepy village of Bloomsdale, it sounds too good to be true.
She strikes up an instant friendship with gorgeous aspiring author, Eddie Richards and her dashing millionaire boss Scott Summers. But all isn’t as it seems in the sleepy village of Bloomsdale.
How does the local clairvoyant know her name? Who does the little black dog that keeps appearing belong to and why does she keep bumping into the mysterious Charlie?
As she starts to unravel the truth, it seems that everyone in Bea’s life is keeping secrets.
The Extract
I adore the "meet cute" in romances, when eyes meet eyes for the first time and what better place for a would be author to have a "meet cute" in a coffee shop full of writers underneath a publishing house.
Bea has just arrived in Bloomsdale for a job interview and steps into the coffee shop with a new story idea buzzing in her head.
She couldn’t wait to explore and after changing into her jeans and trainers she locked her door and almost ran down the two flights of stairs and out the front door.
It was starting to cool down but the air was still muggy. Bea walked straight across into the centre, nodding to people as she passed. Considering it was only a small village there seemed to be lots of people around. Checking her phone for the name and address of the publishing house, she followed the directions on her phone and found Summers Day Press was on the top floor above a coffee shop at the end of a particularly long street called North Avenue.
The coffee shop was still open so she headed inside and ordered a large latte, cheese panini and a delightfully stodgy-looking chocolate chip muffin. She sat by the window and for the first time in days pulled out her pen and notebook and started scribbling. A new idea was forming in her head and she wrote the basic outline and characters before staring out of the window thinking of how to begin.
A bespectacled man with messy brown hair walked in and caught her attention. He looked about twenty and carried himself with an awkwardness that Bea found endearing. He was carrying what looked like a laptop case and after buying the largest cup of tea she had ever seen he sat in the far corner, pulled out his laptop and then sat staring out the window just as Bea had been doing.
This was when she noticed that most of the people in the coffee shop were sitting alone and had either a laptop or notebook open in front of them. Bea supposed this was what you got when you owned a coffee shop underneath a publishing house and wondered which one had come first and whether all of these budding writers actually lived in the village.
The young man caught her eye and she smiled nervously at him before turning away, embarrassed to be caught staring. For the next hour she kept her head down pretending to write even though she still couldn’t even think of a killer first line. At ten to nine the place was virtually empty so Bea picked up her stuff and headed back to the hotel. The young man in the corner watched her leave before packing up his own things and heading off in the opposite direction.
Book Details
ISBN: 979 8375730059
Publisher: Independently published
Formats: e-book and paperback (currently available on Kindle Unlimited)
No. of Pages: 279 (paperback)
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About the Author
Florence was born in Coventry but now lives in Nuneaton. She married the love of her life over 20 years ago and they have two almost grown up children. They share their lives with two mad dogs as well.
Writing is a great passion of hers, that one day she hopes to be able to turn into a career but until that day comes, she will continue working in accounts and payroll.
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(media courtesy of Rachel's Random Resources)
(all opinions are my own)
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