![]() ![]() The various storylines are either predictable or suspended before any real trouble can brew. ![]() Though the characters are likable enough and the village of Stanton Langley is vivid and enchanting, there are few surprises in this mostly uninspired novel. Eddie fancies Lily, which is unbelievable to Lily and an unpleasant surprise to Dan. Lily’s pleasant but ordinary life takes a turn, however, when she meets Eddie Tessler, a charming movie star hiding in Stanton Langley from a show-business scandal. ![]() Patsy, a hairdresser, has been braving the online dating scene since divorcing her gay husband, and Dan, a pilot, has had a string of beautiful girlfriends, none of whom have been Lily, much to her disappointment. Outside of work, Lily’s active social life involves childhood friends Patsy and Dan Rafferty. Lily decides to contact him and invite him to visit Stanton Langley, the village in the Cotswolds where she runs an architectural salvage business with her guardian and mother’s best friend, Coral. ![]() In this letter, her mother reveals the identity of her first love, Declan Madison, the one that got away. On Lily Harper’s 25th birthday, she opens a letter from her deceased mother, as she has done ever since her mother’s death when she was a little girl. British author Mansell ( Three Amazing Things About You, 2015, etc.) continues her franchise of pastel-covered books featuring the romantic lives of lovable characters in picturesque English locales. ![]()
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