The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse Published by HQ Digita by Katie Ginger
on March 17, 2021
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Chick-Lit
Source: Netgalley, Publisher
Format: eBook, ARC
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Also by this author: The Perfect Christmas Gift, The Little Library on Cherry Lane
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Amelia loves her life in Paris. But with the surprise inheritance of her childhood home, Meadow Farmhouse, she has no choice but to return to the small village of Meadowbank to restore her great-aunt’s old farmhouse. However returning to Meadowbank means she has to confront her past, including old flame Adam.
When Amelia discovers a locket hidden in the farmhouse, containing the picture of a mysterious World War Two soldier, she starts to uncover the secrets of her great-aunt’s past and is drawn further into village life. Shocked by the warm welcome from the villagers and her own surprising feelings for first love Adam, Amelia is suddenly confused as to where she truly belongs.
Can Amelia finally confront her own past and find where her heart truly calls home?
Fans of Rachael Lucas, Cathy Bramley and Jenny Colgan will fall in love with Katie Ginger!
Second-chance romance is one of my favorite romance tropes. What I love is the idea that a couple–regardless of mistakes or time between them–can come back together after years apart because they’re meant to be.
This is one of the more realistic second-chance romances that I’ve read, in that the main character, Amelia, broke it off with her love, Adam–not because she didn’t love him…but, because she had trouble loving herself and believing that anyone else could love her.
She had a rough start of it in life and that affected all of her choices afterwards.
The fact that we get to see a parallel story, in the way of Amelia’s great-aunt Vera who raised her–was a complete bonus.
These two women were completely different–but the bad things that happened to them shaped them into who they were. It’s a full-circle story of redemption and heartache and how letting bad things in your life affect your decisions can be detrimental.
The love story was so sweet and the characters made reading this story such a rewarding experience.
About Katie Ginger
KATIE GINGER lives by the sea in the south-east of England, and apart from holidays to very hot places where you can sit by a pool and drink cocktails as big as your head, she wouldn’t really want to be anywhere else. The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse is her seventh novel. She is also the author of the Swallowtail Bay series – Spring Tides at Swallowtail Bay, Summer Strawberries at Swallowtail Bay and Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay, Snowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage and the Seafront series – The Little Theatre on the Seafront, shortlisted for the Katie Fforde Debut Novel of the Year award, and Summer Season on the Seafront.
When she’s not writing, Katie spends her time with her husband and two kids, and their dogs: Wotsit, the King Charles spaniel, and Skips, the three-legged rescue dog. (And yes, they are both named after crisps!)
Second-chance romance is one of my favorite tropes as well. Especially if written realistically like you said.
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