The Rose Revived

Description

When May teams up with Sally and Harriet is the best day's work she's ever done. Each of them needs money, badly, which is why they are reduced to working for Quality Cleaners under the watchful eye of 'Slimeball' Slater. When they discover it is them being taken to the cleaners, they set up as an independent team and that's when things really begin to take off. With more lucrative jobs coming in, they soon find that they are able to take the first steps towards freedom and independence. For May, that means paying the mooring fees for her adored narrowboat. Harriet can take art classes and reveal her gift for painting, and Sally can save up for a place of her own. But while they are making a success of their working lives, they risk overlooking the romantic possibilities they have created.

Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is a true country girl at heart. Each of her books explores a different profession or background and her research has helped her bring these to life. She's been a porter in an auction house, tried her hand at pottery, refurbished furniture, delved behind the scenes of a dating website, and she's even been on a Ray Mears survival course. She loves being a writer; to her there isn't a more satisfying and pleasing thing to do. She particularly enjoys writing love stories. She believes falling in love is the best thing in the world, and she wants all her characters to experience it, and her readers to share their stories. To find out more about Katie Fforde step into her world at www.katiefforde.com, visit her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @KatieFforde.

"Joanna Trollope crossed with Tom Sharpe" Mail on Sunday "The romance fizzes along with good humour and is a good, fat, summery read" Sunday Mirror "Old-fashioned romance of the best sort...funny, comforting" Sunday Times "Can be scoffed at one sitting ... tasty!" Cosmopolitan "Warm, witty and entertaining ... as satisfying as a cup of hot cocoa on a chilly night" Woman & Home