Coming Home to Holly Close Farm by Julie Houston
About the book
Charlie Maddison loves being an architect in London, but when she finds out her boyfriend, Dominic, is actually married, she runs back to the beautiful countryside of Westenbury and her parents.
Charlie’s sister Daisy, a landscape gardener, is also back home in desperate need of company and some fun. Their great-grandmother, Madge – now in her early nineties - reveals she has a house, Holly Close Farm, mysteriously abandoned over sixty years ago, and persuades the girls to project manage its renovation.
As work gets underway, the sisters start uncovering their family’s history, and the dark secrets that are hidden at the Farm.
A heart-breaking tale of wartime romance, jealousy and betrayal slowly emerges, but with a moral at its end: true love can withstand any obstacle, and, before long, Charlie dares to believe in love again too…
Buy links:
Amazon: http://amzn.eu/d/2Q4hjjW
My review...
You know that you're in safe hands when you pick up a Julie Houston book and this story was everything that I hoped it would be and more. The writing was warm and witty which welcomed you in like a big warm hug and I was enthralled with the tragically beautiful story that slowly unfurled before my eyes.
Granny Madge was an absolute revelation as far as characters go. Her life story spanned decades and wove a delicious story of love and loss through the pages of this book which left me breathless. Her stamp on this story was heartfelt and moving and by far the shining glory of the entire piece.
I particularly loved the air of mystery that surrounded the story as a whole. Julie created a web of wonder with the plot and only gave away just enough clues and information to ensure that you continued to turn the page. This meant that I read on in a frustrated frenzie to find out more and only came up for breath at the concluding page.
This book is filled with love, longing and loss all wrapped up in a beautifully written presentation of life in all its true and ugly glory. Julie Houston has done it again......this is another outstanding book that I have had the joy and privilege to read and I look forward to so much more in the future.
About the author
Julie Houston is the author of THE ONE SAVING GRACE, GOODNESS, GRACE AND ME and LOOKING FOR LUCY, a Kindle top 100 general bestseller and a Kindle #1 bestseller. She is married, with two teenage children and a mad cockerpoo and, like her heroine, lives in a West Yorkshire village. She is also a teacher and a magistrate.
Follow Julie:
Twitter: @juliehouston2
Facebook: @JulieHoustonauthor
