I think I’ve probably proclaimed “this is her best yet” about every book the author has ever written, so I’ll not do that again, however much I want to – but this was a book I entirely loved, and recommend really highly. In short, I really enjoyed reading ‘A Cottage Full Of Secrets’ and I would recommend it to other readers. Or is she destined to repeat Stella’s mistakes and end up haunted by regrets and heartbreak many decades down the line? Running alongside Tamzin's story is that of Stella who lived at Cottage Two in the nineteen-seventies and whose sad story adds another poignant dimension to this emotional story of love and hurt. Uplifting, thought-provoking and far too good to miss, A Cottage Full of Secrets is another fabulous tale from Yorkshire’s answer to Marian Keyes: Jane Lovering.

The Cottage by the Loch: A totally gripping and unforgettable The Cottage by the Loch: A totally gripping and unforgettable

Determined to get away from her previous life, she makes the move to the wild and vast Yorkshire countryside. A Cottage Full of Secrets is a dual timeline contemporary romance that follows the story of two women who have made a tiny Yorkshire Cottage their home. Patience lives life accordingly to her own rules, but after her adopted daughter dies, she loses touch with her young granddaughter.The story gives only crumbs of details, and one cannot fully grasp the idea behind the author’s writing. I entirely adored this book – everything I love about Jane Lovering’s writing with its laugh-out-loud moments coupled with poignancy and emotion, and a pair of stories wrapped around each other and laced with some particularly serious issues very sensitively handled. The hardest thing is to apply the right amount of water: too much is wasteful and too little will cause the roots to come to the surface. For example, once again, we get a heroine who starts over by moving into a secluded country cottage.

The secrets of the cottage garden - Country Life The secrets of the cottage garden - Country Life

There is a lot of humour in the dialogue that helps to counteract the dark and disturbing subject matter. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. There’s just so much content and I’ve got a feeling that these characters are going to stay with me for quite a while yet!

I also liked that Tamsin was portrayed as somebody who was recovering from having been a victim, rather than someone who is still a victim.

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She has five children, four cats, two dogs and doesn't believe in housework so the bacteria and dust are approaching sentience and now rank among the pets. Tamzin arrives at an isolated cottage on the Yorkshire moors, that she bought sight unseen, to a very unfriendly welcome from her next door neighbour. The people of this small island that are suspicious at first and then welcoming of Ellie give the novel so much warmth that you want to spend your time with them. It has both romance and romantisized cottage life, with a brooding hot neighbour, and the layers that make a book good.The storylines between Tazmin and Stella, while living in the same lovely location, are different in their circumstances, outlook, and ending.

Secrets of the Cottage by the Sea - Goodreads Secrets of the Cottage by the Sea - Goodreads

Beautifully written in dual timeline format, with some strong female leads, both having been in abusive relationships, wanting to break free. Rather reluctantly and out of necessity she begins to get to know her quiet next door neighbour, ‘part time grump’ Euan, and they discover they have more in common than they would have thought. I think this gave it something from the off for me, we start with Stella putting her plan in place to escape from her abusive husband and straight away I wanted to know if she managed to succeed, I have to say at first I thought the next chapter was her arriving at her new life but it was soon clear that this wasn’t the case.In that same cottage, 50 years earlier, a young newlywed, Stella, is bright eyed at the beginning of her marriage, a marriage that everyone around her questioned her about (Are you sure? Moving to the wild and vast Yorkshire countryside is a dream come true for Tamzin she has a lovely little cottage there and her rescue fox who she's nurtured since he was a kit. Few of us can expect to end up with domineering billionaires or cocky mafia kingpins who abduct us or turn us into vampires and whatnot.