Something terrible happened to pull them apart, however, and it's 13 years later when they reconnect. Every year, in January, a new Jill Mansell novel arrives, and we readers can look forward to spending many enjoyable hours losing ourselves in the world she has created. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Niet in ieder licht leest het lekker en met het boek kan ik voortaan gewichtheffen, maar niemand kan zeggen dat het niet origineel is. If I am being honest, I think I requested this book because I was confusing the author with another one I have read. Jill Mansell started writing fiction while working in the NHS, after she read a magazine article that inspired her to join a local creative writing class.Thrown together, Didi and Shay remember, but try to ignore, what real love felt like: their timing is all wrong. His dad, Red, is dying, and has one last wish: to see out his last days on earth in the family home, Hillcrest. Het verhaal was best voorspelbaar, maar er gebeurde veel en het was leuk om te lezen op welke manier mijn voorspellingen uitkwamen. Harry Gray is a fit and handsome, a personal trainer recently moved to the Cotswolds, and he seems to be enchanted Layla. TAKE A CHANCE ON ME won the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Romantic Comedy Prize, and in 2015 the RNA presented Jill with an outstanding achievement award.

From the beloved author of IT STARTED WITH A SECRET comes a fabulous new novel about love, friendship and finding the way to your best life. Didi never stopped thinking about him, though, so when he showed up at the hotel she works at, a part of her is joyous. One specific sub plot is about how fragile life is and the author handled this subject with great care and even humor. Of course the ending is the HEA that one expects from a romance, and she does deliver on the romantic angst along the way.Didi is de manager van een prachtig en luxueus hotel in de Cotswolds, waar ze allerlei brandjes blust en haar gasten tevreden houdt, maar niets had haar kunnen voorbereiden op deze nieuwe ontmoeting met Shay, die terug is in Elliscombe en logeert in het hotel. In And Now You’re Back there are secrets to uncover and misunderstandings to sort out, but it is at heart about the possibility of second chances.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Tijdens een sprookjesachtige sneeuwnacht waarin ze allebei het hotel uitglipten, bleken ze een speciale klik te hebben en ze waren al gauw onafscheidelijk. I enjoyed reading every bit of this lovely book, even the parts that had me a bit anxious, since I knew Jill Mansell would have written a “happily ever after ending”.Dit is een fijn verhaal over oude en nieuwe liefde, vriendschappen, werkperikelen, geheimen, koppige ouders, liefdadigheid, tweede kansen, je hart volgen en je dromen achternagaan, maar het is ook een verhaal over rouw, verdriet en hoop. The book is set in the Cotswolds and I adored Mansell's descriptions of well known villages and found myself transported to the beauty of the Cotswolds. With Shay and Red back in Elliscombe, certain people are reminded of the unsolved crime that drove Shay away, and secrets they have been keeping for thirteen years. Didi and Shay’s supporting cast include Aaron Didi’s fiancée, Layla and her mother Rosa, Layla’s new love interest who isn’t who he seems, Bennie and Ingrid who now live in Rosa’s old house, Red Shay’s dad and of course Harry who has a secret he’s been hiding from everyone. I felt that the characters were a bit lightweight, not a lot of depth to them but overall it didn’t really affect my enjoyment of the story.