Country Secrets
A funny and sexy small-town, rural romance, the perfect feel-good Autumn read
Published on 17. August 2023
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-1-78497-731-3 (ISBN)
Description
Can you ever have a second chance at first love?
When Ronnie Percy's gorgeous on-off lover Blair is forced to deep-freeze their affair for the sake of his sick wife, she's delighted to be distracted by charismatic neighbour, Kit Donne, and - more surprisingly - finds herself drawn into a fight for the future of the village. But then the return of someone from her distant past threatens to expose long-buried secrets.
Meanwhile daughter Pax - already besieged by her controlling estranged husband - has started to suspect that new beau 'the horsemaker' Luca still loves somebody else. The last shoulder on earth she should cry on is Bay Austen's, but his marriage is crumbling and he's lost none of his dangerous charm. Moreover, Bay knows the way to her heart is through her horses...
Old friendships, new loves, jealousies, gossip and beautiful horses - these are the classic ingredients for Fiona Walker's latest gripping, sexy novel, set in the Cotswold village of Compton Magna and laced with her trademark humour.
When Ronnie Percy's gorgeous on-off lover Blair is forced to deep-freeze their affair for the sake of his sick wife, she's delighted to be distracted by charismatic neighbour, Kit Donne, and - more surprisingly - finds herself drawn into a fight for the future of the village. But then the return of someone from her distant past threatens to expose long-buried secrets.
Meanwhile daughter Pax - already besieged by her controlling estranged husband - has started to suspect that new beau 'the horsemaker' Luca still loves somebody else. The last shoulder on earth she should cry on is Bay Austen's, but his marriage is crumbling and he's lost none of his dangerous charm. Moreover, Bay knows the way to her heart is through her horses...
Old friendships, new loves, jealousies, gossip and beautiful horses - these are the classic ingredients for Fiona Walker's latest gripping, sexy novel, set in the Cotswold village of Compton Magna and laced with her trademark humour.
Reviews / Votes
Fiona Walker always delivers a joyful, rip-roaring romp of a novel, full of positivity and humour... This novel has everything to entertain... a gripping, spicy novel, set in the Cotswold village. You will be transported to a lovely place -- Adele Parks, Platinum 'There's no reining-in Walker in this raunchy and rural tale... Brimming with jealousy, gossip, horses and humour. What a ride!' -- The Sunday Post 'If you're a fan of Jilly Cooper and Veronica Henry, you'll love this gripping, sexy novel from Fiona Walker.' -- Pick Me Up! Really funny moments... dark twisty dangerous moments. It was a really really good fun read... I found it really captivating -- Love Your Library Podcast PRAISE FOR COUNTRY LOVERS:'With feisty characters, sexy menfolk, long-buried secrets and a healthy dollop of sauce, this book is a total riot from start to end' Heat.
'Filled with intrigue, romance and drama... This is a must-read for cold winter nights by the Aga' Cotswold Life.
'A feel-good romp complete with dashing heroes and engaging heroines. Perfect for some serious but light-hearted escapism' Horse and Countryside.
'Fans of the sex-and-horses rural romp will feel right at home with this pleasing doorstep of a novel' * Daily Mail *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78497-731-3 (9781784977313)
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Fiona Walker
Country Secrets
A Funny and Sexy Small-Town, Rural Romance, the Perfect Feel-Good Autumn Read
E-Book
08/2023
1st Edition
Head of Zeus
€0.99
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Person
Fiona Walker is the author of eighteen novels, from tales of flat-shares and clubbing in nineties London to today's romping, rural romances set amid shires, spires and stiles. In a career spanning over two decades, she's grown up alongside her readers, never losing her wickedly well-observed take on life, lust and the British in love. She lives in Warwickshire, sharing a slice of Shakespeare Country with her partner, their two daughters and a menagerie of animals.
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