Practically Perfect
The feel-good escapist romcom from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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Publisher Description
A cottage renovation. A good-looking but impossible stranger arrives. A life adventure awaits. . . from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Wedding Season, A Wedding in Provence and One Enchanted Evening.
'The queen of uplifting, feel good romance' AJ Pearce
'Top-drawer romantic escapism' Daily Mail
'Delicious - gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches' Sunday Times
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Anna has risked everything to buy and renovate her tiny but beautiful cottage set in the sleepy village of Amberford.
The outside is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, and only candles for lighting.
It's no wonder that Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew.
Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue: providing wine, sympathy and a rescue greyhound: Caroline!
But just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, good-looking but impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than Anna can deal with.
Can Anna make this work? Can she have her dream house and win round the perfect man?
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Readers love the Katie Fforde escapism . . .
***** 'Lighthearted, funny and a delight to read.'
***** 'A fun, lightedhearted read perfect for a summer evening.'
***** 'Books like this are perfect for curling up with and leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling.'
***** 'A wonderful hug in a book teaching the age old compromise and communication of love.'
***** 'I do believe this is my all time favourite Katie Fforde story. A pleasing tale with lovely characters and a happy ever after ending.'
Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestselling author, February 2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the less than sprightly latest from Fforde (Restoring Grace), newly minted interior designer Anna, 27, is renovating a run-down cottage in the Cotswold to flip for a profit. At her neighbor's request, she takes in a homeless greyhound, and it happens that Rob Hunter, the local greyhound "rehoming officer," is also the inspector who ensures that historical homes are properly restored. Though he initially is a thorn in her inexperienced renovator side, Anna comes to appreciate Rob's humor, warmth and caring nature. But then Max Gordon, the architecture guest lecturer Anna's had a crush on for years after a near-miss on getting together when she was in college, appears at her London reunion and seems poised to sweep her off her feet. The cast of country secondaries provides color and interest, and Fforde adroitly registers Anna's subtler feelings. But the pace is slow, and the renovation details overwhelm the romance.
