The Rose Revived
The feel-good escapist romcom from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Three friends who set up their own business. Three different dreams they are ready to chase. A life adventure awaits . . . from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match.
'The queen of uplifting, feel good romance.' AJ Pearce
'Effortlessly lovable, warm and fun' Closer
'Katie Fforde is on sparkling form' Independent
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May, Sally and Harriet have had enough.
They may work at Quality Cleaners, but there is nothing quality about the way their boss, 'Slimeball' Slater, runs the business. Sick and tired of working for a crook, May, Sally and Harriet decide to set up their own business.
Soon May finds she can afford the mooring fees for her beloved narrowboat, Harriet discovers she has a gift for painting, and Sally's dream of owning a place of her own is fast becoming a reality.
It all seems to be going so well. But is it really?
And is it too much, May wonders, to want a man to share her newfound happiness?
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Reader's can't get enough of The Rose Revived . . .
***** 'This was wonderful, witty, touching and just an all round feel good story.'
***** 'Katie Fforde is a fantastic story teller, and I often reread her books.'
***** 'This hits the spot for providing a short, sweet shot of glorious romance'
***** 'I absolutely loved this book, it was warm and cosy yet engaging with a fun story line.'
***** 'The perfect book that takes you away from reality.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's Cinderella time for the three housecleaning heroines of this charming romance, the stateside debut of British novelist Fforde (Living Dangerously). Fiercely independent May Sargent needs a job to pay overdue mooring fees on her houseboat, the Rose Revived. Lovelorn actress Sally Bliss would "be grateful for a non-speaking role as a cucumber sandwich" but can't find one. And quiet single mother Harriet Devonshire has come to London with dreams of studying art. These three women meet in the offices of Quality Cleaners, where a maid's accent counts for more than her experience with a mop. It turns out that housecleaning has some unexpected rewards, as Harriet learns when she scrubs floors for renowned artist Leo Purbright, and as May finds out when her unexpected debut as a cook brings an introduction to sexy hot-shot lawyer Hugh Buckfast. But in a few short weeks, the women's dreams are shattered. Sally is thrown out by her social-climbing journalist boyfriend, Harriet's grandparents attempt to get custody of her son and all three housecleaners are cheated out of their rightful wages by their employer. What to do but to start their own business, Cleaning Undertaken? And they launch just in time, too, for Sally to meet handsome farmer James Lucas. The surprise in this delightfully old-fashioned romance isn't that Fforde has her trio find their Prince Charmings among the Lysol and Comet, but that she does so with a refreshing lack of gratuitous and graphic sex.
