The Forever House
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4.4 • 8 Ratings
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
’What a lovely warm feeling this book gave me, I loved the storyline loved the characters – would recommend.’ NetGalley Reviewer
Escape with a feel-good romance that will warm your heart this summer!
Emily Hendrickson is tired of being the wedding guest and never the bride. Working at her local paper as a wedding columnist, she can’t wait to write her own happy-ever-after.
When she bumps into her childhood sweetheart Calvin Albright, her world is knocked off balance. Calvin has returned to the quiet town of Hebblestone desperate for a fresh start. After his wife tragically died two years ago, he wants nothing more than to find a new home and settle down with his son, Isaac.
Isaac can see how lonely his dad is – he’s determined to help him find love again and complete their family…
Uploading a video to his blog in search of a new girlfriend for his dad, he convinces Emily to use the local paper to make the video viral and sift through the potential candidates.
But as the letters to Calvin begin to flood in, could the promise of love be closer to home than they think?
Readers LOVE The Forever House!
‘The perfect feel good romantic book. This is a really great book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I loved the characters, the setting, the writing style and the storyline. Fab.’ NetGalley Reviewer
‘Lovely feel good book, nicely written and well presented to the reader.’ NetGalley Reviewer
‘A lovely story with a happy ending.’ NetGalley Reviewer
‘A most enjoyable book.’ NetGalley Reviewer
About the author
RACHEL LOUISE DOVE is a mum of two from Yorkshire. She has always loved writing and has had previous success as a self-published author. Rachel is the winner of the Mills & Boon & Prima Magazine Flirty Fiction competition and won The Writers Bureau Writer of the Year Award in 2016. She is a qualified adult education tutor specialising in child development and autism. In 2018 she founded the Rachel Dove Bursary, giving one working-class writer each year a fully funded place on the Romantic Novelists’ Association New Writers’ Scheme.
Customer Reviews
An ideal read for a lazy afternoon
Still living in her home town of Hebblestone, Emily Hendrickson had dreamt of becoming a writer. Instead, she's working for the local newspaper covering weddings and committee meetings, vainly hoping for promotion into the features department. Unexpectedly she comes face to face with her childhood friend and secret love Calvin Albright who's now widowed and, with his son Isaac, has recently returned to Hebblestone. Realising that his father is unhappy and lonely, Isaac intends to find him a suitable girlfriend and creates a video for his blog, even persuading Emily for help in his scheme.
When the newspaper hears about Isaac’s video the editor gives Emily the story. Much against her will Emily now has to promote the video about Isaac’s search for a date for his father.
Losing a point. The title, The Forever House, and the country cottage on the cover had absolutely no connection with the content of the book. Twelve year old Isaac's language was at times scarily weird and far above his actual age group.
Light-hearted, a bit predictable, a quick and easy read.