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Will Anna's grand designs prove just a pipe dream?

Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew.

Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy - and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life's hurdles?

©Katie Fforde 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Contemporary Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

Praise for Katie Fforde: 'Old-fashioned romance of the best sort-funny, comforting'
'The romance fizzes along with good humour and is a good, fat, summery read'
'A witty and generous romance - Jilly Cooper for the grown-ups'
'Delicious'
'Can be scoffed at one sitting - tasty!'
'A sweet and breezy read - the ideal accompaniment to a long summer's evening'
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I loved listening to the Audio Book, I enjoyed imagining about what’s happening in each chapter

Positive feedback

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lovely escapist stuff... totally improbable as usual and very enjoyable. narrated well and a good length with plenty of twists and turns.

Great fun, predictably Katie Fforde!

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I liked the story but it was rather ruined by the narrator who is more suited to comedy or children’s books

Good book but poor narration

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Great book from Katie as usual.

However the narrator had a lot of ‘inflections’ at the end of sentences which was annoying and a distraction.

Why couldn’t she just read it normally?

A shame as it spoiled the enjoyment.

Love the book - found the reader annoying.

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A really enjoyable book, set locally to me. A lovely Cotswold story about house renovation and romance.

Practically Perfect

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