Catching up on my Journaling and Live Journaling. I read these three last month, they were a poor attempt to reduce mount TBR!

Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde

Hetty goes to housesit for Great Uncle Samuel, the house is falling apart, and Samual’s heir has plans for the rambling house, but after meeting Hetty can he follow them through?…….

Wild Designs by Katie Fforde

After losing her job, Althea decides to develop her passion for gardening. When she wins the opportunity to design a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – with the unexpected help of gorgeous architect Patrick Donahugh – it looks as though she may have unearthed a new man as well as a new career.

Life Skills by Katie Fforde

A combination of overwork and jet-leg propel Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. When she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself, she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong. So, she ditches her fiance, jacks in her job and decides to revolutionise her life…

Her new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is certainly a departure, and teaches her more about life than how to get a couple of narrow boats through a lock. But even afloat Julia’s past catches up with her. Not only must she contend with the persistent Oscar (not to mention his frightful mother and her own mother’s determined matchmaking), but also the arrival of her childhood enemy, the enigmatic Fergus Grindley