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Tangled Hearts and Blackberry Thorns
(2023)(The tenth book in the Return to Cornwall series)
A novel by Laura Briggs
A slick businessman’s scheme to turn Ceffylgwyn into a party lovers’ haven brings event planner Julianne a difficult dilemma in book ten of the series.
This isn’t Julianne’s first brush with Donny Ostervan’s dirty dealing. Having helped thwart his plans for an unsuspecting Newquay village several summers’ ago—and with her beloved Ceffylgwyn his newest target—she finds herself forced to call on the one person cunning enough to beat Donny at his own game: hen night planner and party club queen Teagen, whose ‘frenemy’ status with Julianne has reached a truce after Teagen’s own failed bid to meddle with the village’s image not so long ago. After all, taking on Donny take s a special breed of cleverness —with ruthless tactics — of the kind in which Teagen specializes.
In a bizarre twist of fate, however, Teagen seems to have left her wild days behind, transforming herself and her business into the picture of propriety—or so she claims. But with Teagen, there’s always a catch, and in this case, Julianne suspects it’s the favor she asks in exchange for helping the village escape Donny’s greedy clutches. Her price? Julianne’s expert advice as a wedding planner on how to capture the heart of a handsome and extremely respectable attorney who is the opposite of every man Teagen has ever pursued. Is it really possible Teagen’s feelings are sincere? And even if she has changed, can Julianne help her navigate the world of sincere romantic pursuit without creating a disaster?
Meanwhile, a very different crisis awaits Julianne at home regarding the family’s future with foster son Joel. Can they bear to lose him if circumstances take his life in a new direction? And elsewhere in the village, animal rescuer Rosie’s attempts to save a neglected pony lead to an unexpected friendship with a charming ‘animal whisperer’ named Thamis. This could be the connection Rosie’s been looking for at long last …. or maybe the potential for a bit of heartbreak as autumn unfolds in a season of second chances and surprises in a charming Cornish village.
Genre: General Fiction
This isn’t Julianne’s first brush with Donny Ostervan’s dirty dealing. Having helped thwart his plans for an unsuspecting Newquay village several summers’ ago—and with her beloved Ceffylgwyn his newest target—she finds herself forced to call on the one person cunning enough to beat Donny at his own game: hen night planner and party club queen Teagen, whose ‘frenemy’ status with Julianne has reached a truce after Teagen’s own failed bid to meddle with the village’s image not so long ago. After all, taking on Donny take s a special breed of cleverness —with ruthless tactics — of the kind in which Teagen specializes.
In a bizarre twist of fate, however, Teagen seems to have left her wild days behind, transforming herself and her business into the picture of propriety—or so she claims. But with Teagen, there’s always a catch, and in this case, Julianne suspects it’s the favor she asks in exchange for helping the village escape Donny’s greedy clutches. Her price? Julianne’s expert advice as a wedding planner on how to capture the heart of a handsome and extremely respectable attorney who is the opposite of every man Teagen has ever pursued. Is it really possible Teagen’s feelings are sincere? And even if she has changed, can Julianne help her navigate the world of sincere romantic pursuit without creating a disaster?
Meanwhile, a very different crisis awaits Julianne at home regarding the family’s future with foster son Joel. Can they bear to lose him if circumstances take his life in a new direction? And elsewhere in the village, animal rescuer Rosie’s attempts to save a neglected pony lead to an unexpected friendship with a charming ‘animal whisperer’ named Thamis. This could be the connection Rosie’s been looking for at long last …. or maybe the potential for a bit of heartbreak as autumn unfolds in a season of second chances and surprises in a charming Cornish village.
Genre: General Fiction
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