11 The Teashop on the Corner (49 page)

Milly Johnson

A Summer Fling

When dynamic Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department, five very different women find themselves thrown together.

Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiancé, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So
when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she’s not sure whether she can learn to trust again.

Then there’s Grace, in her fifties, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless
brood. Grace worries that Dawn is about to make the same mistake: orphaned as a child, engaged to love-rat Calum, is Dawn more interested in the security that comes with his tight-knit,
boisterous family?

At 28, Raychel is the youngest member of their little gang. And with a loving husband, Ben, and a cosy little nest for two, she would seem to be the happiest. But what dark
secrets are lurking behind this perfect facade, that make sweet, pretty Raychel so guarded and unwilling to open up? Under Christie’s warm hand, the girls soon realise they have some
difficult choices to make.

Indeed, none of them quite realised how much they needed the sense of fun, laughter, and loyalty that abounds when five women become friends. It’s one for all, and all for
one!

Paperback ISBN 978-1-84739-283-1

Ebook ISBN 978-1-84983-102-4

Milly Johnson

An Autumn Crush

In the heart of the windy season, four friends are about to get swept off their feet . . .

Newly single after a bruising divorce, Juliet Miller moves into a place of her own and advertises for a flatmate, little believing that, in her mid-thirties, she’ll find
anyone suitable. Then, just as she’s about to give up hope, along comes self-employed copywriter Floz, and the two women hit it off straight away.

When Juliet’s gentle giant of a twin brother, Guy, meets Floz, he falls head over heels. But, as hard as he tries to charm her, his foot seems to be permanently in his
mouth. Meanwhile, Guy’s best friend Steve has always had a secret crush on Juliet – one which could not be more unrequited if it tried . . .

As Floz and Juliet’s friendship deepens, and Floz becomes a part of the Miller family, can Guy turn her affection for them into something more – into love for him?
And what will happen to Steve’s heart when Juliet eventually catches the eye of Piers – the man of her dreams?

As autumn falls, will love eventually bloom for them all? Or will the secrets of the past turn the season’s gold to the chill of winter?

Paperback ISBN 978-1-84983-203-8

Ebook ISBN 978-1-84983-204-5

Milly Johnson

A Winter Flame

When Lou Winter picks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist’s waiting room and spots an article about clearing clutter, she little realises how it will change her life.
What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control. Before long Lou is hiring skips in which to dump the copious amounts of junk she never knew she had.

Lou’s loved ones grow disgruntled. Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast, her husband Phil wonders? The truth is, the more
rubbish Lou lets go of, the more light and air can get to those painful, closed-up places at the centre of her heart: the love waiting for a baby she would never have, the empty space her best
friend Deb once occupied, and the gaping wound left by her husband’s affair.

Even lovely Tom Broom, the man who delivers Lou’s skips, starts to grow concerned about his sweetest customer. But Lou is a woman on a mission, and not even she knows
where it will end . . .

Paperback ISBN 978-1-84739-282-4

Ebook ISBN 978-1-84739-866-6