Published By: Orion Dash
Publication Day: 6th July 2020
About the book…
When single mum Lucy Woods moves to Railway Cottage to be near her grandad, the last person she wants to bump into is her childhood crush and best friend’s brother Dom. Whilst he is as arrogant as ever, he has grown up into an absolutely drop dead gorgeous hunk. Dominic Cavendish is a bitter divorce lawyer who doesn’t believe in Happy Ever Afters but when his Gran meets Lucy’s Grandad in the nursing home, hilarity ensues, and the sparks begin to fly.
About the author…
Annette Hannah is a Liver Bird who relocated to leafy Hertfordshire in the 80’s and now lives near a river with her husband, two of their three grown up children and a crazy black cocker spaniel. She writes Romantic comedies in settings inspired by the beautiful countryside around her and always with a nod to her hometown. As an avid reader she became a book blogger and eventually realised her dream to become an author in 2020.She loves long walks along the river, travelling to far flung places, the odd glass of Pinot Blush and spending time with her friends and family.
Contact Links:
Twitter: @annettehannahwww.sincerelybookangels.blogspot.com
www.annettehannah.com
My thoughts…
Oh my! Where do I start? When I heard Annette Hannah had written a book and was asked to be part of the cover reveal for it I couldn’t wait to read it, the cover is just gorgeous. Oh boy and when I did read it it was good - everything I hoped for and more.The story centres around Lucy a single parent to an adorable son Jackson. They have gone to stay in her grandads cottage - Railway Cottage to be close to him whilst he recuperated from an illness. It kills two birds with one stone and has come at just the right time for Lucy who is looking for a fresh start, she’s bit the bullet and is setting up a new venture as a Wedding Planner. Stepping into her grandads cottage is like shrugging on a cozy coat for Lucy - it rekindles all of the happy times spent there as a child visiting both her grandparents. She also feels a semblance of guilt because she hasn’t visited as often as she should have since her gran passed her way and since she had Jackson to care for.
Wedding Bells at the Signal Box Cafe is an absolutely delightful read. Annette has created characters that are diverse, colourful and totally believable. The adventures that Jackson and Baxter the family dog go on are nothing compared to the antics that Lucy’s granddad gets up to with Violet another resident in the home where Douglas Lucy’s grandad is staying. She is also the grandmother as it happens of Lucy’s childhood crush Dom, brother of her childhood best friend Abbie.
The story flips back and forth between the various characters as Lucy finds her feet and decides to also set up in business with her grandad to renovate the old Railway Signal Box that is no longer used but, owned by her Grandad - he was the signalman when Lucy was young and it’s a place of happy memories for them both.
This book has it all it has there’s lots of hearts and flowers and romance as you’d expect but there’s also serious aspects to the story that are tempered by total hilarity. It was a dream reading this and brought back so many memories of my childhood too. I travelled on a train from the village where I lived with a few other children to another town every school day and on the way home if we managed to get on the platform early enough before our train was due the signalman would let us into the signal box to help pull the levers for the train going the other way. Winters evenings eating scouse, which ironically I ate only last week - proper homely comfort food; just like this book -comforting, warm and totally delightful. There was plenty going on and the descriptions are so vivid it wasn’t hard to imagine myself popping into the Signal Box cafe or strolling along the tow path.
Annette you’ve nailed it an amazingly wonderful read that I highly recommend - now when’s your second going to be published?
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