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A tour of Alliott Country

Writer Catherine Alliott takes a look around the village that was the inspiration for her novel A Rural Affair

28 May 2017
A Rural Affair

  • A Rural Affair

  • Discover the magic of second chances and starting again in this tantalising story from the bestselling author of A Cornish Summer

    'If I'm being totally honest I had fantasized about Phil dying.'

    When Poppy Shilling's bike-besotted, Lycra-clad husband is killed in a freak accident, she can't help feeling a guilty sense of relief. For at long last she's released from a controlling and loveless marriage.

    Throwing herself wholeheartedly into village life, she's determined to start over. And sure enough, everyone from Luke the sexy church organist to Bob the resident oddball, is taking note. Yet the one man Poppy can't take her eyes off seems tantalizingly out of reach - why won't he let go of his glamorous ex-wife?

    But just as she's ready to dip her toes in the water, the discovery of a dark secret about her late husband shatters Poppy's confidence. Does she really have the courage to risk her heart again?

    Because Poppy wants a lot more than just a rural affair . . .

    Praise for Catherine Alliott:

    'I raced through it, completely gripped from start to finish'     Daily Mail

    'An entertaining read that's as light as the summer breeze'     Daily Express

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Catherine Alliott

Catherine Alliott is the author of fifteen bestselling novels including My Husband Next Door, A Rural Affair, One Day in May, The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton, and A Cornish Summer and Behind Closed Doors. She lives with her family in Hertfordshire.

Catherine Alliott

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