A Country Escape

A Country Escape by Katie Fforde

Published by Arrow, 22 February 2018

Fran leaves the bright lights and hot kitchens of London for a rustic farm in the Cotswolds after receiving a letter from the solicitor of a long-lost relative.

If Fran can make a go of the farm within six months, the owner Amy Flowers will leave it to her in her will. Amy is now in a nursing home but has a capable stockman to care for the farm's dairy herd.

It takes a while for Fran to find her feet but with the help from her bestie Issi she soon manages to sort the curds from the whey and hits on a couple of ideas to make the farm pay.

Dark clouds gather over the rolling green hills however in the shape of Australian Roy - another distant relation who hadn't originally answered Amy's letters. Just as Fran begins to feel at hope could it all go down under?

This was a light, entertaining read. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the farming life. Amy is a great waspish character (I pictured Dame Maggie Smith) and if you enjoy a bit of romance Antony Arlingham is an excellent knight in tasteful business suit ready to come to the rescue.

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