Secrets In Priors Ford: Number 1 in series (Priors Ford Novel Series)
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Perhaps a written soap opera would be the way to describe this--though it's much less sordid than the soaps on TV--at least from the last time I watched one years ago! It's surprising that I liked this, really, but I did, very much. It tells the story of Glen and Libby, owners of the local pub The Neurotic Cuckoo who have an old secret in their past that they want kept quiet. Libby worries it will be brought to the fore when Glen heads up a committee working against the quarry re-opening. There's Jenny, Helen and Ingrid, local village women with younger children who together run a seasonal craft shop.
Series by cover 1—6 of 6 show all. A lovely cosy village community read full of engaging characters. In her past lies a shadowy tale of fear and instability - a life that she once ran away from, and has hidden from ever since. This Beats Perfect by Rebecca Denton. Rosie is in a coma, unable to reach out to the world or communicate.
There's Clarissa, recently widowed and a village outsider as she and her husband had only moved to Prior's Ford a few months before he died. And there's the Ralston-Kerrs, owners of Linn Manor and the land the quarry is on!
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All in all, an enjoyable story with a lovely sense of place and atmosphere and some diverse, well-drawn and interesting characters. I closed the book feeling very satisfied and wanting to go back for another visit soon.
Jan 08, June Louise rated it it was amazing Shelves: It is very Rebecca Shaw-esque in nature in that it features a small community, this time in the hilly Scottish Borderland. This community is not what it seems though, there appear to be several residents who have some secrets What is Clarissa's discovery? What is Jenny's shady past and just why do the pub landlord and landlady shun publicity. All this among tears, mirth and summer fayres no not just normal fairs, fayres.
Secrets in Prior's Ford (Prior's Ford, #1) by Eve Houston
I personally loved it and am off to read the sequel, "Drama comes to Priors Ford". I've been reading books revolving around village life recently and was looking for a Miss Read type book but more contemporary. The synopsis of this one didn't really grab me initially, but I was really drawn to the cover of the book and discovered as I started to read that, as is often the case, the blurb on the cover didn't really do the story justice.
The potential reopening of a quarry on the outskirts of the village turned out to be much more interesting than I thought it would be and a rang I've been reading books revolving around village life recently and was looking for a Miss Read type book but more contemporary. The potential reopening of a quarry on the outskirts of the village turned out to be much more interesting than I thought it would be and a range of well-drawn characters are introduced whose stories are explored in a way that makes you want to get to know them all better and to care about what happens to them.
I'm looking forward to reading more of this series. Mar 25, Jeannie and Louis Rigod rated it really liked it. This novel was a gentle vacation in a Scottish border town known as "Prior's Ford.
The old quarry might re-open. This novel had us seeing all sides of the issue, as well as, becoming friends with the secrets of the village. We even meet and learn to enjoy This novel was a gentle vacation in a Scottish border town known as "Prior's Ford. We even meet and learn to enjoy the children of this tourist village. I lift my Shandy glass to Ms. Houston for a well rounded novel composed of personalities that I've grown fond of Village life in modern times with enough of life's puzzles to keep the pages turning.
Jun 16, Yvonne Naudi rated it it was amazing. Feb 19, Sarah Staddon-Phillips rated it really liked it. A lovely cosy village community read full of engaging characters. It only takes one tiny step to change a life forever Upon publication in , Corregidora was hailed as a masterpiece, winning acclaim from writers including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison.
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Did they know something they weren't allowed to know?
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Did they find something they weren't supposed to find? Hedy is the only one left standing, a rebellious girl cast adrift in a world of post-war anxiety - a girl who has the courage to question what really went on behind military closed doors. Hedy's journey to the truth leads her to read a manuscript that her talented twin brother had started months before he died, a story inspired by an experience in the forest surrounding the airbase perimeter.
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Rogan had been given a horrifying choice - set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die.
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Editorial Reviews. Review. Subterfuge, secrecy [and] unexpected romances [ A] safe, cosy read, well written and easy to enjoy * Reader review, New Books. This novel was a gentle vacation in a Scottish border town known as "Prior's Ford ." We were introduced to the villagers and just as we begin to know them, there.
Mystery in Prior's Ford by Evelyn Hood.