Meet Me at Willow Hall: A perfectly charming romance for 2019!. Carla Burgess

Meet Me at Willow Hall: A perfectly charming romance for 2019! - Carla  Burgess


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      Meet Me at Willow Hall

      CARLA BURGESS

      HQ

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018

      Copyright © Carla Burgess 2018

      Annie Lyons asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      E-book Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008271565

      Version: 2018-06-27

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

      

       Chapter Six

      

       Chapter Seven

      

       Chapter Eight

      

       Chapter Nine

      

       Chapter Ten

      

       Chapter Eleven

      

       Chapter Twelve

      

       Chapter Thirteen

      

       Chapter Fourteen

      

       Chapter Fifteen

      

       Chapter Sixteen

      

       Chapter Seventeen

      

       Chapter Eighteen

      

       Extract

       Dear Reader

      

       Acknowledgements

      

       About the Author

      

       Also by Carla Burgess

      

       Endpages

      

       About the Publisher

       For Fifi, the super fan

       Rachel,

       I’ve been thinking a lot about us recently and I’ve come to the conclusion it’s not working. As you know, I was never looking for long-term commitment, and I really think now is the time to part ways. We had four great months together, but since my accident I just don’t feel like carrying this on any longer. You know I don’t love you. I will never love you. I need to be alone. I’m sorry to be writing this in a letter instead of telling you face to face, but I thought it would be worse for you to drive all this way to visit me here in hospital, only to have to drive home again knowing you’d had a wasted journey. It’s been good of you to visit me, but the truth is that seeing you exhausts me. I’ve told the nurses I only want to see close family, so please don’t come again. I don’t want a big discussion about this. Please, just accept that it’s over and move on.

       Goodbye and good luck.

       Anthony

       Chapter One

      One year later

      ‘Make Willow Hall the stage for your love story!’ I made my voice dramatic as we bounced along the narrow country lane towards the hall in Elena’s little car. Turning slightly in my seat to face her, I cleared my throat and adjusted the glossy brochure in my hands. ‘Set in the green, rolling hills of the Shropshire countryside, and with a past steeped in history and romance, Willow Hall is the perfect venue for your wedding … Oh, please!’ I broke off. ‘Steeped in romance! Honestly, what a load of rubbish! You can tell Anthony’s had nothing to do with this!’ I laughed and looked again at the photograph of the Georgian manor house


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