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Romance, humour and happy-ever-after endings. The deliciously romantic new novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of A Vintage Wedding, Recipe for Love, and A French Affair.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
Will opening the door lead to love and happy endings? In Katie Fforde´s brand new novel for 2017.
In spite of everything her heart lifted a little as she opened the gate to the secret garden...

Lorna and her friend Philly work together in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the Cotswolds.

But even though they are surrounded by family and friends, the door to true love remains resolutely closed.

Could their discovery of a secret garden mean this is about to change?
´Modern-day Austen. Great fun´
Red

´Top-drawer romantic escapism´
Daily Mail

´Deliciously enjoyable´
Red

´Warm, brilliant and full of love´
Heat

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"Escape to romance and happy-ever-after in this lovely tale" Prima

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Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is a true country girl at heart. Each of her books explores a different profession or background and her research has helped her bring these to life. She´s been a porter in an auction house, tried her hand at pottery, refurbished furniture, delved behind the scenes of a dating website, and she´s even been on a Ray Mears survival course. She loves being a writer; to her there isn´t a more satisfying and pleasing thing to do. She particularly enjoys writing love stories. She believes falling in love is the best thing in the world, and she wants all her characters to experience it, and her readers to share their stories. To find out more about Katie Fforde step into her world at www.katiefforde.com, visit her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @KatieFforde.

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