By Katie Fforde
Published Jan 2010
Fed up with looking after a houseful of students, Thea throws caution to the winds and takes off to Ireland with Rory, a charming but feckless artist. But Thea’s old life isn’t so easily cut off; the arrival of Molly, her bossy friend, Petal, her annoying lodger and Petal’s enigmatic uncle Ben, a man Thea has sworn never to like, complicate things considerably… The timing is terrible – Rory’s dog is about to have puppies – but even more alarming is that the more Rory pursues Thea, the more maddeningly attractive she finds Ben…