The Telephone Box Library by Rachael Lucas - Make Yourself Comfy and Enjoy!

The Telephone Box Library is the first book I've read by Rachael Lucas and I really enjoyed it!
Lucy is taking a six month sabbatical from teaching in Brighton because all the stress has made her ill.
She finds an advert for a Cotswold cottage with reduced rent in exchange for keeping an eye on an elderly neighbour, and decides to take it.
Little Maudley is a beautiful village within reach of Milton Keynes and Oxford, and Bletchley Park; perfect for a history teacher to do some research on the Second World War. She is welcomed by Margaret who wants her to pop in regularly to see her feisty mother-in-law, Bunty, who is in her nineties.

Life is quiet in the Cotswolds, just what Lucy needs to get better in contrast with bustling Brighton, but conflict soon arises over the defunct telephone box on the village green which has played such an important part in village life. Walking her little dog, Hamish, she meets Mel, a dog walker amongst other things, whose daughter, Clemmie, is friends with Freya, the daughter of Mel's old schoolfriend, Sam, who's bringing up fourteen-year-old Freya on his own.
And as Lucy gradually become involved in the village, he takes her to see one of the specialist tree houses he's built for a couple who foster problem children, and soon, she begins to feel a flicker of attraction to him, but does he feel the same?
Will Lucy return to her teaching post in Brighton, or will she stay in Little Maudley?
Also, why is Bunty so determined the telephone box must stay, and what is the secret she has been hiding about the war?
A delightful novel, full of village life with wonderful characters from the spirited Bunty to the young teenagers, Freya and Clemmie, and fantastic scenery which makes you believe you are right there in the Cotswold countryside .
Don't hesitate, make yourself comfy and enjoy!

the man who didn't call - The Fantastic New Novel by Rosie Walsh

the man who didn't call is the fantastic new novel by Rosie Walsh who has previously written four under the pseudonym of Lucy Robinson.

Sarah met Eddie in Gloucestershire, on a village green, talking to a sheep, on the anniversary of her sister, Hannah's fatal accident.
They spend a perfect, glorious, romantic week together, but he has arranged to go on holiday to Spain with a friend, and she has to go to Leicester, where her grandfather is dangerously ill. They promise to keep in touch because this is something special for both of them.
But he never calls.
She tries to contact him in every way, but there is no reply.
Over the weeks, she does find Alan, the one Eddie was to go on holiday with, but he doesn't know, or won't say where he is, neither does Martin, another friend at his football club.
She begins to think that her obsession might be driving her over the edge, so she confides in her old school friends, Tommy and Jo, and Jenni, who works at Sarah's office in LA.
Who is Eddie? Where is he? What is his secret?
This is a gripping mystery, written in flashbacks to the magical time Sarah and Eddie spent together as her life goes on without him, and includes the letters letters that Sarah wrote to him and her sister, Hannah.
Rosie Walsh grew up in the Cotswolds and the descriptions her of this wonderful Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are amazing. The characters are believable too, and I found myself thinking about where Eddie was even when I was doing something else. Lastly this book evokes every emotion from laughter to tears. I loved it!