{"product_id":"summer-at-the-cornish-cafzs-9780008248307","title":"Summer at the Cornish Café","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne summer can change everything . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love Debbie Johnson, Cathy Bramley and Trisha Ashley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Warm and funny and feel-good. The best sort of holiday read.\" Katie Fforde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with warm and likeable characters. Great fun!\" Jill Mansell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemi doesn't expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything out of the ordinary. As a waitress, working all hours to make ends meet, washing dishes and serving ice creams seems to be as exciting as the holiday season is about to get.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's until she meets Cal Penwith. An outsider, like herself, Cal is persuaded to let Demi help him renovate his holiday resort, Kilhallon Park. Set above an idyllic Cornish cove, the once popular destination for tourists has now gone to rack and ruin. During the course of the Cornish summer, Demi makes new friends - and foes - as she helps the dashing and often infuriating Cal in his quest. Working side by side, the pair grow close, but Cal has complications in his past which make Demi wonder if he could ever truly be interested in her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemi realises that she has finally found a place she can call home. But as the summer draws to a close, and Demi's own reputation as an up and coming café owner starts to spread, she is faced with a tough decision . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA gorgeous story exploring new beginnings, new love and new opportunities, set against the stunning background of the Cornish coast - starring a feisty, compelling heroine who leaps off the page and encourages you to live your summer to the full.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIf you loved \u003cem\u003eSummer at the Cornish Cafe\u003c\/em\u003e, don't miss the next in the Penwith Trilogy, \u003cem\u003eChristmas at the Cornish Cafe\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillipa Ashley writes warm, funny romantic fiction for a variety of world-famous international publishers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter studying English at Oxford, she worked as a copywriter and journalist. Her first novel, Decent Exposure, won the RNA New Writers Award and was made into a TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas starring Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hopkins. As Pippa Croft, she also wrote the Oxford Blue series - The First Time We Met, The Second Time I Saw You and Third Time Lucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillipa lives in a Staffordshire village and has an engineer husband and scientist daughter who indulge her arty whims. She runs a holiday-let business in the Lake District, but a big part of her heart belongs to Cornwall. She visits the county several times a year for 'research purposes', an arduous task that involves sampling cream teas, swimming in wild Cornish coves and following actors around film shoots in a camper van. Her hobbies include watching Poldark, Earl Grey tea, Prosecco-tasting and falling off surf boards in front of RNLI lifeguards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Avon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661230211346,"sku":"9780008248307","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9233c856-731a-4017-aa0f-9a1629c2c2bb.jpg?v=1760438356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-at-the-cornish-cafzs-9780008248307","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}