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A Year At The Star And Sixpence

The perfect escapist read for all fans of Cathy Bramley and Scarlett Bailey A Year at the Star and Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star and Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time When sisters Nessie and Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afresh But when they arrive at the Star and Sixpence it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict ruined by debts and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running again But they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once again Their first year at the Star and Sixpence won't be easy though nothing worth doing ever is But when the sisters' past comes back
to haunt them they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeedCurl up with A Year at the Star and Sixpence - the perfect novel to start the new year the way you mean to go on 'A fresh new voice brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' Rowan Coleman 'You'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction Holly Hepburn Filled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting Snowdrops at the Star and Sixpence is simply wonderful I want to read more!' Miranda Dickinson 'Warm witty and laced with intriguing secrets! I want to pull up a bar stool order a large G&T and soak up all the gossip at the Star and Sixpence!' Cathy Bramley A Year at the Star and Sixpence is the collected
Star and Sixpence novellas If you have already enjoyed the novellas then you have already enjoyed A Year at the Star and Sixpence For new novellas from Holly check out her Picturehouse by the Sea series starting in January 2017!
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The perfect escapist read for all fans of Cathy Bramley & Scarlett Bailey A Year at the Star & Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star & Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time When sisters Nessie & Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives & start afresh But when they arrive at the Star & Sixpence it's not quite what they imagined
- it's pretty much derelict ruined by debts & it's going to be a huge job to get it up & running again But they are determined to make the best of this new life & they set about making the pub the heart of the village once again Their first year at the Star & Sixpence won't be easy though nothing worth doing ever is But when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed Curl up with A Year at the Star & Sixpence
- the perfect novel to start the new year the way you mean to go on 'A fresh new voice brings wit & warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' Rowan Coleman ' You'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction Holly Hepburn Filled to the brim with captivating characters & fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting Snowdrops at the Star & Sixpence is simply wonderful I want to read more!' Miranda Dickinson ' Warm witty & laced with intriguing secrets! I want to pull up a bar stool order a large G&T & soak up all the gossip at the Star & Sixpence!' Cathy Bramley A Year at the Star & Sixpence is the collected Star & Sixpence novellas If you have already enjoyed the novellas then you have already enjoyed A Year at the Star & Sixpence For new novellas from Holly check out her Picturehouse by the Sea series starting in January 2017!

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star - A giant ball of plasma held together by gravity.
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