Summer at the Art Cafe, by Sue McDonagh
First in my bestselling Art Cafe series, based in beautiful Gower, South Wales.
Signed by the author, together with postcards and bookmarks!
Highly recommended!
From watercolours and cupcakes to leather jackets and freedom … If you won a gorgeous purple motorbike, and your domineering husband said you were too fat for leathers and should sell it, would you do as you were told – or learn to ride it in secret?
Artist and café owner Lucy Daumier intends to do just that – but learning to ride is far from easy, especially under the critical eye of prickly motorcycle instructor, Ash Connor. Gradually Lucy gets the hang of it, and in the process re-discovers the girl she used to be.
So starts an exciting summer of new friendships and fun – as well as a realisation that there is more to Ash than meets the eye when she is introduced to his seven-year-old daughter, Daisy.
But can Lucy’s new-found happiness last when a spiteful family member wants to see her fail?
What people are saying about Summer at the Art Cafe:
My favourite book this year! Initially the beautiful illustration on the cover made me smile and I soon realised that I had picked the ideal complement to enjoying the sunshine in the garden. I loved this book and the evolving story which developed around the characters, who in the main you could not help but warm to.
This book is an impressive debut novel, with all the right ingredients for that perfect summer read
Delicious from beginning to end. I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that Sue McDonagh is an artist as well as a writer. I have rarely read a book where the author so skilfully paints pictures in your head with such vivid colour and description that it all becomes so very real."