A Fresh Start at Polkerran Point

They've both been burned by love before, but will they take a second chance?

A year on from the demise of an unhappy marriage, Kate Stretton grabs the opportunity to move to the other end of the country and start afresh in Cornwall with her teenage daughter, Mollie. Unused to the slower pace of life, Kate leaps at the chance to take on Polkerran Point's ailing annual arts and music festival.

Soon, though, she locks horns with local Rick Devonshire, the main sponsor for the festival. Rick's marriage has fallen apart in spectacular fashion, and the last thing he needs is Kate pushing to go against the festival's traditions.

Between unhelpful locals, taunting messages from her ex and trying to be present for her daughter, Kate's life is rapidly spiralling out of her control. It will take the whole village to make the festival a success, but with her determination and growing friendship with Rick, she might just do it...

A sweet and emotional romance for fans of Trisha Ashley, Jo Bartlett and Phillipa Ashley.


Cass Grafton began her writing life in Regency England, enlisted Jane Austen’s help to time-travel between then and the present day and is now happily ensconced in 21st-century Cornwall. Well, in her imagination and soul; her heart and physical presence reside in northern England with her ever-patient husband and Tig and Tag, their cute but exceptionally demanding moggies. An Ambassador for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation, Cass is also a member of the Jane Austen Society UK and the Society of Authors.

Claire Corbett is narrating royalty with over 350 audiobooks under her belt including Doctor Who books and many crime novels including the popular The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. When she is not narrating crime novels she voice acting in trending video games for example Baldur’s Gate III and Final Fantasy XVI.

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