Rising To The Occasion

· Cornerstone Digital · Narrated by Julia Franklin
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Cathy Gordon has made a discovery. Adopted at birth, she finds out at the age of twenty-eight that she has a grandfather. But when she arrives at a cricket match to meet Frank, there is no trace of him - only an alarmingly sexy man called Nick.

Heading off to Frank's home in leafy Oxford, she encounters a grumpy old man who only takes pleasure in two things. Cricket, and arguing - especially with his lifelong friend, Barbara.

Determined to bond with her only living relative, Cathy takes up the challenge - a challenge which means her path crossing with Nick's once again. But as the summer heatwave continues, Cathy realises that there is more at stake than family ties. Will any of them - including Frank's beloved England team - rise to the occasion?

About the author

Linda Taylor worked for the Foreign Office in London, Angola and Sri Lanka before teaching in Japan. On her return she read English at Oxford, and taught in language schools in Oxford and London. She now lives in Kent, where she grew up, with her husband and baby son. When her first novel, Reading Between the Lines was published in 1998 it won the RNA New Writer's Award, was selected for WH Smith Fresh Talent and immediately became a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Her subsequent novels, Going Against the Grain, Beating About the Bush and Rising to the Occasion were published in 1999, 2000 and 2001, to great acclaim. Her last novel Shooting at the Stars was shortlisted for the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

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