The Forgotten House on the Moor Published by Boldwood Books by Jane Lovering
on June 22, 2022
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 255
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: Home on Folly Farm: The perfect uplifting romantic comedy for 2021, A Cottage Full of Secrets
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Rating:
Mystery, mayhem, a manor house and a generous serving of romance...
When police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help.
Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block. What on earth possessed him to go on a hike in the middle of the night?
Alice soon finds herself working with Grant’s girlfriend Jenna and Jenna’s gorgeous ‘Lord of the family Manor’ brother Max, to find out what has happened, and what caused Grant’s accident at The Fortune House – the spooky house out on the moors.
The locals tell all manner of ghoulish stories about The Fortune House, which Alice is not minded to listen to. But before long, things take a turn for the strange and Max and Alice have a new mystery to solve. While all the while Alice can’t help hoping she might meet the requirements to be Max’s ‘Lady of the Manor’ at his country pile, Hatherleigh Hall.
Alice hasn’t seen or heard from her ex-husband, Grant, in several years. And then one night the police show up to let her know that he’s died. And she just cannot wrap her head around the details of his death. So much so that she starts doing some digging on her own.
Well, not really, because she ends up meeting her ex’s girlfriend, Jenna, and Jenna’s brother, Max.
This story was at times mysterious and confounding. There were definitely some funny moments, as well. I found the way Alice thought about herself both deeply horrifying and humorous.
The romance involved was just enough to keep me invested, but not enough to take away too much from the central story.
About Jane Lovering
Jane Lovering is the bestselling and award-winning romantic comedy writer who won the RNA Novel of the Year Award in 2012 with Please Don’t Stop the Music. She lives in Yorkshire and has a cat and a bonkers terrier, as well as five children who have now left home. Her first title for Boldwood will be published in September 2020.
Great review, Christine! This sounds like a great story but what I love the most is the bunny on the cover 😍
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