NEW RELEASE
Love & Freedom - Sue Moorcroft (2011)
Honor's life in America has fallen apart. Taking her redundancy money, she heads over the pond to England to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby. She soon meets the Mayfair family, and she seems drawn to the mysterious Martyn. His seemingly carefree playboy lifestyle keeps Honor at bay, and she is only starting to get close to him when her past gets in the way. The identity of her mother is revealed with agonising results and Honor has a big decision to make - will she go back to her old life in America? Written from both Honor and Martyn's perspective, this gives you a great insight into the characters, with a good supporting cast of the Mayfair sisters and the workers of The Teapot. The secrets of the characters are drip fed through the book, to keep you turning the pages, and there are few twists to catch you out when you think you've guessed the plot. Set in a seaside suburb of Brighton, this makes a great summer beach read. (AB)
Sue Moorcroft's Love & Freedom sees an American woman head to Brighton to face up to her past and find a fresh future. The summary says: "New start, new love. That's what Honor Sontag needs after her life falls apart, leaving her reputation in tatters and her head all over the place. So she flees her native America and heads for Brighton, England. Honor's hoping for a much-deserved break and the chance to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby. What she gets is an entanglement with a mysterious male whose family seems to have a finger in every pot in town. Martyn Mayfair has sworn off women with strings attached but is irresistibly drawn to Honor, the American who keeps popping up in his life. All he wants is an uncomplicated relationship built on honesty, but Honor's past threatens to undermine everything. Then secrets about her mother start to spill out ... Honor has to make an agonising choice. Will she live up to her dutiful name and please others? Or will she choose freedom?" Love & Freedom is out in June.