I'm very excited to be a part of the Cover Reveal for The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May. Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and Nicola May for letting me be a part of it.
So, without further ado, the cover!
Tah Dah!!! Look how cute it is!
This comes out April 9, 2018 and I will include the purchase links!
Here's the summary from Goodreads
Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life. But nothing is straightforward about this legacy. While the identity of her benefactor remains a mystery, he - or she - has left one important legal proviso: that the shop cannot be sold, only passed on to somebody who really deserves it.
Rosa makes up her mind to give it a go: to put everything she has into getting the shop up and running again in the small seaside community of Cockleberry Bay. But can she do it all on her own? And if not, who will help her succeed - and who among the following will work secretly to see her fail?
There is a handsome rugby player, a sexy plumber, a charlatan reporter and a selection of meddling locals. Add in a hit and run incident and the disappearance of a valuable engraved necklace – and what you get is a journey of self-discovery and unpredictable events.
With surprising and heartfelt results, Rosa, accompanied at all times by her little sausage dog Hot, will slowly unravel the shadowy secrets of the inheritance, and also bring her own, long-hidden heritage into the light.
Rosa makes up her mind to give it a go: to put everything she has into getting the shop up and running again in the small seaside community of Cockleberry Bay. But can she do it all on her own? And if not, who will help her succeed - and who among the following will work secretly to see her fail?
There is a handsome rugby player, a sexy plumber, a charlatan reporter and a selection of meddling locals. Add in a hit and run incident and the disappearance of a valuable engraved necklace – and what you get is a journey of self-discovery and unpredictable events.
With surprising and heartfelt results, Rosa, accompanied at all times by her little sausage dog Hot, will slowly unravel the shadowy secrets of the inheritance, and also bring her own, long-hidden heritage into the light.
The Author, Nicola May
Award
winning author Nicola May lives in Ascot in Berkshire with her
rescue cat Stanley. Her hobbies include watching films that involve a
lot of swooning, crabbing in South Devon, eating flapjacks and
enjoying a flutter on the horses. Inspired by her favourite authors
Milly Johnson and Carole Matthews, Nicola writes what she describes
as chicklit with a kick.
Check Out The Prologue!!
‘Are
you sure you’ve got the right person?’
Rosa
took off her bright red woolly hat and scratched the back of her head
furiously, causing her dark brown curly hair to become even more
unruly.
The
tall, pinched-faced solicitor nodded. ‘Yes, of course we have.
Evans, Donald and Simpson do not make mistakes. You, Miss Larkin, are
now the official owner of the corner shop in Cockleberry Bay.’
He
handed the bewildered twenty-five-year-old a battered leather
briefcase and pointed to a small combination padlock on its brass
clasp.
‘Here.
The will stated that you - and only you - can open this, using your
date of birth.’
‘This
is all very strange,’ Rosa said. ‘And where exactly is
this
Cockleberry Bay?’
‘Devon,
dear, Devon.’ The solicitor looked under his rimless glasses. ‘I
take it you know where that is?’
‘I
may have a cockney accent, Mr Donald, but I’m not stupid.’
‘Well,
open it then.’ The solicitor was shifting from foot to foot in
anticipation. He confided, ‘We’ve been wanting to know what’s
in there for days.’
Showing
no emotion, Rosa gazed at him with her striking green eyes and asked
coolly: ‘Is there anything else I need?’
‘Er,
no - but are you not going to . . .?’
‘I
need to get to work.’ Rosa put her hat and scarf back on, zipped up
her fur-lined bomber jacket and headed for the door. ‘Thank you so
much for your help.’
And
she was gone.
‘Rude!’
The
solicitor peered crossly out of the window of the offices in Staple
Inn and watched as the young woman, the briefcase in her arms, strode
across the frosty cobbled courtyard and out into the bustle of
London’s ancient legal quarter.
Thank you for checking out my blog tour stop for the Cover Reveal of The Corner Shop of Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May! And be sure to check out the book when it comes out.
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