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The perfect summer romance
Phillipa Ashley writes warm, funny romantic fiction for a variety of world-famous international publishers. After studying English at Oxford, she worked as a copywriter and journalist. Her first novel, Decent Exposure, won the RNA New Writers Award and was made into a TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas starring Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hopkins. As Pippa Croft, she also wrote the Oxford Blue series - The First Time We Met, The Second Time I Saw You and Third Time Lucky. Phillipa lives in a Staffordshire village and has an engineer husband and scientist daughter who indulge her arty whims. She runs a holiday-let business in the Lake District, but a big part of her heart belongs to Cornwall. She visits the county several times a year for 'research purposes', an arduous task that involves sampling cream teas, swimming in wild Cornish coves and following actors around film shoots in a camper van. Her hobbies include watching Poldark, Earl Grey tea, Prosecco-tasting and falling off surf boards in front of RNLI lifeguards.
“Warm and funny and feel-good. The best sort of holiday read.”
Katie Fforde "Filled with warm and likeable characters. Great fun!"
Jill Mansell “An utterly glorious, escapist read from a one of the
freshest voices to emerge in women's fiction today. I loved every
gorgeous page.” Claudia Carroll “A deliciously entertaining twist
on the Poldark tale.”
Liz Fenwick “A glorious, tantalising taste of Cornwall, I could
almost taste the salt of the sea air as I read it.” Jules Wake
“Made me want to run away to the Cornish coast immediately! Lovely,
romantic summery escapism. Loved it!” Lorelei Mathias “You can't
help but fall in love with the characters in this book. With its
determined heroine and smouldering Poldark-alike this sweeping love
story grips you and doesn't let go until the very last page.” Helen
Cox “Summer at the Cornish Cafe hooked me right from the start, I
ended up reading it in a day as I couldn't put it down. The first
book in a very long time that has made me just curl up with a cuppa
and lose myself in the pages. If you love Cornwall, you'll love
this book.” A Cornish Mum “Phillipa Ashley is without doubt a very
accomplished writer and the picture she paints of St Trenyan
enthrals the reader and makes you want to book your own holiday to
Kilhallon Park. The story expertly switches between the two lead
character viewpoints giving you both sides of the story. The
backgrounds of the characters are beautifully told as the story
that brings them together unfolds. Add in some wonderfully
eccentric locals, the perfect modern villain in Mawgan Cade and a
special little dog called Mitch and you have yourself a terrific
cast. Summer at the Cornish Cafe is a perfect summer read for the
beach wherever you take your holiday but chances are if you read
this first you’ll want to be heading to Cornwall!” Bella Osborne
"Ashley's writing is deft, sexy, and full of humour."
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