'A warm, sunny and beautifully written book, with characters I was rooting for from the beginning ... I felt so at home with Cass and Joanie.' Cressida McLaughlin
For fans of The Great British Sewing Bee and Game of Wool, escape into this heartwarming, small-town story of sisterhood, sacrifices and secrets.
Cass Taylor is heartbroken when her Textiles department gets closed down: teaching students to sew and being part of her hometown community is Cass’s whole world.
On the rebound, Cass puts everything into opening Taylor’s Chalk, a sewing café and community hub. Her sister Joanie steps in to help; supporting start-ups is what she does for a living, after all, but Joanie knows all too well that Cass has a track record of getting carried away with a credit card. The sisters are as close as sisters can be – but that doesn’t mean they’re not keeping secrets from each other.
The café starts pulling all kinds of people together: enthusiastic school kids, tired new mums, and the outspoken ladies from the retirement home. Even Eddie, a neighbouring business owner, wants to help Cass out. Everyone else can see the sparks between them, but to Cass charming men only ever mean one thing: trouble.
Will Cass’s spending spin out of control? Will Joanie ever come clean about her ‘perfect’ life, even just to herself? It’s not just their own lives they’ve woven into Taylor’s Chalk, but a whole community has sprung up around them. With one pulled thread, the whole thing could unravel . . .
This is a heartwarming, uplifting novel for fans of Cathy Bramley, Libby Page and Lucy Diamond. It’s a novel about sisters, friends, new beginnings and second chances.
Genre: Romance
For fans of The Great British Sewing Bee and Game of Wool, escape into this heartwarming, small-town story of sisterhood, sacrifices and secrets.
Cass Taylor is heartbroken when her Textiles department gets closed down: teaching students to sew and being part of her hometown community is Cass’s whole world.
On the rebound, Cass puts everything into opening Taylor’s Chalk, a sewing café and community hub. Her sister Joanie steps in to help; supporting start-ups is what she does for a living, after all, but Joanie knows all too well that Cass has a track record of getting carried away with a credit card. The sisters are as close as sisters can be – but that doesn’t mean they’re not keeping secrets from each other.
The café starts pulling all kinds of people together: enthusiastic school kids, tired new mums, and the outspoken ladies from the retirement home. Even Eddie, a neighbouring business owner, wants to help Cass out. Everyone else can see the sparks between them, but to Cass charming men only ever mean one thing: trouble.
Will Cass’s spending spin out of control? Will Joanie ever come clean about her ‘perfect’ life, even just to herself? It’s not just their own lives they’ve woven into Taylor’s Chalk, but a whole community has sprung up around them. With one pulled thread, the whole thing could unravel . . .
This is a heartwarming, uplifting novel for fans of Cathy Bramley, Libby Page and Lucy Diamond. It’s a novel about sisters, friends, new beginnings and second chances.
Genre: Romance
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