A Breath of Fresh Air: The heartwarming novel of starting over and finding a new life

'Erica's elegant and perceptive storytelling is always a pleasure.Pure class!' Veronica Henry'Erica's books are beautifully written, heartwarming, life-affirming and engrossing.A beach holiday is never complete without an Erica James!' Santa MontefioreSpecial edition - with a new introduction from Erica JamesCharlotte Lawrence, widowed at thirty-four, decides to return to all things pre-Peter, and that means moving back to the Cheshire village of her childhood. It also means exchanging a clinical company flat for the pretty but overgrown garden of Ivy Cottage, and the constant attentions of her interfering sister Hilary. Most of all it means Alex, Ivy Cottage's drop-dead-gorgeous tenant, with whom Hilary is determined Charlotte should find love anew, and whose charming exterior hides his own secret tragedy... 'Erica James' sensitive story of a woman coming to terms with guilt and grief is as sparklingly fresh as dew on the village's surrounding meadows ... thoroughly enjoyable' SUNDAY