Free (Kindle UK) Second Chances [Mid-Life Crisis Housing Dispute Literary w/Romance]

[ATDrake]

Second Chances by London-resident British author Minna Howard (Fantastic Fiction) is her standalone contemporary literary/women's fiction novel with strong f/m romantic elements, starring a woman deserted by her husband in the throes of a mid-life crisis, trying various things to pick up the pieces and move on, and winding up disputing the ownership of her new house with the next-door neighbour, in a way that apparently works out for the best, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Head of Zeus' Aria imprint for digital first publications by newer and translated authors.

This was originally published in 2004 by Robert Hale as The Orchid Lover, credited as by Mary De Laszlo.

Currently free @ Amazon UK (not available in other countries as far as I can tell, though YMMV for your own locale). Price-drop-check linkage for iTunes UK, Google Play, Kobo, if you're feeling optimistic.

Description
Ready to roll the dice again on love?

A warm novel about starting again and finding love when you least expect it. Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Katie Fforde.

Succumbing to a rather clichéd midlife crisis, Dan Haywood swaps his family for an expensive red sports car and a younger woman. After 24 years of marriage, his wife Sarah is left to pick up the pieces.

Trying her best to re-style her life, comfort hurt children, make time for 'helpful' friends and maintain her burgeoning career as a dress designer, Sarah feels pulled in a hundred directions. And it doesn't help that obstacles – mostly in the form of other middle-aged men – seem to conspire against her.

Proud of herself for moving house and starting to build an independent life, she is shocked when Robert Maynard, her rather dashing new next-door neighbour, insists that the house was promised to him. Now she is destined to be pulled into his life by events beyond her control.

After one failed marriage, will she be able to find happiness again? And do second chances really come to those who wait?

This book was previously published as The Orchid Lover under the name Mary De Laszlo.