The House of Second Chances

 The House of Second Chances

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       January 1, 2025

 

Author  Lauren Westwood

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1739645403
Publisher:         Boldwood Books. Re-release. Previously published 2022.
Release Date:   January 2025  

   Website:   https://www.amazon.com/House-Second-Chances-Previously-published/dp/1739645405

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When Amy Wood goes to view a possible apartment, she is asked to wait as the previous viewers were taking their time and possibly were going to make an offer. Her world is shattered when the love of her life, Simon and his ‘girlfriend’, are the couple viewing the apartment.

Amy moves back home with her parents after losing her job and Simon; in desperation she takes a job at the local real estate agents Tetherington Bowen-Knowles, a far cry from her former position as an English teacher.

As she has been doing viewings due to lack of anyone else wanting to do them, she is sent to Rosemont Hall, an English Heritage House built in 1765 but now a fast crumbling Estate which is to be sold as a Deceased Estate.

Amy immediately falls in love with the dilapidated house with a burnt out East Wing, refusing to accept that it will be sold and more than likely, to a company that wants to develop the land as a Golf Course.

As Amy tries valiantly to find a buyer to save a house she has fallen in love with, she also begins to wonder what secrets the house is holding.

Lauren Westwood, has skilfully woven a story of unrequited love into a rich and enjoyable narrative which spans generations. The House of Second Chances is an engrossing and enjoyably intricate work of Historic Fiction with a wide appeal.

The basis of the story, Rosemont Hall’s sad fate, is all too common as many of the once beautiful Heritage Houses fall into disrepair, due to high Death Duties and the cost of restoration and renovation.

Thankfully many have been saved to once again be able to tell their stories down through the generations.

Fiction, Historical, Romance