Wild Strawberries - Emma Blair

Summary

Maizie and her husband, Sam, run the Paris Hotel in Coverack, Cornwall, but when World War II starts Sam joins up and leaves Maizie to run the hotel. Struggling to keep the hotel going, Maizie is further troubled when she takes on Rosemary and Bobby, two evacuees from Plymouth but after a difficult start the children settle in and Maizie, who wants a family, enjoys their company. Her happiness is further enhanced with the arrival of the attractive Christain Le Gall, a French soldier wounded at Dunkirk, who comes to stay at the hotel whilst on leave. But this happiness doesn't last - the explosion of a bomb causes physical and emotional devastation and Maizie discovers that Sam, a rough man who beats her, has also been abusing Rosemary. Maizie, torn between her duty as a wife and her love for Christian, realizes she is unable to leave Sam and tells Christian she is unable to run away with him. Christian, heartbroken, returns to France. But Maizie, now pregnant, still loves him. Will she find happiness again? 

Review

This being the second book I read from the same author , I absolutely Loved it !! Even more than "Flower of Scotland " . Set in Cornwall you can easily feel like you're there for everything is so well described . The characters are most lovable and once you start reading it's hard to put down . Again not a book I would recommend for early teens but otherwise its a wonderful thrilling novel and doesn't disappoint at the end . Im looking forward to reading yet another novel from Emma Blair soon for I surely will be looking out for books from this author =]