Welcome Me to Willoughby Close

Kate Hewitt

Aug 2020 · Return to Willoughby Close Book 2 · Tule Publishing

About this eBook

Welcome back to Willoughby Close, with four new residents and happy endings to deliver…

Emily David didn’t want to move to Willoughby Close. She was perfectly content in London, but when her boss, Henry Trent, asks her to relocate, she’s left with little choice. Emily prefers living on her own and finds comfort in her routines. But the well-meaning residents of Wychwood-on-Lea are determined to include her in their friendly circle—a prospect Emily finds utterly alarming.

When sparks fly with local pub owner Owen Jones, Emily’s safe and fragile world threatens to shatter. She has too many secrets to keep, and Owen’s gentle understanding could be her undoing. But as Owen persists, Emily’s heart softens, and she begins to discover the wonder of trusting friends—and falling in love. That is, until she discovers Owen has a secret of his own…

Can Willoughby Close work its charm and magic once more? And can someone who has been determined to stay lonely find—and trust—love right on her doorstep?

Discover the heartwarming magic of Willoughby Close once more… with three new stories of hope and happily-ever-afters to look forward to.

Ratings and reviews

Three and a half stars. Emily David is forced to move to Willoughby Chase when her boss Henry Trent inherits Willoughby Manor and decides to start a charitable foundation. A natural introvert, Emily is very set in her ways and enjoys the anonymity of living in London. At first she is horrified by the overly-friendly overtures from her boss' wife Alice and her circle of friends and their insistence that she join them for drinks in the local pub. In fact the only person who doesn't seem to be friendly is the owner of the local down-market boozer, Owen Jones. He dislikes Henry and assumes that Emily has had a privileged middle-class upbringing, how wrong could he be? Part of Emily's reticence is that she doesn't want anyone to know about her family secrets, but circumstances mean that she has to let people into her circle of trust and strangely it is the surly welsh pub owner Owen that she opens up to. I enjoyed this, and I have loved reading the Willoughby Chase books, but there was a point in this book when Emily realises that everyone has burdens that others don't know about, and she lists out the issues of everyone in her circle of friends, when it seems as though everyone in the small village comes from a broken home and it just felt unrealistic. Minor niggles aside, this was a fun, albeit predictable, read in a cosy series which doesn't shy away from addressing some tough issues. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher Tule in return for an honest review.

This is a story about hiding in pace sight hoping your past is never revealed and finding redemption through love A sweet small town read set in rural England Emily is hiding in plain sight in London where she knows no one will ever ask questions then her job moves her to Wychwood-on-Lea and into Willoghby Close a street where everyone minds everyone else's business. Will; they still like her when her secret comes out and will the man she loves still stand by her Owen has his own problems and it may take Emily to get him to want to start to live again

I really enjoy reading all the Willoughby Close books because I feel like I get to explore the UK countryside without having to leave home. Emily is asked to move from London to do just that move to the countryside of Willoughby Close because her boss moved there. If you have ever read any of the other books based around this fun little town you will know that the residents all close around and take you in as one of their own as soon as you move into on of the homes. I would so want to visit this place just from this book. This is Emily and Owen's book and let me say it's one I have now read more than once.