A Taste of Home: 'A story so full of sunshine you almost feel the rays'  Woman's Weekly

by Heidi Swain

The delicious new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain:

'Heidi's known for her feel-good factor and this story is a delight' New! Magazine

'A charming, summery read' The People's Friend

'A summer trip to Wynbridge will never disappoint. Swain's writing as always is so delicious you could eat it all up' My Weekly

'Visions of luscious strawberries and raspberries leap from the pages' My Weekly Special 

'A story so full of sunshine you almost feel the rays' Woman's Weekly

'Family always comes first in Swain's inspirational books and A Taste of Home brims with the real-life issues, evocative landscapes, heartfelt emotions and all the love, laughter and tears that we have come to expect from this accomplished author' Lancashire Post

Fliss Brown has grown up living with her mother on the Rossi family's Italian fruit farm. But when her mother dies, Fliss finds out she has a family of her own, and heads back to England with Nonna Rossi's recipe for cherry and almond tart and a piece of advice: connect with your family before it is too late...

Fliss discovers that her estranged grandfather owns a fruit farm himself, on the outskirts of Wynbridge, and she arrives to find a farm that has fallen into disrepair. Using her knowledge gleaned from working on the Rossi farm and her desire to find out more about her past, Fliss rolls her sleeves up and gets stuck in. But what will she discover, and can she resurrect the farm's glory days and find a taste of home...?

Your favourite authors love Heidi Swain's books:

A summer delight!' SARAH MORGAN
'I loved this gorgeous story of family secrets and second chances' RACHAEL LUCAS, author of The Telephone Box Library
'A delightfully sunny read with added intrigue and secrets' BELLA OSBORNE
'I so enjoyed my seaside escape at Wynmouth. With heart-warming characters, a gorgeous summer setting, and a great story with secrets aplenty to keep you turning the pages, it's the perfect read to relax and curl up at home with' CAROLINE ROBERTS
'A ray of reading sunshine!' Laura Kemp, author of A Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness
'A lovely, sweet, summery read' Milly Johnson

 

• ISBN10: 147119583X
• ISBN13: 9781471195839
• Publish Date: 29 April 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for letting me take part in this tour and for my beautiful copy of this book. I really love Hedi's books and I was more excited than ever to return to Wynbridge.

I really like Fliss. She is such a sweet girl who isn't afraid of hard work. She's got so many brilliant ideas and is a family centred girl. Fliss has a lot of people who care about her and she is fiercely loyal.

I instantly fell for Eliot. He is one real hunk of a man. He's also such a sweetie. He always goes above and beyond in his job. He really cares about the people he helps and I love his passion.

The two Randall women were also a delight. It was lovely for Fliss to learn more about her mum growing up from Louise's stories. While she could learn a lot from her Grandad, friends have different kinds of stories. I think Bec and Fliss will be life long friends too. I really hope we get a book for Bec as I think she is a great character with a real story to tell.

I really loved returning to Wynbridge. The way Heidi writes locations it's like they're another character. I can picture the town so vividly. I loved that we got to return to the Cherry Tree Cafe and the incorporation of a lot of our favourite characters from the previous Wynbridge books. It's lovely to see such a thriving community. This is the 8th book in this series but you really can read them in any order. I'll confess that I still have 2 on y TBR pile but that didn't take anything away from this book. I hope that we will return to Wynbridge in the future because I don't think it's done tell us its stories.

Heidi has a real way of incorporating food into her books. I always know that when I'm reading her books I'm going to get serious food cravings. I woke up this morning with a real craving for strawberries and meringues so I'm going to have to get some in the next few days. I bought all the ingredients for Nonna Rossi's Cherry and Almond tart a couple of days ago so I'm off to make it now!