Restoring Grace
The British novelist
Katie Fforde isn’t a household name here, but in England her engaging romantic comedies have won her a devoted following. I’ve been a Fforde fan since the late 1990s, when I picked up
The Rose Revived, the first of her books to be published in the States. Since then, she’s published a long string of charmers, including
Wild Designs,
Stately Pursuits, and
Second Thyme Around. The heroines of her
new book are Ellie and Grace, spirited thirtysomethings who find romance and the courage to make some dramatic changes in their lives after they decide to fix up a dilapidated mansion Grace inherited from her godmother. Predictable? Well…a little. Entertaining? Absolutely!
