Meet Me in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May
Newly wed, and with her inherited corner shop successfully up and running, Rosa Smith seems to have all that anyone could wish for. But the course of true love never did run smooth and Rosa’s suspicions that her husband is having an affair have dire consequences.
Reaching rock bottom before she can climb back up to the top, fragile Rosa is forced to face her fears, addiction and jealousy head on.
With a selection of meddling locals still at large, a mystery fire and Titch’s frantic search for the real father of her sick baby, the second book in this enchanting series will take you on a further unpredictable journey of self-discovery.
‘Morning,
morning, morning!’ Jacob followed Ugly, Pongo and the Duchess into
the Corner Shop, to both Rosa and Hot’s delight. The pugs were
looking smart in their fashionable coats, which were the same shade
as their bulbous but enchanting brown eyes.
The
three older dogs tore through to the shop kitchen and scrabbled at
the door until Rosa opened it, allowing them to run around and play
in the backyard.
Rosa
picked up the Duchess and snuggled the adorable puppy into her chest,
saying, ‘Mmm, you smell so warm and clean.’ The
little dog, not enamoured by being half squeezed to death, started to
wriggle furiously until Rosa was forced to put her gently back down
to the floor.
‘Not
a lot of warm clean smells at ours, I’m afraid,’ Jacob told her.
‘More like pungent poops at the bottom of the stairs. Did Hot ever
mess inside?’
‘Oh
yes,’ Rosa nodded. ‘These little beauties are renowned for it,
evidently. He hasn’t done it since I moved down here as I’m with
him most of the time, but when I left him in his crate when I worked
in London, he quite often left me a little brown present – a
protest poo as they’re known - despite the dog-walker coming in at
lunchtime and me walking him as soon as I got in.’
She
advised, ‘You’ve got to be fair but firm, leader of the pack Mr
Jacob Sharp-Marino.’
‘Message
received. I’ll pass it on to my co-leader of the pack, Signor
Raffaele.’ He held the Duchess’s lead as the tiny creature danced
around, her hindquarters waggling comically as she busily sniffed at
the many fascinating smells in the shop.
‘I’m
not used to women at the best of times, as you know,’ Jacob said,
and they both laughed. ‘By the way, I saw something in one of the
Sunday paper supplements the other day describing the breed and
thought I must tell you about it. The writer said that
mini-dachshunds were “a fascinating blend of ferocity, entitlement
and neediness”, and that you should be ready to live with “a tiny
clown”.’
‘That’s
probably how Josh would describe me now.’ Rosa’s voice was sad.
‘Aw.’
Jacob put a hand on her arm. ‘When he came in to watch the rugby,
he insinuated that you’d had a bit of a contretemps on Saturday
night.’
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