Practically Perfect

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Will Anna''s grand designs prove just a pipe dream?

Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it''s time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She''s risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna''s soon wondering whether she''s bitten off more than she can chew.

Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy - and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But just as Anna''s starting to believe she''s found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life''s hurdles?

©Katie Fforde 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2020