Antonia Abbott – författare

This is the second volume of the Emotions series, which follows the wealthy Rowlands family through the ups and downs of life. Almost every character has some sort of secret threatening to spill out and ruin lives, with mischief makers lurking in the wings to make misery. Heroine Susie is engaged to to the patient and exasperated David - will they make it as far as the altar? As ever, the Emotions series provides a cosy romantic romp through the English countryside. A delightful easy read.

Enduring Emotions is the third volume in the cosy romantic Emotions series, tracking the wealthy Rowlands family through innumerable astonishing but always believable events. The books are set in the English Cotswolds, and follow a range of delightful characters as they fall in and out of love, luck and favour. The central character, Susie, now married with twins, remains charming and exasperating, while her parents reveal in this volume that they also have skeletons just waiting to fall out of the cupboard. An easy-read romp of a story.

The fourth book in the ever-popular Oxfordshire Emotions series sees the wealthy Rowlands family and those around them in various states of crisis. Susie, although pretty, with a devoted husband and two healthy children, continues to spin round seeking satisfaction and fufilment in the most unlikely and unhelpful places. At the same time, Susie's parents, who had seemed so solidly sensible and reliable, are caught up in crisis after crisis, leading the reader to wonder whether their relationship can actually survive. Everything seems to be in a maelstrom - even the Crown Inn, the cosy social hub in all of the books so far, seems as though it might be up for sale. Whatever will happen next?