Before the Garden on Holly Street

by Megan Attley

Genres: Women's Fiction; Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

Get a taste of the coming series about how 'family' can come from the most unlikely of places from debut talent, Megan Attley. It's Valentine's Day and Abby is ready to celebrate with her long-term partner, Gavin - the music is on, the wine is breathing and Abby is wearing some (uncharacteristically) sexy underwear. There's only one problem - Gavin isn't home yet. But Abby has a very good idea where he is . . . Find out where the journeys in The Garden on Holly Street started in this free prequel to the series, before the heartwarming Part One: Spring Seedlings comes out in March.

Release date: February 14, 2019

Publisher: Orion

Print pages: 29

Sample

Ernie

Ernie gazed out of the window at the school yard. It was a bright, windy day, perfect weather for flying a kite, as his dad would say. Not that they had ever flown a kite, as far as Ernie could remember, and he was quite a big boy now at six years old, so he would remember if they had.

He wished he was outside now and not at school in the stuffy classroom that smelt of paint and chips, and where all he could hear was the sniffling of other children and the slow ticking of the clock. He couldn’t remember the teacher’s name for a start. She was one of those surprise teachers who often covered lessons when teachers at the school were ill. There were lots of colds and tummy bugs going around, and he’d been ill with two himself since Christmas, although some of the teachers had a lot more time off than he had done. It was probably because they were so old.

He glanced at Alice sitting next to him. She’d drawn a big heart on the white paper the surprise teacher had given the class, and she was colouring it in with a red crayon. Her face was all scrunched up and her tongue was poking out of her mouth. It was Valentine’s Day so she was probably making a card for her boyfriend. Ernie wasn’t sure about Valentine’s Day at all. The. . .