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Dear ... Anybody?
Local newspaper journalist, Sydney, is like many women. Bored at work, bad hair days, karaoke nights, loving boyfriend and a fabulous best friend. But a huge discovery sends her whole world spiralling downwards and things will never be the same again. She’s lost her job, her boyfriend and, well, everything.
Unlike most women, Sydney’s answer is to resort to binge eating, binge drinking and never leaving her bedroom.
An unexpected job offer comes her way and Sydney leaves London for the tiny village of Bridley to become editor of a countryside magazine, not realising that part of the job means becoming the magazine’s Agony Aunt.
Resolving to make her mark as an editor and to set the problematic lives of Bridley villagers to rights, Sydney uncovers hidden truths, secret loves and the possibility of romance lies in wait behind the counter of her favourite coffee shop.
Is it that easy to turn your life around? Well, maybe not for Sydney …
Unlike most women, Sydney’s answer is to resort to binge eating, binge drinking and never leaving her bedroom.
An unexpected job offer comes her way and Sydney leaves London for the tiny village of Bridley to become editor of a countryside magazine, not realising that part of the job means becoming the magazine’s Agony Aunt.
Resolving to make her mark as an editor and to set the problematic lives of Bridley villagers to rights, Sydney uncovers hidden truths, secret loves and the possibility of romance lies in wait behind the counter of her favourite coffee shop.
Is it that easy to turn your life around? Well, maybe not for Sydney …
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Rosa Temple
14 books31 followersRosa Temple began writing romantic comedies and chick lit as a ghost writer. In her notebooks, she constantly jotted down story ideas of her own and she eventually self published her first novella Sleeping With Your Best Friend. Rosa went on to self publish the following novels: Natalie's Getting Married, Single By Christmas and Dear..Anybody?
HQ Digital published three of her ebooks: Playing By The Rules, Playing Her Cards Right and Playing for Keeps.
On 26th May 2022 Simon & Schuster published The Slow Lane Walkers Club in 3 formats.
Rosa Temple is a Londoner and is married with two sons. She recently escaped to the Herefordshire countryside.
Visit her website https://www.rosatemple.co.uk/ for more!
HQ Digital published three of her ebooks: Playing By The Rules, Playing Her Cards Right and Playing for Keeps.
On 26th May 2022 Simon & Schuster published The Slow Lane Walkers Club in 3 formats.
Rosa Temple is a Londoner and is married with two sons. She recently escaped to the Herefordshire countryside.
Visit her website https://www.rosatemple.co.uk/ for more!
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April 28, 2020
I’ve absolutely loved this story.
Dear...Anybody? was such a nice, funny and law drama read even if I shed some tears this is perfect to make you feel good and pick you up during a stressful and trying time.
Rosa Temple always creates entertaining heroines that will show you their personal growth throughout the book and Sydney was no exception.
I enjoyed so much to follow Sydney’s journey from a carefree and distracted londoner to an attentive and more present woman who will take an active part in her working life and in the life of the small village she will call home for a while.
I’ve found the end a bit rushed and this is for me the only drawback of this novel but maybe it’s my problem because I was enjoying too much these characters and I didn’t want to leave them.
I recommend you to read this story and I bet you won’t regret it.
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May 27, 2020
The Blurb :
Local newspaper journalist, Sydney, is like many women. Bored at work, bad hair days, karaoke nights, loving boyfriend and a fabulous best friend. But a huge discovery sends her whole world spiralling downwards and things will never be the same again. She’s lost her job, her boyfriend and, well, everything.
Unlike most women, Sydney’s answer is to resort to binge eating, binge drinking and never leaving her bedroom.
An unexpected job offer comes her way and Sydney leaves London for the tiny village of Bridley to become editor of a countryside magazine, not realising that part of the job means becoming the magazine’s Agony Aunt.
Resolving to make her mark as an editor and to set the problematic lives of Bridley villagers to rights, Sydney uncovers hidden truths, secret loves and the possibility of romance lies in wait behind the counter of her favourite coffee shop.
Is it that easy to turn your life around? Well, maybe not for Sydney
My Thoughts :
When I saw Rosa Temple had a new book out, I just had to give it a read.
We meet Sydney, from the off I loved this girl, she has an amazing charactor about her and doesnt take any rubbish, watching her grow throughout the book was a delight.
Sydney has it all, that is until she doesnt get the promotion at work and arrives home early to find her boyfriend and friend in a position they shouldnt be. Fleeing to her parents home and hiding out in her old room for a while, Sydney then excepts a job offer in the village of Bridley as an Editor of the village magazine.
Armed with new determination and thoughts to turn her life around Sydney arrives in Bridley, finds a place to live with Carey who she meets and settles into live working on the magazine.
She thinks that 3 months will be long enough to make her mark and then set off back home. As Sydney starts to enjoy village life, the people that live there and also becomes the magazines agony aunt columnist she soon get the hots for the local baker, but is she barking up the wrong tree?!. And will Sydney decide to go home after 3 months or has Bridley stolen her heart!?.
A great, feel good story that has many funny and laugh out loud moments, I really warmed to the other charactors in the book and felt I was in the village watching it all develop.
Would love to see more of Sydney in the future maybe?.
Local newspaper journalist, Sydney, is like many women. Bored at work, bad hair days, karaoke nights, loving boyfriend and a fabulous best friend. But a huge discovery sends her whole world spiralling downwards and things will never be the same again. She’s lost her job, her boyfriend and, well, everything.
Unlike most women, Sydney’s answer is to resort to binge eating, binge drinking and never leaving her bedroom.
An unexpected job offer comes her way and Sydney leaves London for the tiny village of Bridley to become editor of a countryside magazine, not realising that part of the job means becoming the magazine’s Agony Aunt.
Resolving to make her mark as an editor and to set the problematic lives of Bridley villagers to rights, Sydney uncovers hidden truths, secret loves and the possibility of romance lies in wait behind the counter of her favourite coffee shop.
Is it that easy to turn your life around? Well, maybe not for Sydney
My Thoughts :
When I saw Rosa Temple had a new book out, I just had to give it a read.
We meet Sydney, from the off I loved this girl, she has an amazing charactor about her and doesnt take any rubbish, watching her grow throughout the book was a delight.
Sydney has it all, that is until she doesnt get the promotion at work and arrives home early to find her boyfriend and friend in a position they shouldnt be. Fleeing to her parents home and hiding out in her old room for a while, Sydney then excepts a job offer in the village of Bridley as an Editor of the village magazine.
Armed with new determination and thoughts to turn her life around Sydney arrives in Bridley, finds a place to live with Carey who she meets and settles into live working on the magazine.
She thinks that 3 months will be long enough to make her mark and then set off back home. As Sydney starts to enjoy village life, the people that live there and also becomes the magazines agony aunt columnist she soon get the hots for the local baker, but is she barking up the wrong tree?!. And will Sydney decide to go home after 3 months or has Bridley stolen her heart!?.
A great, feel good story that has many funny and laugh out loud moments, I really warmed to the other charactors in the book and felt I was in the village watching it all develop.
Would love to see more of Sydney in the future maybe?.
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