A Heart Full Of Secrets : Uplifting, feel-good fiction - Poppy Pennington-Smith

Poppy Pennington-Smith

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Published 8 October 2026

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  • Pages · 290 pages
  • Publication Date · 08/10/2026
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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An escapist romance with family, and the Italian sunshine, at its heart. Six months ago, Rose Goodwin's husband ran away in the dead of the night. After thirty years of marriage, all he left behind was an eye-watering pile of debts and a note asking for forgiveness. Now, with their family business in trouble, Rose is facing an impossible decision. Does she sell their beloved home to protect their future? Or does she stay and risk losing everything?While Rose tries to navigate this impossible crossroads, her youngest daughter, Amelie, is struggling too. In just a few weeks' time, Amelie will be marrying Jed - the man of her dreams - at her parents' home in Italy. Except something is making her nervous... and not the good kind of nervous. She hopes that being back in Tuscany, with her mum and her siblings, will help. But when she bumps into her childhood crush - Skye Anderson - on the plane over, things get even more complicated. As the Goodwins come together for Amelie's wedding, and family secrets are finally laid bare, will Rose find her way back to the husband she loved for so many years? And will Amelie follow her heart or her head?Come and visit the Goodwins at their beautiful Tuscan home, a place where the sun shines brightly, where family and friends mean everything, and where there is always a happy ending. A Heart Full of Secrets is Book One in the Heart of the Hills series, which follows the Goodwin family's lives, loves, and friendships.

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