Leanne Chalmers has made a career for herself
presenting her own style of home decorating and design on the
nation’s screens. That was her past life, at least. For now Leanne
has been forced to start again as Lily, leaving her name, job and
marriage behind. No-one in the Lancashire village of Eagleton has a
clue about Lily, save that she’s come up from the South West with
her best friend and a small child. But it’s hard to lead a solitary
existence in a small place, and Lily and Babs are swiftly embraced
by some of the local characters: Mike, the Catholic priest, who the
girls can’t help noticing is easy on the eye; Eve, a Liverpudlian,
who has a big mouth but a heart of gold; the hairdressers Paul and
Maurice; and Dave and his love, Philly, both shy yet determined not
to be cowed by Dave’s mother, the domineering matriarch of the
village. Soon, Lily’s new life is full of promise and as she joins
Dave’s reading room, a shop come café and library, she begins to
relax. But then Eve is wounded in a burglary, and suddenly, Lily is
afraid that her secret is out: her husband Clive may have discovered
where she is, and, having left her for dead before, is now out to
kill her… |