Hester and Harriet lead comfortable lives in a pretty cottage in an English village. Having opened their minds, home and hearts to Daria, a mysterious migrant, and her baby son Milo, the widowed sisters decide to further expand their own horizons by venturing forth to Italy for their annual holiday.Back in England, Daria and Milo are celebrating – they’ve received official refugee status with papers to confirm they can make England their home. Meanwhile, nephew Ben, who knows only too well how much he owes his aunts, is hurtling towards a different sort of celebration – one he’s trying to backpedal out of as fast as he possibly can.With a huge secret hanging between the sisters, an unlikely new love on the landscape for Hester and new beginnings also beckoning for Harriet, Italy provides more opportunities for adventure than either of them could ever have imagined. But which ones will Hester and Harriet choose?As Hester and Harriet throw all their cards on the table in Italy, and potential catastrophe threatens Ben in England, it’s anyone’s guess how chaos will be kept at bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having found, in Hester and Harriet, that sometimes opening your door to the unexpected has a great result, the intrepid sisters decide to further expand their horizons and book tickets, pack bags and venture forth to Italy for their annual holidays. But tensions are high in Tuscany. With a huge secret hanging between the sisters, an unlikely new love on the horizon for Hester and new beginnings also beckoning for Harriet, Italy is certainly providing opportunities for change. But which will Hester and Harriet take? Meanwhile, back home in England, Daria and Milo are celebrating – they’ve received official refugee status with papers to confirm they can make England their home. Ben, however, is desperately trying to get himself out of a sticky situation and will need all the help he can get to fix things before his aunts return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[26816,284,26830],"class_list":{"0":"post-104388","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-general-fiction","6":"product_tag-crime-mystery-fiction","7":"product_tag-humour","8":"product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","9":"pa_book_author-spiers-hilary","10":"pa_cover-paperback","11":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","12":"pa_imprint-allen-unwin","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-9229","15":"pa_publisher-allen-unwin","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n