New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow

Jessica Redland

Description

With new arrivals comes new responsibilities...

The sun is shining, wild flowers are blooming and Hedgehog Hollow is officially open for business.

For Samantha, the proud owner of this beautiful rescue centre, life has never been busier. But with an influx of new hogs and hoglets to take care of, not to mention a full-time job and ongoing family issues, can she accept the possibility that she has taken on more than she can handle?

Fortunately, she has the love of her life, Josh, by her side for support and encouragement. But Josh has his own family troubles to deal with. And soon he must decide if he's ready to do the one thing he swore he’d never do - forgive his father.

For both Samantha and Josh it's a season of change and for figuring out whether the past can ever truly be forgotten.

Escape back to wonderful Hedgehog Hollow with top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for the perfect uplifting read full of love, hope and forgiveness.

Praise for the Hedgehog Hollow series:

'I loved my trip to Hedgehog Hollow. An emotional read, full of twists and turns' Heidi Swain

'The Hedgehog Hollow series is a tonic I'd recommend for everyone. There is so much to make you smile in Jessica's stories and they are always uplifting reads, which will make you really glad you decided to pick up a copy.' Jo Bartlett

'A beautifully written series that offers the ultimate in heartwarming escapism.' Samantha Tonge

'Hedgehog Hollow is a wonderful series that has found a special place all of its own deep in the hearts of readers, including mine.' Jennifer Bohnet

‘An emotional, romantic and ultimately uplifting read. Jessica always touches my heart with her sensitive handling of difficult subjects. The gorgeous community she has built around Hedgehog Hollow is one I hope to visit again and again.’ Sarah Bennett

'A warm hug of a book. I never wanted to leave Hedgehog Hollow. Very highly recommended.' Della Galton

'A wonderful, warm series full of family, friends and romance.' Katie Ginger

Sujets

• Vie de famille
• Relations familiales
• Soutien psychologique et conseils familiaux
• Romance contemporaine
• Fiction
• Romance
• Family Life
• Contemporary
• Holiday
• Animals
• The Women
• Woman
• Sibling
• Workplace
• Contemporary history
• Friendship
• Coming of Age
• Women
• Siblings
• Holidays
• Mashups

Informations

• Publié par: Boldwood Books
• Date de parution: 07 janvier 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781838892289
• Langue: English

Extrait

NEW ARRIVALS AT HEDGEHOG HOLLOW
HEDGEHOG HOLLOW BOOK 2


JESSICA REDLAND
CONTENTS



The story so far…

Recurring Characters from Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow:


Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Epilogue


Acknowledgments

Hedgehog True/False

Hedgehog Dos and Dont’s

More from Jessica Redland

About the Author

Also by Jessica Redland

About Boldwood Books
To my brother-in-law Richard with love
No longer with us but forever in our hearts xx
THE STORY SO FAR…

As bridesmaid at her best friend Hannah’s wedding, district nurse Samantha hoped she’d soon be saying ‘I do’ to boyfriend, James – best man to the groom. James admitted that he wanted to get married too… just not to Samantha. Devastated but desperate not to lose him, she hoped that all he needed was time and then he’d fall in love with her.
James did fall in love. Just not with Samantha. At her Gramps’s seventieth birthday party that summer, he met Samantha’s cousin, Chloe, and the attraction was obvious. Her beloved Gramps saw it too and encouraged Samantha to let James go. Gramps passed away overnight and she fulfilled her final promise to him.
A year later, Samantha was bridesmaid again… at Chloe and James’s wedding. Her heart broke watching them say their vows. She hoped a fresh start on the Yorkshire Wolds in a new role as Health and Social Care Tutor at Reddfield TEC would help her get over James and move on.
On the way to the wedding reception, Samantha got lost and stopped at a farm – Hedgehog Hollow – in the hope of finding directions. What she actually found was octogenarian, Thomas Mickleby, collapsed in the farmhouse.
Arriving extremely late to the reception and covered in mud, things went from bad to worse when her vindictive Great-Aunt Agnes outed her for still being in love with James, right in front of Chloe. Chloe was livid and demanded Samantha leave.
A family rift opened up. Samantha had always had a toxic relationship with her mum but now Chloe had turned against her too.
Her fresh start on the Wolds was tinged with sadness as she was ostracised by those she loved but new friends Rich and Dave opened up their home and gave her much-needed friendship and support. Her dad, Jonathan, was there for her as always. And, despite a shaky start, she became good friends with Thomas whose life she’d saved.
Thomas’s wife, Gwendoline, had always been passionate about hedgehogs, and her dream had been to run a large-scale rescue operation. They’d bought Hedgehog Hollow for that purpose but she died before they’d been able to get the centre up and running. Thomas then lived a lonely existence for the next two decades while the farm deteriorated around him.
Samantha spent Christmas Day with Thomas but he finally got his wish that afternoon to join his beloved Gwendoline. In his will, Thomas left Hedgehog Hollow to Samantha on the proviso that she finish what he and Gwendoline had started. It was an overwhelming prospect but she was determined to do them proud. Rich, a builder, had also been left instructions and a large budget to develop a barn for the rescue centre and refurbish the farmhouse.
While the building works were underway, Samantha learned about hedgehogs in her spare time. She hoped to engage the services of Alderson & Son Veterinary Practice to provide treatment at cost; an arrangement that Gwendoline had originally established. Her meeting with vet, Josh Alderson, didn’t go well. It transpired that Gwendoline’s arrangement had been with his father, Paul, who was no longer in Josh’s life and never would be again. He had no intention of honouring anything connected to that man.
At the fiftieth birthday party of Lauren – Samantha’s boss and also Josh’s auntie – Samantha started to see Josh in a new light when he opened up about why he’d cut his dad out of his life. Paul had been in a long-term secret relationship with veterinary practice receptionist, Beth, who’d also been Josh’s girlfriend. The affair only came to light when Beth fell pregnant with Paul’s baby. Samantha shared her heartbreak over James and the family rift. That night, their relationship shifted from enemies into something pretty special.
A heavily pregnant Chloe asked to see Samantha then accused her of having an affair with James who had started behaving out of character. While angry words were exchanged Chloe went into labour. Samantha accompanied her to hospital where a tentative truce was called after Samantha’s swift actions saved baby Samuel’s life.
James wasn’t having an affair with Samantha or anyone else. He’d been diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer but had not wanted to worry Chloe who’d experienced a difficult pregnancy and needed to stay stress-free.
Work continued to develop Hedgehog Hollow but the Grimes boys had other ideas. Cousins Brynn and Cody Grimes were Gwendoline’s great-nephews. Despite Gwendoline severing ties with her money-grabbing family years before her death, they decided the farm belonged to them. When threats, vandalism and legal action got them nowhere, they torched the barn. Samantha nearly lost her life trying to save their five hedgehog patients. When she came out of her coma, she and Josh admitted they loved each other.
Samantha’s newfound happiness was tinged with the sadness that, although the rift with Chloe was healing, there was no hope for her mum. Before the arson attack, Samantha had asked if they could find a way to move forward and the truth came out that her mum never wanted her. Her failure to show at the hospital proved that.
Hedgehog Hollow is now officially open for business…
RECURRING CHARACTERS FROM FINDING LOVE AT HEDGEHOG HOLLOW:



Samantha Wishaw aka Sam or Sammie
Former district nurse turned Health & Social Care Tutor at Reddfield TEC. Owner of Hedgehog Hollow


Jonathan Wishaw
Samantha’s dad
Veterinary surgeon at Alderson & Son Veterinary Practice


Debs Wishaw
Samantha’s estranged mum
Identical twin to Chloe’s mum, Louise


Chloe Turner
Samantha’s cousin who married Samantha’s ex, James


James Turner
Samantha’s ex-boyfriend, now married to her cousin, Chloe


Samuel Turner
Chloe and James’s baby


Louise Olsen
Samantha’s auntie / Chloe’s mum
Identical twin to Samantha’s mum


Simon Olsen
Samantha’s uncle / Chloe’s dad


Josh Alderson
Samantha’s boyfriend
Practice owner and veterinary surgeon at Alderson & Son Veterinary Practice


Paul Alderson
Josh’s estranged dad & former business partner


Beth Giddings
Paul’s girlfriend / Josh’s ex-girlfriend


Connie Harbuckle
Josh’s mum
Non-identical twin to Lauren


Lauren Harbuckle
Josh’s auntie
Non-identical twin to Connie
Samantha’s boss at Reddfield TEC


Thomas Mickleby
Elderly widower befriended by Samantha
Left Hedgehog Hollow to Samantha in his will on the proviso she ran it as a hedgehog rescue centre


Gwendoline Mickleby
Thomas’s wife whose dream it was to run the hedgehog rescue centre


Rich Cooper
Ambulance paramedic. Good friend of Samantha / partner of Dave. Samantha stayed with him when she moved to the Wolds


Dave Williams
Builder. Good friend of Samantha / partner of Rich. Samantha stayed with him when she moved to the Wolds


Hannah Spiers
District nurse on maternity leave
Samantha’s best friend from university


Toby Spiers
Hannah’s husband / James’s best friend


Amelia Spiers
Hannah and Toby’s baby / Samantha’s goddaughter


Harry
Samantha’s ex-boyfriend pre-James


Lewis
Josh’s best friend from school
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SAMANTHA



‘I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.’ Josh attempted to plant his hands on his hips but the bulk of his enormous hedgehog costume prevented it.
‘The leggings and footwear combo are particularly sexy.’ I tried to hide my smirk but failed abysmally. ‘I promise you won’t have to wear it all afternoon. Just an hour or so.’
There was a knock on the lounge door and my best friend, Hannah, poked her head round it. ‘Just checking how you’re… Oh my God! Josh! That’s hilarious. I need pictures.’ She whipped her mobile out of her jeans pocket.
Josh groaned. ‘Veterinary surgeon morphs into giant muppet. What a come down!’ There was laughter in his tone and I knew he didn’t mind really.
After Hannah left, laughing at the photos, Josh turned to me and smiled. ‘If at any point in the future, you have even the tiniest doubt about how much I love you, picture me wearing this costume and know that I did it just for you. This right here?’ He indicated the outfit. ‘This is what true love looks like.’
I stood back, taking in the padded furry costume with curved spines down the back, the brown leggings and long-sleeved T-shirt clinging to his muscular legs and arms, the large paws on his feet and the matching paws for his hands. His face and a tuft of dark hair peeked out from the underside of the hedgehog’s head and my heart melted.
‘Every day you amaze me and every day I love you even more.’ I gently kissed him, laughing as the head from his costume dishevelled my hair. ‘Ready to introduc