Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers

Category: Modern and Contemporary romance

The Saturday Place

Alice Peterson

‘Uplifting, heartwarming and mouth-watering.’ Veronica Henry, author of The Secret Beach

‘Tender, warm and thoughtful.’ Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

‘A tender story of hope, friendship and the power of community.’ Emily Houghton, author of Before I Saw You

‘A warm, wise and really special book… I absolutely loved it.’ Katy Regan, author of Little Big Love

Three perfect strangers who help each other to believe in love again

Holly’s husband died, and she’s lonely. She needs to do something to save herself, quickly. Next thing she knows she’s interviewing for a voluntary cooking job, surprised to be ambushed by a scruffy man who looks like he has a past.

Angus has messed up. He’s lost the respect of his family and has none for himself. If it weren’t for his brother and friend who run the cafe, he’d be sleeping on the streets. Angus is about ready to give up – until he meets Holly, who sparks something in him.

Then Lauren arrives from the homeless shelter. She came to London with nothing but an old train ticket, a teddy bear, and the clothes on her back. With no family, no home, no friends, she doesn’t know what love is. People scare her. She’s terrified of Angus and Holly. At first.

Each of them finds themselves in the Saturday cafe at a time when they need something to grab hold of. It might have to be each other…

Paperback

RRP: £9.99

ISBN: 9781915798527

Published: March 14, 2024

Extent: 288 pages

Ebook

RRP: £5.99

ISBN: 9781915798534

Published: March 14, 2024

Reviews

‘Packed full of tenderness and heart, I was hooked by this beautifully crafted story about love in all its forms and finding hope when you have all but given up.’

Nicola Gill , Swimming For Beginners

‘A tender story of hope, friendship and the power of community in overcoming life’s biggest challenges.’

Emily Houghton

The Saturday Place is a warm, wise, really special book, about the power of accepting life in all its messiness and finding joy where you can. I absolutely loved it’

Katy Regan

‘Uplifting, heartwarming and mouth-watering, The Saturday Place is the kind of book we all need now. A tale of friendship and food, it’s bursting with optimism and love. Charming.’

Veronica Henry

Alice Peterson

Growing up, Alice was always known to family and friends as, ‘Alice, the tennis player’. Aged 18, she was on the verge of signing a tennis scholarship to America, but fate had other ideas. She began to experience pain in her right hand, which then developed into rheumatoid arthritis – an autoimmune condition which has been life-changing in every way. Alice’s writing career began in her early 20s, encouraged by a friend who believed she might find it therapeutic to process the loss of her tennis and old life. Alice’s books are infused with her experience of adversity and grief, …

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