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    The Umbrella Diaries (A Spring Novella): The Clementine Springs Series
    The Umbrella Diaries (A Spring Novella): The Clementine Springs Series
    The Umbrella Diaries (A Spring Novella): The Clementine Springs Series
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    The Umbrella Diaries (A Spring Novella): The Clementine Springs Series

    By Stella Quinn

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    Sometimes love comes knocking at your door ...

     

    Duncan needs a hero -- he just isn't expecting her to turn up on his front porch under a tattered red umbrella.

     

    Marianne needs a new venue for her dance school to escape the unwanted attentions of a creepy groundsman, so the For Let advertisement in the newspaper seems like a lucky omen. Enquiries to 241 Hope Street, Clementine Springs, between four and five pm, today only.

     

    She plucks an umbrella from the stand in the hallway and sets off for make her enquiry. Her dance school business means everything to her; since the injury which destroyed her career, it's the only dream for her future she has left. And today, she's feeling lucky.

     

    Duncan doesn't leave his house. Not today, not yesterday, not since he left the hospital all those months ago with steel pins holding his leg together and the words of a dying teenager imprinted forever on his brain. Turns out, he doesn't mind living grumpy and alone in his big old house. At least, that's what he's been telling himself.

     

    But then one day a young ballet teacher knocks on his door and pirouettes her way straight into his heart. Duncan's going to have to find the courage to forgive himself if he wants a chance at living in the world again. And now he's got a reason to try.

     

    On the shore of a lake deep in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, Clementine Springs is home to a heartwarming cast of characters. 

     

    What are readers saying about Stella Quinn?

     

    "Sweet lead characters with swoon worthy men in believable charming storylines" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Misty 

     

    Welcome to the first story set in The Clementine Springs Series. Small town eccentric characters, lovable heroes, strong heroines who are having to dig deep in the face of adversity ... there's a lot to love about this new set of stories set in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJellyfish Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2020
    ISBN9780648693505
    The Umbrella Diaries (A Spring Novella): The Clementine Springs Series
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    Stella Quinn

    Stella Quinn has had a love affair with books since she first discovered the alphabet. She lives in sunny Queensland now, but has lived in England, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. Boarding school in a Queensland country town left Stella with a love of small towns and heritage buildings (and a fear of chenille bedspreads and meatloaf!) and that is why she loves writing rural romance. Stella is a keen scrabble player, she's very partial to her four kids and anything with four furry feet, and she is a mediocre grower of orchids. An active member of Romance Writers of Australia, Stella has won their Emerald, Sapphire and Valerie Parv Awards, and finaled in their R*BY Romantic Book of the Year award. You can find and follow Stella Quinn via her website.

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