The Cornish Guest House

Author/Guide: Emma Burstall

Why a Booktrail?

2ooos: Will newcomers to Tremarnock welcome the newcomers as they think?

ISBN: 978-1784972516
Genre: Fiction, Romance

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What you need to know before your trail

Tremarnock is a small fishing village, crowded with holidaymakers in the summer, but a sleepy Cornish backwater at other times of the year.

Liz has found refuge here with her young daughter, Rosie, after her relationship with Rosie’s father came to an end. Now happily married, all seems set for a quiet autumn and merry Christmas. But strangers have bought the local guest house and seem to have big plans. Why is he so charming and confident, but she so frightened? Are they who they say they are? And what are they really doing with the guest house?

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Tremarnock

Sadly the village of Tremarnock is fictional – but the author says on her website that “Fortunately for me, the research involves making frequent trips to my favourite part of South East Cornwall, going on long walks along the cliffs, eating cream teas and chatting with locals in cosy, out-of-the-way pubs. Not exactly a hardship.”

So in order to discover Tremarnock for yourself: Visit Cornwall

A good idea is to head into Polperro as having been here, it makes us think of the lovely seaside port town. There is a stunning harbour where boats clink and clang in the breeze, some excellent fish and chip shops and a range of guesthouses to choose your very own Tremarnock abode.

The village is inspired by Emma’s trips around Cornwall. She began her life as a cub reporter on the Western Morning News based in Plymouth and covering Devon and Cornwall, so got to know the area well in her early twenties. Tremarnock is the village formed from a mixture of all of the places which have stayed in her memory since then.

Emma tells us that she adores Cornwall, especially the south eastern part which is sometimes described as the County’s ‘forgotten corner’ and she goes back there often. “The scenery is breathtaking in all weathers, the pubs are glorious and the pace of life is so much calmer. I come back refreshed every time with my batteries fully recharged.”