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The Queen of Wishful Thinking
What you need to know before your trail
When Lewis Harley has a health scare in his early forties, he takes it as a wake-up call. So he and his wife Charlotte leave behind life in the fast lane and Lewis opens the antique shop he has dreamed of. This shop is going to change more than just his health and outlook on life.
One day, Bonnie Brookland walks into the shop and recognises something in it that she likes – She was brought up in the antiques trade and now works for the man who bought out her father’s business, but she isn’t happy there. Soon, she starts working in Lewis’ shop
As Bonnie and Lew start to work together, they soon realise that there is more to their relationship than either thought. But Bonnie is trapped in an unhappy marriage, and Lew and Charlotte have more problems than they care to admit. Each has secrets in their past which are about to be uncovered. Can they find the happiness they both deserve?
Travel Guide
Yorkshire
The Pot of Gold Antiques Shop
The Pit of Gold antiques shop in Spring Hill Square belong to Lewis /harley and ti was everything he had planned it to be month os recuperation. He had crated a bygone have of tranquility with his choice of decor. The walls were painted in period colours of smoky green, creamy ivory, bronze red, muted gold ;the solid display cabinets were predominately dark wood. Clocks charmed the walls, their chimes aged and mellow, bright but gentle lighting complemented everything it touched and the perfume of polish and old books pervaded the air. More than once Lew had been told by customers that they felt as if they had gone back in time whne they had crossed over the threshold”
The world of secret treasures and old vintage objects kept and hoarded over the years, the people who deal with clearing out memories and the world of antique dealers is a world carved with care and attention here. They are a colourful cast of characters in this novel that’s for sure and have the names to prove it – which usually described the sort of thing they were interested in.
Another gem in the novel – is not something which shines normally in an treasure trove – but the newspaper the items often come wrapped in at some point – the headlines of the Daily Trumpet will have you crying with laughter. Just don’t read in a real antiques shop and knock over some of the treasures as tears get in your eyes and you flail about as you try to regain your composure and your balance!
Streetview Maps
A) Yorkshire - Harrogate antiques
C) Yorkshire - Skipton - like Springhill
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
Milly Johnson always brings a smile to my face and a story in an antiques shop was right up my street. I started it over the Easter weekend as this seemed the ideal place to spend a holiday weekend and I was not wrong. Oh I wished I’d had a bell to ting as I turned the pages as if I really were in that shop – a Pot of Gold no less – perfect name.
The trademark humour and charm was apparent but for me the laugh out loud moments were the Daily Trumpet headlines – which spelt words wrong – words that not only changed the story but changed it in a way which was so much funnier and ironic? The Nobb family become ‘Nobbs’ and that is only the start. I don’t want to give away more as the joy of finding them for yourself is like a treasure trail of laughs.
Lew and Bonnie’s story appeared slowly and in a nice way so I really felt as if I got to know both characters very well indeed. Stephen I didn’t care for of course but doesn’t – after you’ve tasted mustard doesn’t the honey taste nicer?
We’re back in the location of The Teashop on the corner – so after visiting here, why not pop in for a brew for more Milly Magic?
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Queen of Wishful Thinking
Author/Guide: Milly Johnson Destination: Yorkshire Departure Time: 2000s
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