Janet tried to keep a straight face. 'You're booked to stay with Mrs Bradshaw.' 'Mrs Bradshaw? I've never heard of that hotel chain. Is it new?' 'It's not the name of a hotel. Mrs Bradshaw runs the local bed and breakfast.' 'Bed and breakfast? You've got to be joking. I can't stay in someone's house. Surely there must be a lodge or even a small inn nearby?' 'Sorry, but Mrs Bradshaw provides the only accommodation within fifty miles of Bottomsthwaite village.'
Senior Associate, Tom Manning, of the global law firm Knight, Blackmore and Emmerington (KBE), is due a well-earned vacation in Hong Kong after working seven consecutive months on a complex insolvency and restructuring deal in London. Instead, he suddenly finds himself instructed by the firm's newest client, Fairway Holdings, to head up to North Yorkshire. His instructions: Close down a factory mill that is losing the client money! What follows is a contemporary tale of laughter, love, humility and courage as Tom is pitched into 'Gods Own County'. He meets the tempestuous Kate, a lawyer who grew up in the village and is desperate to see it survive. Suited and booted in Armani and Gucci, Tom must ultimately decide what really matters to him in life – a path to partnership and the ultimate destruction of a village; or a new life, the likes of which he never expected.
This is the second book in the KBE law firm series. THE LAWYER, a legal thriller and the first in the series, is available to buy on Amazon Kindle.
Look out for the third book in the KBE series due to be launched in the summer of 2016. It will be a full-blown legal thriller and promises a rollercoaster of a ride.