HAPPINESS FOR BEGINNERS

Molly Baker is living her best life. 38 years old, she lives on the 25 acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by mostly four-legged friends and rolling hills. She runs the farm as an alternative school for kids who haven't thrived in mainstream education. It's full-on, but she wouldn't have it any other way, so when the well-groomed Shelby Dacre turns up asking to enrol his son Lucas, Molly isn't fazed. But Lucas is distant and soon Molly realises he might be more of a handful than she had anticipated. Then there's the added problem that his dad is distractingly handsome. Molly has her beloved farm to think of. Could letting Lucas and Shelby in be a terrible mistake, or the start of something wonderful? A feel-good, funny new start and second chances abound in a novel of one broken family, two hearts meeting and dozens of naughty animals. 443pp in paperback.