On a Beautiful Day (by Lucy Diamond)

On the whole I like Lucy Diamond’s novels. They’re unashamedly light women’s fiction, almost ‘chick-lit’, although her characters tend to be rather older than that would imply. But they’re good stories, well written, and with satisfactory endings.

I was given ‘On a Beautiful Day’ last Christmas. It has a gorgeous cover, but it sat on my to-be-read shelf for nearly eight months. However I’ve just read it over the past few days.

It’s the story of four women: India, Eve, Jo and Laura. They’re ...