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A Promise for Tomorrow
Never give up on your happily ever after…
Sarah Hodgkin needs a fresh start. After a failed relationship, she is determined to turn her life around and get back on track. Leaving her city life in the past, all that matters now is her new life in Alnwick. She’s found herself a flat and next on the list is a job.
Sarah used to work in a furniture store, but what does the future have in store for her? Sarah’s determination to start over soon starts paying off and she quickly settles into her new way of life. A relationship blossoms between her and one of the other tenants. John is a delightful, friendly man who is great fun.
Sarah knows he is a good man, but is he the right man for her?
Then joyfully eccentric India enters Sarah’s life, bringing an added ray of sunshine to her new life in Alnwick. Through India, Sarah meets Robert who has recently fallen on hard times. Could Sarah help him, and in return could he give her what she so desperately craves?
Sarah Hodgkin needs a fresh start. After a failed relationship, she is determined to turn her life around and get back on track. Leaving her city life in the past, all that matters now is her new life in Alnwick. She’s found herself a flat and next on the list is a job.
Sarah used to work in a furniture store, but what does the future have in store for her? Sarah’s determination to start over soon starts paying off and she quickly settles into her new way of life. A relationship blossoms between her and one of the other tenants. John is a delightful, friendly man who is great fun.
Sarah knows he is a good man, but is he the right man for her?
Then joyfully eccentric India enters Sarah’s life, bringing an added ray of sunshine to her new life in Alnwick. Through India, Sarah meets Robert who has recently fallen on hard times. Could Sarah help him, and in return could he give her what she so desperately craves?
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First published October 1, 2012
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August 10, 2016
What a great story! I knew that Sarah was lonely and trying to start her life over. I was cheering for her through out A PROMISE FOR TOMORROW and hoping she would be happy once again. All Sarah had to do was go with her heart and take a chance again. No one knows what tomorrow holds! I can't wait to read more by Miranda Barnes!!
August 13, 2016
Another book where I'm actually rather angry that I finished it.
What's written is so superficial: details of everyday life and banal thoughts. The actual emotional response of the main character is virtually never given. I was shocked to discover that going for meals and drinks with her neighbor suddenly amounted to being in a relationship with him and she needed to put a stop to it before she was stuck in another dead-end relationship. Um, was there ever any kissing? I certainly didn't read about it. When did they discuss their status? I was equally surprised at how her slight acquaintance with a friend's friend was suddenly so much more. At that point we did get a little peep into her emotional state, as she dithered over whether it was worth the risk to give the relationship a try.
The book is better viewed as a glimpse of a very boring life in a small town in England. Most of the book is taken up by the main character feebly trying to find work as her savings disappears. A new friend takes a huge risk in opening her own shop, and our main character wishes the friend had taken on even more risk by leasing the neighboring empty shop as well, to be a cafe'.
"She had never worked in catering, but it couldn't be that difficult. Plenty of people did." Oh dear lord.
She previously worked doing secretarial and office manager work, and as her money situation gets desperate she encounters a notice for office work at a car repair garage. "Temporary office help wanted, she read. She studied it for a moment and moved on. What she knew about cars and garages you could write on the back of a postage stamp. About all she did know was how to drive." She then thinks it might suit her friend's unemployed furniture-maker husband. Indeed, since he is a man and therefore he MUST know cars, he is obviously far more qualified to work in their office than she is.
Here is when I should have stopped reading:
"Sarah sat in the kitchen for a little while, elbows on the table, head in her hands. She stared at the wall opposite, and wondered why the clock had stopped. The battery, probably. She would have to buy a new one, or a pack of new ones. The spares would come in handy. You always needed batteries."
Thank you for sharing this important thought process with me. This completely makes up for her "romantic attachments" being complete black holes.
What's written is so superficial: details of everyday life and banal thoughts. The actual emotional response of the main character is virtually never given. I was shocked to discover that going for meals and drinks with her neighbor suddenly amounted to being in a relationship with him and she needed to put a stop to it before she was stuck in another dead-end relationship. Um, was there ever any kissing? I certainly didn't read about it. When did they discuss their status? I was equally surprised at how her slight acquaintance with a friend's friend was suddenly so much more. At that point we did get a little peep into her emotional state, as she dithered over whether it was worth the risk to give the relationship a try.
The book is better viewed as a glimpse of a very boring life in a small town in England. Most of the book is taken up by the main character feebly trying to find work as her savings disappears. A new friend takes a huge risk in opening her own shop, and our main character wishes the friend had taken on even more risk by leasing the neighboring empty shop as well, to be a cafe'.
"She had never worked in catering, but it couldn't be that difficult. Plenty of people did." Oh dear lord.
She previously worked doing secretarial and office manager work, and as her money situation gets desperate she encounters a notice for office work at a car repair garage. "Temporary office help wanted, she read. She studied it for a moment and moved on. What she knew about cars and garages you could write on the back of a postage stamp. About all she did know was how to drive." She then thinks it might suit her friend's unemployed furniture-maker husband. Indeed, since he is a man and therefore he MUST know cars, he is obviously far more qualified to work in their office than she is.
Here is when I should have stopped reading:
"Sarah sat in the kitchen for a little while, elbows on the table, head in her hands. She stared at the wall opposite, and wondered why the clock had stopped. The battery, probably. She would have to buy a new one, or a pack of new ones. The spares would come in handy. You always needed batteries."
Thank you for sharing this important thought process with me. This completely makes up for her "romantic attachments" being complete black holes.
August 6, 2016
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A Promise for Tomorrow by Miranda Barnes is a wonderful book. It is a story about new beginning and new romantic interests. Just because one chapter in your life ends does not mean that life ends all together and this story shows the reader that second chances come around. Sarah, the main character, needed a change of pace so she quit her job, ended her relationship that was going nowhere and moved to a new place. In her new environment she found a new job, and made new friends. Sarah met India and became good friends which opened the door to meeting more people like Robert. The story will have you rooting for Sarah and Robert and their relationship.
The story was simply written but shows that people can take a chance on love when they have lost the one they love.
I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley for a fair and honest review.
A Promise for Tomorrow by Miranda Barnes is a wonderful book. It is a story about new beginning and new romantic interests. Just because one chapter in your life ends does not mean that life ends all together and this story shows the reader that second chances come around. Sarah, the main character, needed a change of pace so she quit her job, ended her relationship that was going nowhere and moved to a new place. In her new environment she found a new job, and made new friends. Sarah met India and became good friends which opened the door to meeting more people like Robert. The story will have you rooting for Sarah and Robert and their relationship.
The story was simply written but shows that people can take a chance on love when they have lost the one they love.
I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley for a fair and honest review.
July 4, 2016
I'm happy that Endeavor is bringing backlist UK books to the US audience- this is the sort of book I used to buy at Heathrow on my way from from Europe. You will like this if you enjoy the sort of gentle chicklit where there isn't hot sex or fireworks but rather a more measured approach to the finish we all know is coming. Sara is a good character you will root for. This is nicely written and pleasant. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
July 4, 2016
This is a sweet story about new beginnings and new loves. It's romantic with a cozy setting and a good cast of supporting characters. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes a feel good contemporary romance/chic lit.
I received this in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley and the publisher.
I received this in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley and the publisher.
August 13, 2016
This was a sweet book. I enjoyed the characters. A quick, fun read.
September 29, 2016
A lovely sweet second chance romance a great read for a lazy weekend
July 16, 2017
Nice read
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