Weathering the Storm by Katharine E Smith

Weathering the Storm by Katharine E Smith

With their wedding on hold and rented house sold to new owners, Sam and Alice are all at sea - moving in with Julie and Luke, along with toddler Ben and new dog Meg, until they find a place of their own.

Sam struggles to adjust to the changes - particularly as teenage daughter Sophie has moved away - and compensates by throwing himself into his work and lifeboat training. Alice finds herself missing him; even when he's at home, he is clearly not happy. This is only exacerbated by the problems between Sam's sister Janie and Alice's chef Jonathan, whose relationship appears to be in trouble.

Add to this the untimely appearance of a significant ex, the advent of a new hotel (which threatens direct competition for Amethi), and a frightening accident one dark, rainy night...

Alice should know by now that nothing is straightforward - but at least there's never time to get bored.

E. Katharine Katharine E. Smith is a Yorkshirewoman who lives with her husband and two small children in Shropshire, England. She is the owner of Heddon Publications, an independent publishing business, and has a degree in philosophy. Katharine has loved writing since she was a child, but it took her more than five years to finish her first novel, Writing the Town Read, to her satisfaction. Two years later, Seeing Back was published, and a third novel, Between Friends, is in the works.

Katharine's stories are defined by their settings and characters, which show a deep connection to the South West of the United Kingdom, where she attended school and afterwards lived for another five years. Kate Atkinson, Anne Tyler, and Maggie O'Farrell provide inspiration, with a dash of Nick Hornby and John O'Farrell thrown in for good measure.