Sticks and Stones: the exciting and much-requested next chapter... (Coming Back to Cornwall)

"Excellent yet again. How can you not fall in love with Cornwall and these characters. Can't wait to read the next one."
"The last paragraph has you wanting the next chapter in the characters’ lives. I await the next book with longing!"The scene is set for the perfect summer. Business is booming. The weather couldn’t be better. Best of all, Sam is coming back to Cornwall. For good.
A storm is brewing, however. It seems that somebody, somewhere, has it in for Alice, although it is not clear who, or why.
As Julie tries to help her friend, she finds her own thoughts turning progressively towards motherhood. Sam, meanwhile, has the pressure of a new job, as well as a stressed-out girlfriend and a teenage daughter to contend with.
Fearing for her business, her relationship, and her sanity, can Alice get to the root of the problem before any permanent damage is done?
A Second Chance Summer, After the Sun and As Boundless as the Sea precede Sticks and Stones. The series is continued beautifully by Lighting the Sky and Something About the Stars. Book seven is underway!
"Good to reconnect with the characters who have developed into friends after the previous books. The storyline is different, an interesting and very topical subject combining social media and mental health issues, leading the reader to an intriguing mystery.... with a realistic outcome. All set in that most lovely of counties, Cornwall."

Katharine E. Smith is the author of eight novels, including the Coming Back to Cornwall series. She is also the founder of Heddon Publishing, working with independent publishers across the globe.
 
A graduate in Philosophy, Katharine initially worked in the IT and charity sectors. She turned to freelance editing in 2009, when she also became a mother, and completed the first draft of Writing the Town Read. It took a further five years to find the confidence to edit and self-publish this first book.
 
In the meantime, the amount and nature of the freelance work developed, as did Katharine's understanding and experience of the world of independent publishing. The natural next step was to create Heddon Publishing. Katharine has worked with 50+ independent and hybrid authors to develop and produce their work, from fiction to non-fiction and from children's books to dark, distinctly adult tales.
 
She has also had a second child, and written and published seven more novels, with the Coming Back to Cornwall series the greatest success of her writing career to date.
 
Katharine lives in Shropshire with her husband and their two children.