A new life, new love and three guesthouses in a small French Village

As a young woman, Australian born Henrietta Taylor searched the wold for Mr Right: the perfect husband with whom she could have a happy family and a house with a white picket fence. When she met the affable Norman, her dreams all seemed to come true. But then disaster struck, leaving her a bereft widow with two small children and little idea of how to look after them - or herself.

Searching for a different life, she packed her bags and took the children off to France, where she had found romance and adventure many years before. But what seemed so simple once is now complicated by feelings of loss, and the reappearance of the man she calls the Latin Lover.

In a tiny village in the south of France, Veuve (Widow) Taylor, as she is known, finds a new circle of friends, an unexpected role as the proprietor of three charming guesthouses, and a different version of family life. Along the way she discovers that the path to happiness can sometimes turn into a very unconventional journey.

Told with candour and refreshingly self-deprecating humour, Veuve Taylor is the story of a fairytale gone wrong - its tragic consequences, and its surprising and triumphant aftermath.

Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Henrietta Taylor
ISBN: 073228144X
RRP: $29.95