Review: Readers that we can do anything that we set our hearts and minds too, no matter how ridiculous or extreme the ideas may seem.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
Annabelle was due to get married to her college sweetheart Jack , when by chance she wandered home during the day and found her soon-to-be husband bonking the next door neighbour. That was it for Annabelle, so she left her job and cashed in her savings and needing a fresh start took off to England . Being a long-time fan of Jane Austen's work , it leads her close to Chawton and staying in a small inn where she meets Holden - the owner of the Inn along with his two close family friends Abner and Bea. Holden also reeling from a tragic break-up when he was left at the altar isn't ready for a relationship but he can't help but feel drawn to Annabelle whom he later nicknames Belle. Soon Holden and Belle fall in love but Belle is about to realise that her happiness with Holden will be short-lived when she discovers she is pregnant with Jack's baby. Leaving with a note, she escapes this time to Greece and so her story continues. Months pass and we read as Jack floats in and out of her life and Holden is forever in her thoughts. What will happen though when she realises that there is only one place she actually feels safe in the world now and that is Holden's Inn.  Can Annabelle get up the guts to face Holden and explain the truth of why she left ?Has Holden been waiting for her all this time ?Find out in "Do Anything" by Wendy Owens. A contemporary romance that shows readers that we can do anything that we set our hearts and minds too, no matter how ridiculous or extreme the ideas may seem at the time.