- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (2 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075282693X
- ISBN-13: 978-0006513438
- ASIN: 0006513433
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 57,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Another enchanting, romantic novel, following the fortunes of the characters from her bestselling Going the Distance.
Jemima Carlisle started by having a bad month – being made redundant, having nowhere to live, worrying about her bankrupt father.
Her decision to take up village life, rent a room in the local vicar’s house, and work at the local cafe did not work out as the peaceful life she had thought. The village was a centre for stables, with a couple of Grand National favourites – and Jemima hated horses for a very personal reason. And the enterprise of opening a local bookshop led her straight into village controversy.
The target of one group’s fatwa, the sharer of the vicar’s wife’s dark secrets, the piggy in the middle of a tempestuous relationship might have been enough for Jemima, but the arrival of her father with some new money-making scam, and the attempts by various local talents among the jockeys to alter her views on horse-racing, made her realise that one should never jump to conclusions.
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An enchanting, romantic novel, set in a Berkshire village, where things were never quite what they seemed – and jumping to conclusions was bound to end in disaster.
Jemima Carlisle knows all about this. Being made redundant, with nowhere to live, made her jump in to country life, open a bookshop, and rent a room in the local vicarage.
But it isn’t quite the peaceful life that she expects.
The place was a centre for stables, with a couple of Grand National favourites – jockeys as well as horses – and Jemima has a very personal reason for hating the racing world. Her bookshop becomes the focus of a village drama, the vicar’s wife insists on sharing her secrets, and one of the jockeys is very persuasive in his attempt to alter Jemima’s views.
A Christina Jones novel is a total pleasure and those who read 'Going the Distance' will enjoy meeting some of the characters again.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Such a fun book!,
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This review is from: Jumping to Conclusions (Paperback)
This is the first Christina Jones book I've read - and it's really a fun read. I don't know squat about horseracing, but I loved the plot that centers around jockeys and trainers and the like. The cast of characters is fabulous - the hunky vicar and his flaky wife the author, Drew and Maddy (I'm going to order Running the Risk - I have to go back and get their story), the jockeys, the supermodel owner, the small town eccentrics and biddies - but most of all jockey Charley (the serial adulterer) and our smart, charming heroine, Jemima the bookseller. There's quite a few subplots, ranging from race throwing to S & M (!), but they're all tightly wound together and well-written. Of course, you know how the story will end - how it has to end - but the journey there is funny and sweet. Well worth the money - buy this book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
CHRISTINA JONES HAS DONE IT AGAIN,
By A Customer
This review is from: Jumping to Conclusions (Paperback)
All the old favourites are back with a couple of new faces in Milton St John.Once again Christina Jones brings the community to life with numerous laughs and a fair few tears. Faces from "Going the Distance", "Running the Risk" and "Stealing the Show" all come together with a host of new characters in this latest instalment. I am sure I am not the only one, who hopes that Milton St John will be the setting for several more books, I simply won't tire of the amusing tangled webs and wonderfully happy endings? Oh, and if Charlie Somerset really exists, will someone give him my number???
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a relief!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Jumping to Conclusions (Paperback)
Having read so much rubbish lately it was a relief to read this book. Worth more than five stars. Great characters that developed throughout the book, real dialogue, humour, proper research, and....written in english, no 'gottens' etc., to rip you out of the english countryside into modern day America and disturb the enjoyment of the book. So where do Charlie and Jemima go from here?
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