THE GIRL WITH THE RED SCARF: The Girl with the Red Scarf is a gorgeously romantic enchanting read

A young love forged at the height of war, a chance meeting, and a collision of faded memories and half-truths, The Girl with the Red Scarf will appeal to fans of Jojo Moyes.
Epiphany...
A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization. This is the definition in the Oxford Dictionary...and that’s what it was for me…an epiphany because nothing in my life until I sat in the utter stillness in the café in the park had made any real sense… until I saw her. Of course, the café wasn’t still or quiet. It buzzed with the voices of excited children, the tinkling splashes of water from the fountains glinting in the sunlight, but around her was serenity, a bubble of composure drawing me in. And I was captured.

Tom Alexander has no memory of his life at House in the Hills orphanage on the outskirts of Sarajevo, or of his birth parents, the ones whose faces he wants to see, but doesn't remember. When he receives a letter from ChildAbroad, the agency that arranged his adoption in 1994, he is offered the opportunity to search for the boy he once was, Andreij Kurik—if he returns to Sarajevo. With Sulio Divjak, the driver and interpreter Tom befriends, he searches the derelict orphanage and discovers he has two siblings, one who was also at House in the Hills. Sulio uncovers a faded photograph in Andreij’s file of a girl wearing a red scarf. She looks like Ellie; the girl Tom fell in love with at first sight in a café in Regent’s Park. Devastated when he realises what it could mean, Tom goes back to the UK to get some answers. Accompanied by Ellie he returns to Sarajevo to find his birth parents, only to receive news that destroys everything he thought he knew about Tom Alexander—and Andreij Kurik.

From the author of The Other Boy, shortlisted for the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller

Interview with the author
THE SNUGGLE UP ROMANCE SERIES
What order should I read the books in?
#1 Primrose Hill is Suddenly Single – Not sure why this is number one, but I love darling Primrose, and she reflects some of my own clumsiness and potential for disaster.
#2 When You Said Goodbye – This is another funny book with a sexy theme approached in a humorous way; her Fiery Spanish Friend sees to that, and Sacha Tate is also prone to some disasters and is a bit of an anti-heroine, but I can't help loving her. There’s a rather sad thread which runs through When You Said Goodbye, but she has a happy ending to her story which is, of course, essential.
#3 The Chocolate Shop on Christmas Street – You'll love Rosie Tennyson's story. She’s a very together woman, who, after a break up throws herself into her business on Christmas Street where she makes lots of wonderful friends. This is a real feel-good sweet romance.
#4 Christmas at Mistletoe Abbey – In every romantic fiction series there should be a story about Christmas and Christmas at Mistletoe Abbey fits the bill. Sophie Trevelyan has a little bistro in London called Simply Yummy and a dachshund called Hero. This wonderfully funny story of Sophie and her friend, Serena’s trip to Mistletoe Abbey is spot-on for cuddling up under a blanket with a box of chocolates and a glass of wine. And there’s a sexy chef as well. Perfect!
Why should readers give these books a try?
Because these stories of romantic fiction or romantic comedy are perfect tales of contemporary women. There are many romantic fiction or romantic comedy series’ but the Snuggle Up Romance Series reflects women like you and me.