‘Hurry up shorty, if you want to catch the bakery before it closes for lunch.’ Rose pushed Abby out of the cottage door into the bright sunshine, heading for her car. They had spent the morning packing up her artwork for the courier and sketching flowers in the garden. Abby loved fine art as much as Rose and they were working on a collage together for her studio.

‘Oooh, well move then. I have a severe craving for cupcakes and I promised Duncan I would save him some for later.’ Abby grinned at Rose’s eyeroll, Abby had been absent a lot lately due to her blossoming romance with the farm...