The Lighthouse Library (APPLEMORE BAY) by Rachael Lucas EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Rachael Lucas
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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Meg trundled slowly up the inside lane of the motorway, hoping she looked
braver than she felt. The journey from South Yorkshire all the way to the
west coast of the Scottish Highlands was a long one for someone who
hadn’t driven further than to the local supermarket in years.
Her husband Michael had always insisted on driving, telling her she
didn’t have the confidence and that he’d be happier behind the wheel. She’d
had a few cautious, experimental trips since selling her little car and buying
the campervan, but nothing to prepare her for a drive of over four hundred
miles. Her little corgi, Eliza, sat beside her on the passenger seat, strapped
into her little doggy harness and looking out of the window with her
habitual cheerful curiosity.
It was funny, Meg thought, that there was something about a campervan
that just seemed to intrigue people. Before signing on the dotted line at the
showroom and handing over a hefty sum in exchange for a set of keys for
the six-month-old van, she’d never so much as looked inside one. Selling
up everything she owned and buying a house on wheels had seemed the
biggest gesture she could make towards changing her life completely. So
she’d parted with the cash, swallowed any vague sense of unease she might
have felt, and decided to go for it.
After a couple of hours, they stopped at a service station to stretch their
legs. There were long parking bays, which were specifically laid out for
drivers like her. She pulled in alongside a beaten-up van with stickers all
over the back doors, mismatched streaks of paint where the rust had been
covered over, and a side door with several dents in it. She was just taking it
in when the side door slid open and a tall boy in his early twenties
appeared, a tin mug of coffee in one hand and a half-eaten sandwich in the
other.
‘Alright?’ He tipped his head in greeting as she put the window down to
lean out and double check she’d parked within the lines.
‘You’ve got loads of room there,’ he said, smiling cheerfully. ‘Nice
van.’
She looked across into his little house on wheels. Colourful Nepalese
flags hung on the wall, and a still-steaming kettle stood on top of a blue gas
stove. Striped rugs lay on the floor and the whole interior looked cool and
hippy-ish.
‘I think mine is a bit more traditional than yours – luckily my friend’s
promised to make me some nice crochet blankets to brighten it up a bit. I’m
going to house sit for her,’ Meg added.
‘Cool,’ said the boy, sipping his coffee. ‘Doesn’t matter what it looks
like, though, it’s the ethos that’s important. Freedom is everything.’ He
patted the battered side of his van affectionately.
‘Freedom is everything,’ echoed Meg. ‘I like that.’
He looked like the sort of person who was designed for van life. She felt
like a bit of a fraud in comparison.
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