I read this book in its entirety yesterday. Admittedly it was sunny and I was sitting outside for over two hours but I think I completed it in around four hours. I normally don't read this type of novel and suspected it would be one by a 'celeb' produced on the coat tails of their fame rather than for any literary merit. So, I was pleasantly surprised. OK, it was a tad predictable but I found the characters believable and the setting authentic. I was sufficiently hooked in to want to know the outcome.
Thank you so much, Gransnet, for introducing me to Fern the author: I may well read more of hers now!