We didn’t intentionally choose a theme but ended up with an understated rustic boho casual look.
Shannon liked the boho feel of a flower crown. We went for pink roses, baby’s breath and greenery tones that tied into our colour palette of blush, navy and sage. The Bloomed Society made my bouquet and Shannon’s flower crown. Shannon and I took the school holidays into consideration when choosing a date as 15 of our 97 guests were children. We chose spaces that were intrinsically beautiful. Our reception was at The Loan and Merc – Shannon loved their social media photos of previous events and it didn’t need much in the way of décor either as the beauty of the venue spoke for itself. The Wonderland Garden was beautiful and green, and its summer flowering meant it didn’t need decorating. We had our ceremony in the Oamaru Public Gardens which we had visited on a trip back to New Zealand not long after we got engaged. I knew it was for real when I realised I was happy to share my crème brûlée! 20 months after Shannon proposed on top of Mount Iron in Wanaka we married in Oamaru, my hometown. It turned into dinner, then meeting for breakfast the next day, then organising our next date… We’ve been doing everything together ever since. Our fantastic first date began with coffee and hours of talking and laughing. The more we did, the more our feelings grew. We were drawn together from day one, always wanting to spend time together. And as Francine learns more about the darkness in her family's past-and the role she may have played in it-she realizes that confronting the truth may mean losing what she holds most dear.Īs moving and poignant as it is chilling, Her Little Flowers is a story of grief and enduring love-and of the haunting regrets only forgiveness can dispel.Shannon and I met in early 2017 when I moved to Townsville, Australia. It is a tale of cruelty and desperation, of terror and unbearable heartache. When Francine's estranged sister, Madeleine, returns to the manor after years away, she brings with her a story that threatens everything Francine has always believed. Most beloved is Bree, the mischievous ghost girl who has been Francine's companion since childhood. There are ghosts in Thwaite Manor, harmless and familiar.
No other living soul resides there, but Francine isn't alone. Will be irresistible for fans of Eve Chase, Kate Morton, and Shirley Jackson.įrancine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family's ancestral home, a rambling Elizabethan manor in England's Lake District. Set in a haunted manor house in a picturesque English village, this debut novel is a page-turning modern-day ghost story, filled with emotional complexity and family secrets.
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