The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness

This book is not purchasable in your country. Please select another book.

Listen to a sample

What to expect

Sometimes all it takes to make the world a better place is a small act of kindness...

When Ceri Price arrives in the small seaside village of Dwynwen in West Wales, she only means to stay for a couple of nights - long enough to scatter her mother's ashes, and then go back to her life as a successful make-up entrepreneur.

But a case of mistaken identities means she lands a job as the barmaid in the local pub, she unexpectedly finds friendship, and wonders if love might follow... But when the plans for a new housing estate put the local woodland under threat, she fears the way of life here could disappear.

Then mysterious acts of kindness start springing up around the village - a string of bunting adorns the streets, a new village signpost appears out of nowhere and someone provides paint to spruce up the houses on the seafront. Who is behind these acts of kindness and can they help in the race to save the village from the faceless developers...?

Welcome to Dwynwen: Village of Love. Where friendship flourishes and love blossoms...

Read by Lowri Walton

(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018

Critics Review

  • Warm, witty, Welsh and wonderful

    Milly Johnson, author of The Queen of Wishful Thinking
  • A truly wonderful and heartwarming read

    HEIDI SWAIN
  • Heartwarming, wise, funny and romantic…this is a delight

    RACHAEL LUCAS
  • I loved it

    Clare Mackintosh
  • Gorgeous from start to finish – if this doesn’t warm your heart I don’t know what will!

    HOLLY HEPBURN, author of A YEAR AT THE STAR AND SIXPENCE
  • A lovely, warm, uplifting read…loved it

    CLARE SWATMAN, author of Before You Go

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to get tailored content recommendations, product updates and info on new releases. Your data is your own: we commit to protect your data and respect your privacy.