This is a story of Eve, is the main caretaker for her niece after her mother's death.
Evie's ex makes a reappearance in her life? Will she live happily ever after

A great winter read curled up by the fireplace.

The story of Eve, who gave up everything years ago to care for her neice after her sister died.

When her ex re-appears in her life, will they have a second chance at happiness together, or is he just going to break her heart again?

A great read.

I received this book as a ARC from NetGalley and I am thankful for the opportunity to read and review this.
This is the first time reading anything from this author. I am a huge lover of anything UK so I was excited to read this book. However I found it hard to finish this book due to I found it slow moving and it was a struggle to finish but I did.
This is a story of second chance love and forgiveness.

Eve works in a school as a P.A. She gave up her dream of archeology when her sister died leaving a two year old daughter Caitlyn. Eve has since brought up Caitlyn as her own and left archeology and a past love Paddy, behind her when he walked out at a critical time in her life. Caitlyn has now become a young woman and is off to Paris to work as an au pair. On leaving she gives Eve a collection of cards each with the instructions that she is to be kind to herself. She has to fill them in with something she has done to fulfill this and then send it to Caitlyn. I took to this very early on. It struck a chord with being kind to yourself- sometimes we put others first in life and forget ourselves in the process. Selfish is very different to self care. Eve had good principles, was selfless , passionate over some things and had a steely determination- something I like in a lead character. A grandmother who provided not only grounding but wonderful laughs. A book that is more than a good story, a book with a message. One of hope and love, not to look over your shoulder too much but to reach forward in life. One life - live it!
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A nice novel about love and confusion, with humor and nice characters.

Eve’s sister Faye died seventeen years ago quit suddenly, and her little daughter Caitlyn came to live with her. Now Caitlyn is leaving for a job as an au pair in Paris. She left a gift for Eve: Twelve vouchers to be kind to herself. On the first evening out she meets Paddy Frier, for once the love of her life, but he left her alone seventeen years without any notice. Paddy likes to renewal the contact, Eve doesn’t, but faith has a plan of it’s own.
With a setting of a nice little English town, a school and places for archeological excavations
and even Paris, there is a lot of variety in the book. The book is about relations and how to handle them. It’s all about Eve and Paddy, but also the rather difficult relationship with her mother is a part of the story. And of course the relation with Gran is important for the story, she brings a lot of humor in it.

There are lots of communication problems, prejudices and wrong assumptions, (in the en just a little too much), but over all it’s a really nice novel.

I adore this author, she truly is a fantastic author and this book is just as wonderful.

I have absolutely adored this book from the very beginning. This has been impossible to put down and I have loved every page.

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A Dozen Second Chances by Kate Field is a feel good read that kept me fully invested for its duration. This is a tale of lost love, sacrifice, forgiveness and, of course, second chances.

Eve is an aspiring archaeologist and madly in love with Paddy Friel when her world is upended by the sudden death of her sister, Faye. Putting her own dreams aside, Eve becomes the sole custodian of her infant niece, Caitlyn, and Paddy goes on to a successful career in television.

Fast forward seventeen years, and Caitlyn is leaving the nest to take a job in Paris. Before leaving, she presents Eve with a collection of vouchers, each a challenge to do something special for herself, which she will complete and present to Caitlyn as proof of self care. Working through the vouchers, Eve finds herself on a course of self fulfillment. And with the reappearance of her long lost love, could happiness finally be within reach?

This is a well executed story that will have you rooting for Eve, a woman who is facing middle age with true contentment still within her grasp.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for this ARC.

I didn't love this book. I tried to like it - I really did. But it moved sooooooo slowly. I also just didn't really like Eve. I felt badly for all the things she's been through - but at the same time, was seriously annoyed by her. It irritated me that she behaved really childishly towards Paddy. He definitely was an idiot and should never have handled things the way he did or left the way he did. But if she had just listened to what he had to say, things could have moved forward so much faster and been better for all of them.

Overall, this just wasn't the book for me.But if you like super-British chick-lit - you might really enjoy this one! I loved the idea of it - and think gifting someone be kind to yourself post-cards should be something we all do!

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley - but these opinions are my own.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. This book is about a woman named Eve Roberts. Seventeen years ago, Eve had a wonderful career and boyfriend as well as bright plans for travelling all over the world working at archaeological dig sites but all of that came to an end with the death of her sister, Faye, which resulted in Eve raising her niece, as well as the love of her life, Paddy walking out on her with no explanation. Now with her fortieth birthday only months away, her niece/daughter, Caitlyn decides to take an Au pair job in France for a year and now with Eve facing an empty house for the first time, she must consider who she might be as an independent woman. As Caitlyn leaves for her new life in Paris, she leaves Eve 12 little envelopes vouches, which have the words "Be Kind to Yourself" and asked for each voucher to be mailed with the activity Eve has put herself first. With each voucher, Eve begins to consider the dreams she had set aside for so long as well as the life she might want for the future. Overall, I enjoyed this book and the concept of self care. The writing and use of language was good. As the reader, I could feel the passion Eve had for all things archaeology. The story line moved at a reasonable pace, but at times felt, the details at the various dig sites were a little overwhelming and not needed. I felt enough attention was given to the backstory of the main character's past in order for the reader to understand the motives and actions for the character in the present. Eve was a very selfless character and at times, I was relating to her need to take care of others before herself. I enjoyed the journey Eve went through in order to discover who she was now that she no longer had the responsibilities of raising a child. I loved the relationship between Caitlyn and Eve. It was very deep and the reader could tell Caitlyn had nothing but love for the woman who raised her. I also loved the interactions between the Grandma and all the other characters. The grandma was awesome and I looked forward to her next appearance throughout the book. I found her struggles with her feelings for Paddy very believable and could also understand why she was so angry with him. I didn't like Paddy as a character because while he may have had good reasons for the decisions he made, I think they were just not enough to justify his actions. On the other hand, Eve's understanding of past events especially relating to her sister were a little too rose colored, but I think that was partly due to the family not sharing the full details about Faye's character with Eve. I liked the ending of the story and was glad to see so many of the characters grow and change for the better by the end. All in all, I would recommend this book to those who are looking forward to the years with an empty nest or who just love a good second hand romance. I would like to read more by this author!

This was a great story about forgiveness and second chances! I thought Eve was a very well developed character. We see why she is the way she is as the story progresses. This was a cute, easy read but it was at times a little predictable. Still I enjoyed it.

This book was simply fantastic I didn’t want to put it down the characters were very good and the plot to the story was amazing really made you think and shows you can change life for the better. Full of families romance and doing things for you again that make you happy.
Eve had her life planned out for her as she finished university she had a dream boyfriend and good degree to get a job but her sister passes and leaves a young children Caitlin and Eve takes the child in and brings her up. Her boyfriend soon leaves and she doesn’t know why but she gets on with life works in the local school as easy and means she can care for Caitlin. However Caitlin is now leaving home and going to Paris and working for a year to have time out and Eve is coming up to forty but as Caitlin leaves she gives Eve some be kind to yourself vouchers and tells her she’s to do things for herself fill them out and send them to her so she can see what she’s doing. Caitlin goes to a talk with a good friend only to find it’s her ex from years ago leading it and they soon start getting friendly again and he said he had his reasons for leaving but can she forgive him. She also learns her job isn’t for her and leaves and her mum arrives and gives her some money that her father put aside for her. She’s decided to go back to doing dogs and gets extra friendly with Paddy her ex and they soon get close everyone thinks they are perfect together. She and paddy rush over to Paris when Caitlin rings saying she needs her and secrets come out about paddy and Eves sister and can she forgive him or not when she returns on her own everyone is worried she’s lost him but will they sort things out will more family secrets come out to and will it help them all move forward for the better. Will she find the right job and be happy.
Perfect read and didn’t want it to end at all brilliant.

This was a really cute novel and easy read about second chances. Eve has given up her life to raise her sisters child and now that she is graduated she's back to living her own life again. I'd recommend this sweet novel!

This was a cute story.

Eve’s sister ends up dying and she decides to raise her niece. Soon after her boyfriend Paddy unexpectantly leaves. 20 years later he comes back into her life and feelings start to rekindle.

I thought this was a cute story but a bit predictable.

A dozen second chances is a great engaging read that draws you in, fantastic characters particularly gran and paddy! This book illustrates that we are all worthy of a second chance of love and romance and doing what makes us happy whether that be in love or life in general!

The book follows those vouchers and the choices Eve makes to find her way to happiness and satisfaction in her life and towards healing old wounds.

The book was a good one and definitely a light-hearted read that I could recommend however I do not think I would personally read it again. It was your basic chic-lit, which I enjoyed but I feel like more and more these types of books now have that extra 'something' that this one was just missing.

Eve and Paddy had their lives mapped out before them: travel the world as archaeologists until they were ready to settle down. Then Eve’s sister dies and she is left to look after her young niece. Paddy agrees that he will help her until one day he walks out of her life without a backward glance.

17 years later they meet again and Eve’s contempt for Paddy is beyond belief, but as they continuously bump into each other, Eve begins to realise that the Paddy of now is not the Paddy of yesteryear. As they spend more time together and their relationship begins to grow, Eve realises that she is falling in love with him again. That is until Paddy drops a bombshell that could put everything Eve is hoping for in jeopardy.

I loved this book. A family drama with a great cast of characters, a story of love and romance with a touch of humour which will put a smile on your face.

I unfortunately can't read this book. I was really looking forward to it, because it sounds so cute, but the format of this ARC is unreadable for me. With missing punctuation and spaces and errant sentences, my eyes won't flow to read it properly. I'll have to get it when it comes out.

This story is a real charmer. Eve had a promising future in archeology, but put that all aside to be a mother to her niece, Caitlyn, after the tragic death of her sister, Faye. After sacrificing her own hopes and dreams for nearly twenty years, Eve finds herself at a crossroads, and then comes face to face with her great love, Paddy Friel, again.
This is a truly heartfelt and romantic story, with a touch of humor. My kind of book. Thank you, Net Galley, for this opportunity, which I was given in exchange for my honest review.

Eve had to give up her dream of being an archaeologist to look after her young niece Caitlyn when her sister Faye died. Eve's boyfriend Paddy after initially seeming to be happy with the arrangement suddenly left, causing heartbreak to both Eve and Caitlyn.
17 years later Eve has been working as a School Administrator and has not kept in contact with Paddy at all, whilst he has enjoyed a career in television as a presenter of archaeological programmes. Caitlyn has now grown up and is leaving for a job in Paris, she gives Eve 12 vouchers which she uses to encourage her to try to start enjoying her life.
When Eve meets with Paddy again she doesn't disguise how much she hates him for leaving them all those years ago, however as circumstances keep bringing them together she gradually starts to see a different side to him and the startling reason for him leaving. With the vouchers prompting her to start putting herself first can she start creating a new life for herself?
I really enjoyed this story of love and forgiveness, showing that there are two sides to every story and I ended up keeping awake far later than normal just so that I could get to the conclusion of the story.

It started off slow for me and I wasn’t connecting with the characters, but as the book went on it was a really adorable read.

I was really excited to read this book but the formatting made it unreadable. The lines were cut off and difficult to read. Words were missing spaces and scrunched together. (Note: Kindle edition)