From the author of The Littlest Libraryâa heartwarming novel about a widowed childrenâs book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door.
In her books she can write âhappily ever afterââ but real life? Thatâs another matterâŚ
For childrenâs book author Imogen, an idyllic life in the English countryside seems like the perfect fit for her and her husband. But when tragedy strikes, Imogen is left widowed, and finds herself moving into Storybook Cottage alone with only her monstrously narcissistic cat for company.
After discovering she is pregnant, Imogen grows determined to embrace a new start in Middlemass, with its duckpond, cricket matches and village fĂŞtes. The only thing Imogen canât seem to shake is her neighborâa brooding, artisan blacksmith named Gabrielâwho she canât quite decide is friend or foe. That is until she realizes, thanks to an arcane clause in her deeds, that Gabrielâ not just an artist, but lord of the local manor houseâ has the power to take her home and leave her completely broke.
Devastatingly, he seems keen to do exactly that. Yet, Imogen finds herself drawn to him nonetheless. And in her darkest hour, Gabriel may just be the bright spot to save Imogen in more ways than one.