Jennifer Bibby

Effie has always loved her quiet life in Cornwall - sea swims, beach walks, reading, and knitting. After university in London, she returned home, craving the calm of the coast. But while her friends move forward, Effie feels stuck. So when she's offered the chance to open a bookshop in the seaside village of Polcarrow - with a flat above the shop - Effie leaps at the opportunity. A bookshop by the sea? It's the dream. Adjusting to life on her own is tough at first, but she soon finds friendship in Lola, the local café owner, and her warm circle of friends. Then there's Jake - a globe-trotting photographer - who stirs something in Effie that she didn't expect. As Easter approaches and the shop's grand opening nears, Effie's new life begins to bloom. But a difficult owner and a misunderstanding with Jake threaten to upend everything. Can Effie find the courage to fight for the life - and love - she's always wanted?

A cosy Cornish village. A baker with a broken heart. And the community who piece it back together. After a bad breakup that left her reeling and the death of her beloved grandmother, Lola fled to the little Cornish village of Polcarrow to lick her wounds and pursue her lifelong dream of running her own bakery. Drawn there by a mysterious note in her grandmother's recipe book, before long Lola's cafe is the beating heart of the community. With best friend Freya, artistic biker Angelo and Polcarrow's unofficial 'grandad' Alf by her side, Lola is ready to embrace single life and throws herself into organising the village's Christmas celebrations and the small matter of a Christmas tree made entirely from lobster pots...! That is, until Polcarrow's rather handsome vicar Tristan crashes into her life and makes Lola reconsider everything. But finding love in Polcarrow has spanned many a generation for Lola's family. The unexpected arrival of her grandmother's belongings brings a tragic story of love and loss to Lola's doorstep. Through her letters and diary entries, Lola finds out that Polcarrow held a secret place in her grandmother's heart, but was the cause of a whole lot of pain for someone else close to her? With Christmas to prepare for and the sudden return of Tristan's overbearing ex, will love prosper for Lola and Tristan this Christmas or is heartbreak coming to Polcarrow once more?