When Annie Elliot’s enchanted family home starts to misbehave, she is mortified to discover that the builder her father has called in to fix the problem is none other than her estranged first love, Freddie Wentworth.
Having been persuaded against taking a romantic leap of faith in moving to Paris with her as a teenager, Annie has lived under a cloud of anxiety since about having let her down, and a constant questioning of whether her small village life working in the local cafe will ever be enough.
But now Freddie is back. They’re different, and they’re handsome. And they’re really hacked off about being left alone in Paris all those years ago.
Can Annie and Freddie find their way back to one another after a misguided decision has torn them apart? Is Annie’s father going to ruin them all in his pursuit of a more glamorous life? And will the cottage ever stop misbehaving with the masonry?
Coming in October 2027 with Bloomsbury/Head of Zeus
