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The Cottage by the Pier: A Harbour Lights Story
Paperback
Series: Harbour Lights, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 18 2026
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the worst year of your life led you to exactly where you were meant to be?
After a painful divorce and the loss of the future she thought she was building, Emma arrives in the coastal town of Harbour Lights with one goal: sell the cottage she has unexpectedly inherited and return to her old life.
The cottage belongs to a great-aunt she barely knew. The town is full of strangers. The house needs repairs. And staying is the last thing Emma intends to do.
But Harbour Lights has other ideas.
As Emma begins sorting through decades of memories, she discovers a community unlike any she has known before. A welcoming café owner who seems to know everyone. A sharp-witted retired teacher who never hesitates to speak her mind. A lively bookseller determined to include her in local life. And a quietly dependable craftsman who understands the cottage almost as well as the woman who once called it home.
What starts as a short visit soon becomes something far more complicated.
As old wounds begin to heal and new possibilities appear on the horizon, Emma must decide whether she is ready to keep running from the life she lost, or brave enough to build a new one.
Set in a charming seaside town filled with memorable characters, warm friendships, and the gentle rhythms of coastal life, The Cottage by the Pier is an uplifting story about starting over, finding belonging, and discovering that home can appear where you least expect it.
Perfect for readers who enjoy women's fiction, small-town stories, clean romance, later-life fresh starts, emotional journeys, coastal fiction, and feel-good contemporary novels.
The Cottage by the Pier is the first book in the heartwarming Harbour Lights series, where every visitor arrives carrying a burden, and every story begins with the possibility of a new chapter.
Sometimes the life you need is waiting in the place you never planned to stay.
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