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The Cottage Next Door (Large Print Edition)
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Publisher: Old Lantern House Books
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A quiet cottage. Two little boys. One man next door who might change everything.
Lily Harper did not come back to Willowmere for love.
At twenty seven, Lily is already a widow, a mother of two, and a woman trying to hold her life together one ordinary day at a time. After losing her husband, her job, and the future she thought she had, she returns to the small lakeside village of her childhood with her sons, Ben and Toby, hoping only for peace, routine, and a roof she can afford.
Then she sees Jack Miller again.
Jack was once her childhood rival, her old debate partner, and the boy who always knew exactly how to unsettle her. Now he is the quiet, capable man living in the cottage next door, the one who fixes broken gates, builds wooden lantern boats, answers her sons with patience, and sees far more than Lily is ready to admit.
When Willowmere's beloved lantern festival is suddenly in trouble, Lily is drawn into village plans, late evening meetings, workshop conversations, and the slow, dangerous comfort of being understood. Jack is steady, kind, and impossible to ignore. But Lily's heart is still shaped by grief, and letting someone new into her life means risking not only herself, but the two boys who have already lost so much.
As summer deepens and lanterns begin to glow over the lake, Lily must decide whether loving again means betraying the past, or finally allowing herself to believe that life can still hold tenderness, home, and hope.
The Cottage Next Door is a warm and emotional small town second chance romance about grief, family, healing, village life, and the quiet courage it takes to choose love after loss. Perfect for readers who enjoy gentle contemporary romance, single mother love stories, cosy village settings, heartfelt family drama, and tender happily ever afters.
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