‘One day everything I have will be yours,’ Joanna hears her beloved grandmother’s soothing voice as she reads the letter. ‘Cherrywood is my gift to you. And it’s about time you faced up to the past…’

Joanna turns the little brass key in her hands as she looks out of the cottage’s old sash windows. She knew she’d inherit Granny Bridget’s beautiful home, but she’s shocked to discover that Bridget wanted her to move there and run the little shop next door. Joanna can’t bear to let her granny down, but returning from Dublin to the place where she once lost her parents feels too painful.

Until Joanna walks through the shop and finds it bursting with rolls of lavish fabrics, spools of thread, ribbons and buttons: everything Joanna would need to open a dressmakers, like she’s always dreamed. And when her brooding but handsome boss, Terence, turns up in Cherrywood, desperate to get her to return home, even he sees how wonderful and peaceful it is. Under the sparkling stars, confiding in him, Joanna finally lets her guard down.

But then a mysterious stranger knocks on Joanna’s door, claiming to be her half-brother. She’s heartbroken that her granny might have kept a huge secret from her. How can she make a fresh start here, when her childhood in Cherrywood was built on a lie?

This beautiful Irish village could unlock a new life for Joanna and make her stronger than ever before. But first she must accept the mistakes made in the past and find the courage to forgive her family…

An unforgettable and gorgeous Irish romance about second chances and lost loves. For fans of Mary Alice Monroe, Mary Kay Andrews and Rachel Hanna.

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