Come and visit this magical lost village for a cosy, feel-good story about love, found family, new beginnings and the healing power of community.

Some places are special enough to heal hearts – and, some books are too. That is exactly how I felt after reading Magical Beginnings in Little Beaubrook. Healed. What from? Impossible to say. But you cannot help but feel warmth and a sense of community just from being around the characters in this book whilst reading it. And what a cast of characters they were! I thought I would struggle to keep up with them all, but Bella writes in different voices so well that I was able to instantly know who I was reading about even without the chapter headings.

The importance of kindness, acceptance, forgiveness and understanding, were key throughout the books, and as the characters developed and Beaubrook came to life, I was captured by each and every storyline. I so hope we get to return one day.

Now, more than ever, we need books like this. Books that remind us that there is more to unite, than there is to divide.

Fans of gentle magical realism edging into cosy fantasy will really enjoy this book, in particular if you enjoyed Adrienne Young (A Sea of Unspoken Things), Sarah Addison Allen (The Sugar Queen) and Rachel Greenlaw (The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells.)

About the Book

Some places are special enough to heal hearts… Welcome to Little Beaubrook. 

In a tiny English village hidden away for decades, the mists are parting to reveal a manor which glows gold and tumbledown thatched cottages that have been waiting for the right people to rebuild them.

On moving in day, a diverse group of new neighbours have only two things in common. Their hearts have been broken in some way, and they’ve all signed a contract with some very strange stipulations, including buying one of the cottages for a pound. As Chair of the commonhold association, Albie Curville hopes that by sharing his late wife’s rules for living he can bring these reluctant strangers together to fulfil her dying wish before he runs out of time… and before they discover his secret.

When their newfound community – built on kindness, friendship and a manor with a long history of helping those in need – is threatened by an outside source, can they finally overcome their pasts to save Little Beaubrook and seize the second chances they deserve?

About The Author

Bella Brightside is a multi-published, award-nominated romance author who writes under several pen names and had commercial success with her novel The Last Charm. Owned by a husband, large family and two naughty beagles, she drinks too much coffee, buys far too many books and spends her nights wondering how a sentient village would behave.

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