Poppy Alexander, author of The Littlest Library, writing as Rosie Howard:

Maddy fled the idyllic market town of Havenbury Magna three years ago…
When her godfather Patrick has a heart attack, she returns to save his beloved pub from disaster, but she is paying an unbearable price for returning to the scene of her mysterious trauma…
Ex-army officer Ben might be the only one who can save her, but he is devastated when a family secret seems set to destroy their future together before it’s even begun…
Meanwhile, Patrick is paying his own price for the sins of the past and Maddy’s new friends Giles and Serena also risk letting the past overwhelm future joy…
Can Maddy heal her old wounds and make a new life amongst the people she loves? Or is history set to repeat itself?