Jude is the owner of a unique antiques shop in Cambridge. She makes it her mission to match customers with the special something that they are missing, a talisman to bring them what their heart desires. Unfortunately, Jude''s life is not overflowing with the love she wishes for. How ever, when she ''inherits'' a niece that she never knew existed, doubling her meagre family overnight, Jude''s life is soon set to get a lot less lonely and a lot more interesting.
Viola is a single-minded perfectionist w hose only heart''s desire is the position of Head Chef at one of Cambridge''s most prestigious restaurants. But w hen Viola keeps bumping into a widower, Mathieu, she begins to discover that there''s more to life beyond the kitchen.
Allison & Busby is delighted to be reissuing five of Menna van Praag''s magical realism novels in a stunning new livery. For fans of cosy BookTok-favourite authors like Lucy Jane Wood (
Rewitched) and Evie Woods (
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris) as well as heartwarming tales like
Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Menna van Praag''s books were a forerunner of the burgeoning healing fiction genre, with their cosy transformative storylines. Van Praag masterfully conjured a collection of books which mix romance, characters on life-changing journeys and a sprinkling of the supernatural.
