The Midnight Bakery

Nestled at the end of a tiny,cobbled backstreetis a charmingcareworn bakeryits doorstep scrubbed clean and pale green linen blinds neatly drawn. Every nightlong after customers have gone and the last crumbs wiped from the shelvesa key turns in the lock. This is a havena place where a candle burns through the night for anyone feeling lost or lonely. Frankiekneading dough through the night and shaping croissants to bake for morninghopes the bakery will keep her safe from the heartbreak of her past. But what she hasn’t expected is to meet others who need to heal as much as she does. William appears one moonlit night. Forging his own new path following years of heartachehe begins to check in on Frankie nightlyhis gentle smile letting her know he’s keeping an eye. Tamlost and alonestumbles upon the bakery and it becomes the one place where he can be himself. Bethwho nurses patients by night and her husband by dayis drawn in by the scent of freshly baked bread and warm sugarwith Frankie’s custard tarts the one bright spark in her longlonely nights. Each of them finds comfortcompanionshipand hopeas they begin to reveal secrets they’ve kept hidden for so long. But one nightFrankie finds a letter neatly folded on the countertop. As she unfolds the perfect creasesher heart plummets when she sees the scrawled writing: will everything she’s been working towards be undone in an instant? Can the four new friends fight for the place they love? Or will they lose the midnight bakery just when they need it most? Fans of The Last List of Mabel BeaumontSally Page and Amanda Prowse will adore this totally uplifting and page-turning novel of finding friendship and belonging in the most unexpected of places. What readers are saying about Emma Davies: ‘I absolutely loved this book and devoured it in one sitting! Had me hooked right from the prologue and I was completely in its clutches… Enthrallingenchanting and utterly captivating.’ Once Upon a Time Book BlogΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕Å ‘Unable to put the book down … Actually brought tears to my eyes … Had me grinning like the Cheshire Cat… Managed to hug me from the inside out. I absolutely adore this author!’ The Writing GarnetΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕ÅΓ¡É∩╕Å