Winner, Christmas/Festive Holiday in Romantic Novel Awards, 2022

A cosy, heartwarming Christmas listen about the growing friendship between a young journalist and an old woman who lives in a house teetering on the edge of the Devon cliffs, by the best-selling author of The Vets of Hope Green and The Petshop on Pennycombe Bay.

Cliff's End Cottage is a local landmark. Perched on the South Devon coast, its garden has begun slowly toppling into the sea, yet the elderly and infamously stubborn owner, Stella, refuses to leave her home. When Holly, a young journalist and single mum struggling to make ends meet, decides to interview Stella about her life, at first she's given short shrift. However, helped by a slice or two of cake and a couple of friendly cats, a tentative friendship begins to develop between the two lonely women.

Stella and Holly may live different lives, but over the cold winter nights, as Stella shares her story, the two women discover more and more in common. Time is running out for the house on the edge, but perhaps, together, Stella and Holly can find a new way forward.

A heart-warming story by the author of The Vets of Hope Green, where two women from different generations find that a new friend—no matter how late in life they may appear—can mean everything.

Winner of the RNA Award for Best Holiday Read