Contemporary Fiction

Looking for a gift for the contemporary fiction fan? 

These books come with a bookmark, are wrapped in brown paper tied up with string, and have a handmade Christmas decoration added to the packaging.

Best of all, they’re already wrapped and ready to post and you can add a free handmade Christmas card to your order, just leave a request in the notes section and one will be chosen at random. 

Security by Susan Hoddy

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Goodreads rating

Rebecca Landers has a perfect life. A loving and devoted husband, a close relationship with her daughter, a wonderful job, and lots of amazing friends and family in her home city of Perth. What more could she ask for in life?

When a sudden unexpected tragedy strikes Rebecca, her world is shattered and she is confronted with having to cope with a future of being alone. As the days seems to roll into weeks, and then months, she knows she has to eventually draw on every bit of strength she has left and pull herself together. But how was she going to be able to do this? Could the answer be found during a visit to Seattle?

The Legacy of Sterling Manor by Jennifer Franz Griffith

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Goodreads rating

Holly ~
When Holly Jensen inherits her estranged aunt’s house, she doesn’t expect to have to fight with local heartthrob Derek Sterling over rightful ownership, but she’s determined to find the truth about the house that she plans to turn into a Bed and Breakfast.Holly stumbles upon her aunt Celia’s journals in the attic which reveal a shocking truth: Her aunt Celia and Derek’s grandfather, Graham were once lovers. Between trying to start a new business and finding her place in the town, Holly must also confront the strange all-consuming feelings that are evoked whenever she’s near Derek.

Derek ~
Derek Sterling is the town council president of a slowly dying small town, but he has a plan to save it. Now that the reclusive woman who was squatting in his grandfather’s house for the last seventy years is gone(may she rest in peace), it’s time for action. Things are falling into place for him except for Holly, the fiery redhead who just swept into town claiming the house as her own. For reasons he can’t explain, Derek is pulled toward Holly with a longing he’s never experienced before. The eternally noble Derek knows he needs to choose the town over his growing adoration for Holly, but he can’t stay away from her.

As secrets are revealed, Holly and Derek need to decide if what they are feeling for each other is real or if there is something divine forcing them together.