Genre:
Romantic Comedy
Themes:
Body Positivity
Butch / Femme
Fish Out of Water
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Found Family
Grumpy / Sunshine
Humor / Comedy
Inheritance
Low Angst
Misfit / Socially Awkward
Opposites Attract
Quirky Characters
Self-Discovery
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Accountant / CFO
Chef / Caterer / Baker / Foodie
Librarian / Bookseller
Geographic Location:
United Kingdom: England
Setting:
Bakery / Sweet Shop / Cafe
Big City / Urban
Bookshop
Seaside / Beach
Shop / Gallery
Small Town / Rural
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Queer
Femme
Butch / Stud
Androgynous
Tomboy
Questioning
The Mended Hearts Bookshop
By Sienna Waters
Life isn’t all sunshine and roses. Is it?
When loner Ash Wells inherits a bookshop from an aunt she doesn’t remember, she thinks a jaunt to the seaside to figure things out is just what she needs to escape from her annoying London neighbors. The plan is simple: have a holiday, sell the bookshop, move on with her life. Oh, and maybe find out who this mysterious Aunt Mary is.
Plus-sized baker Pen Robson is an eternal optimist. So when she meets her grumpy new next door neighbor, she’s determined to win her over, no matter how many sticky buns and biscuits that takes. But her tall, dark, and handsome neighbor doesn’t even seem to like the ever-generous Pen, let alone want to settle into a story book grumpy-sunshine romance.
Yet when Pen comes up with a madcap plan to save the little bookshop, Ash decides she might as well stick around for a while, especially after an unexpected revelation leaves her wondering just who she really is.
Pen’s relentless optimism slowly starts to melt Ash’s frozen heart. But as the tiny seaside town begins to grow on Ash, and her plans for life begin to change, her suspicions are beginning to grow as well. And what happens if this all turns out to be a mistake? Does love really conquer all?
The Mended Hearts Bookshop is a lesbian romance featuring a very happy ending, from bestselling Sapphic writer Sienna Waters, author of The Wrong Date, Crossing the Pond, and Teaching Hope.