The Midnight Bakery

<p>Nestled at the end of a tiny cobbled backstreet is a charming careworn bakery its doorstep scrubbed clean and pale green linen blinds neatly drawn. Every night long after customers have gone and the last crumbs wiped from the shelves a key turns in the lock. This is a haven a place where a candle burns through the night for anyone feeling lost or lonely.</p><p></p><p><strong>Frankie</strong> kneading dough through the night and shaping croissants to bake for morning hopes 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. </p><p></p><p><strong>William</strong> appears one moonlit night. Forging his own new path following years of heartache he begins to check in on Frankie nightly his gentle smile letting her know he's keeping an eye. </p><p></p><p><strong>Tam</strong> lost and alone stumbles upon the bakery and it becomes the one place where he can be himself. </p><p></p><p><strong>Beth</strong> who nurses patients by night and her husband by day is drawn in by the scent of freshly baked bread and warm sugar with Frankie's custard tarts the one bright spark in her long lonely nights.</p><p></p><p>Each of them finds comfort companionship and hope as they begin to reveal secrets they've kept hidden for so long. </p><p></p><p>But one night Frankie finds a letter neatly folded on the countertop. As she unfolds the perfect creases her heart plummets when she sees the scrawled writing: will everything she's been working towards be undone in an instant?</p><p></p><p><strong>Can the four new friends fight for the place they love? Or will they lose the midnight bakery just when they need it most?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Fans of <em>The Last List of Mabel Beaumont</em> Sally Page and Amanda Prowse will adore this totally uplifting and page-turning novel of finding friendship and belonging in the most unexpected of places. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>What readers are saying about Emma Davies: </strong></p><p>'<strong>I absolutely loved</strong> this book and <strong>devoured it in one sitting</strong>! <strong>Had me hooked right from the prologue</strong> and I was <strong>completely in its clutches</strong>... Enthralling enchanting and utterly captivating.' <em>Once Upon a Time Book Blog </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>??????????</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Unable to put the book down</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ... </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Actually brought tears to my eyes</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ... Had me grinning like the Cheshire Cat... </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Managed to hug me from the inside out.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> I absolutely adore this author!' </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Writing Garnet</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ??????????</span></p><p></p>