The Heartbreak Cafe (Boxed Set)

Missing Maeve Binchy? Bestseller Hill will cheer you up.' (Romantic Times)Three heartwarming novels from USA Today bestseller Melissa Hill's popular Heartbreak Cafe series in one bingeworthy collection.When a baby is left outside the Heartbreak Café in the small tourist town of Lakeview, everyone rallies round to help figure out the mystery. Hollywood actress Ruth is back in her home town following an ill-advised fling with a handsome co-star. Jess feels increasingly left out as the only non-mum amongst her friends. Terrified she might lose them altogether, she embarks on a cunning plan. Or is it? Nina has come to Lakeview to live with her estranged father, Patrick after a bad break-up. But will she ever dare tell him about the secret she is concealing?One thing's for sure: someone knows more than they're telling. And in this town, the truth won't stay hidden ...DAYS OF SUMMERThe summer season is on the way, and the small community of Lakeview is braced and ready.The weather is warm, days long and bright and Ella, the proprietor of the town's ever-popular Heartbreak Cafe, is looking forward to tidying up the patio area, dusting off the outdoor seating and welcoming the first of the summer visitors, whose arrival always creates some drama…Grace likes the idea of spending summer days in a pretty summer cottage by the lake, but she’s not so enamoured of being there alone with four-old twin boys in tow. Her husband is much better at managing them, but he needs to stay on in Dublin for work. Can she cope on her own?Author Sam is in town to finish his hotly-anticipated new novel. But he can't help getting distracted by Lakeview's many charms; pretty waitress Nina in particular.Marianne hopes that lazy days of summer might help husband Donal forget about the pressures of work. But when he ends up paying more attention to his laptop than to her, she realises something has to give.CHRISTMAS AT THE HEARTBREAK CAFEThe Heartbreak Cafe is a local institution, and owner Ella has run a thriving business since it first opened its doors in Lakeview thirty years before. To honour all those happy years, she plans to host one last Christmas party to thank the community for its support and to bring all her loyal customers and staff together for a major celebration.Everything is set for it to be a tribute to not just the cafe, but life in Lakeview.But Christmas week, only days before the event, Ella receives a devastating letter.Her landlord won’t be renewing her lease in the New Year, and her beloved cafe will have to close.What will she tell her loyal customers? Will she have to start anew? Or is there a way to save the business by harnessing support and convincing Ella's landlord by Christmas that her cafe has a special place in Lakeview hearts and minds.' Sparkling with warm, delightfully flawed characters' (Sunday Independent)