Jude is the owner of a unique antiques shop in Cambridge. She makes it her mission to match customers with the special something that they are missing, a talisman to bring them what their heart desires. Unfortunately, Jude's life is not overflowing with the love she wishes for. How ever, when she 'inherits' a niece that she never knew existed, doubling her meagre family overnight, Jude's life is soon set to get a lot less lonely and a lot more interesting.

Viola is a single-minded perfectionist w hose only heart's desire is the position of Head Chef at one of Cambridge's most prestigious restaurants. But w hen Viola keeps bumping into a widower, Mathieu, she begins to discover that there's more to life beyond the kitchen.

Allison & Busby is delighted to be reissuing five of Menna van Praag's magical realism novels in a stunning new livery. For fans of cosy BookTok-favourite authors like Lucy Jane Wood (Rewitched) and Evie Woods (The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris) as well as heartwarming tales like Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Menna van Praag's books were a forerunner of the burgeoning healing fiction genre, with their cosy transformative storylines. Van Praag masterfully conjured a collection of books which mix romance, characters on life-changing journeys and a sprinkling of the supernatural.