With Love from London: A Novel

When a woman inherits her estranged mothers bookstore in Londons Primrose Hill, she finds herself thrust into the pages of a new storyhersfilled with long-held family secrets, the possibility of new love, and, perhaps, the single greatest challenge of her life. When Valentina Baker was only eleven years old, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own in California. Now a librarian in her thirties, fresh out of a failed marriage and still at odds with her mothers abandonment, Val feels disenchanted with her life. In a bittersweet twist of fate, she receives word that Eloise has died, leaving Val the deed to her mothers Primrose Hill apartment and the Book Garden, the storied bookshop she opened almost two decades prior. Though the news is devastating, Val jumps at the chance for a new beginning and jets across the Atlantic, hoping to learn who her mother truly was while mourning the relationship they never had. As Val begins to piece together Eloises life in the U.K., she finds herself falling in love with the pastel-colored third-floor flat and the cozy, treasure-filled bookshop, soon realizing that her mothers life was much more complicated than she ever imagined. When Val stumbles across a series of intriguing notes left in a beloved old novel, she sets out to locate the books mysterious former owner, though her efforts are challenged from the start, as is the Book Gardens future. In order to save the store from financial ruin and preserve her mothers legacy, she must rally its eccentric staff and journey deep into her mothers secrets. With Love from London is a story about healing and loss, revealing the emotional, relatable truths about love, family, and forgiveness.