The Keeper of Happy Endings

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An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.

Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. Its said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Solines world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.

Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Solines old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rorys and Solines lives begin to surface. Its clear that they were destined to meetand that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.

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Historically sound with a thread of supernatural intrigue, this exploration of shared experiences, learned adaptations, and the power of trust is a book that fans of Catherine Ryan Hyde, Erica Bauermeister, and Lucinda Riley will fall in love with. Booklist This intriguing novel is magically woven together with sorrow, surprises, and happiness, just like the wedding gowns of The Dress Witch. Historical Novel Society Daviss tale of love and loss, expertly woven around the lives of two women who have nothingand yet everythingin common, inspires hope that our own happy endings might be biding their time, ready to show up when and where we least expect them. The Keeper of Happy Endings is a perfect blending of romance and mystery with a sprinkling of magicheartwarming and satisfying. Dont miss it! Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of Whisper Me This and Everything You Are Like a wedding dress lovingly crafted, The Keeper of Happy Endings is stitched through with secrets, romance, and mystery sure to enchantand leave readers believing in the magic of second chances. Christine Nolfi, bestselling author of The Passing Storm

Author Bio

Barbara Davis is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls, When Never Comes, Summer at Hideaway Key, The Wishing Tide, The Secrets She Carried, and Love, Alice. She spent more than a decade as an executive in the jewelry business before leaving the corporate world to pursue her lifelong passion for writing. A Jersey girl raised in the South, Barbara now lives in Rochester, New Hampshire, with her husband, Tom. Shes currently working on her next book. Visit her at www.barbaradavis-author.com.