The Bathing Hut Matchmaker

I'm working on a new series of short stories! Here's a sneak peek:

In Regency Sidmouth, a small but fashionable seaside town, visitors arrive in search of health and recuperation, only to find themselves immersed in a close-knit society where everyone knows everyone else’s business and reputation turns faster than the tide.

At the heart of this world is Frances Pebbleton, a cheerful, capable widow who runs a sea-bathing business at the ladies' end of the beach.

Frances belongs to a network of sharp-eyed Sidmouth women who run their own affairs and know far more than they ever admit. Using gossip, encouragement, and intrigue as her tools, Frances serves as the town's unofficial matchmaker, gently nudging hearts into alignment with the utmost discretion.

Once married to Jack, whom she loved deeply, Frances remains loyal to his memory and content to help other women find the happiness she once knew. Yet as the seasons pass and stories unfold, will Sidmouth’s secret matchmaker find that sometimes love arrives without intention or design?