Debbie Johnson Books in Order

Reclusive novelist Sarah retreats to Budbury to escape her intrusive family and writing pressures, only to recruit rugged Aidan as a pretend boyfriend to keep relatives at bay. As they juggle dog sitting chaos and autumn festivities, their fake relationship starts to feel dangerously real.

After a year of grief, divorce and unemployment, Maxine Connolly has almost stopped believing in happy endings. When her daughter secretly gets her a job at the Comfort Food Café, Max is folded into Budbury life and finds warmth, friendship and the possibility of new love with local Gabriel Moran.

Gemma copes with anxiety by counting socks and keeping her life as orderly as possible, but one loose thread is the baby she gave up for adoption as a teenager. This US edition of her story, first told as Forever Yours, follows Gemma as a new friendship and a familiar red haired girl force her to decide whether she is ready to be found.

Jenny James is having a Very Bad Day, she loses her job, her car dies and she watches her cottage slide into the sea. With nowhere else to go, she and her teenage son accept a spare bunk in reclusive neighbour Luke’s campervan and hit the road toward an unexpected new life.

Lucy Brown has spent years hiding from people and from her controlling ex, focused only on protecting her teenage daughter. Travelling to an old friend’s wedding in Starshine Cove, a flirtatious airport encounter and the village’s kindness slowly teach her that she can be safe and hopeful again.

New Yorker Cassie O’Hara uses her Irish nana’s legacy to rent a cottage in a so called little Ireland village for December, expecting cosy charm. Instead she finds a crumbling house, a wayward dog and two very different men who complicate her search for belonging and love.

Single mum Cally is overwhelmed by a demanding job, a clingy mother and the needs of her young son Sam. A spur of the moment drive south lands them in Starshine Cove, where new friends, a possible romance and the pull of the village force her to reconsider going home.

When a storm sends single mum Jenny’s beloved cottage crashing off the Norfolk cliff, she and her son squeeze into neighbour Luke’s campervan with his dachshund. A spur of the moment road trip around England turns disaster into a chance to rethink love, work and what home means.

Burned out and betrayed, Ella Farrell flees her old life and ends up in the hidden village of Starshine Cove when her car breaks down. Welcomed by café owner Connie, a stray dog and innkeeper Jake, she slowly trades exhaustion and heartbreak for community and a fresh start.

As a teenager Gemma gave up her baby for adoption and has tried to live safely ever since, managing anxiety one small routine at a time. With the child’s eighteenth birthday approaching, new friendships and old secrets push her to confront the past and risk opening her heart again.

A dream holiday in Mexico with boyfriend Harry turns into a nightmare when an earthquake traps Elena Godwin underground with a stranger named Alex. Ten years later, still haunted by that night and stuck in a life built on duty, she is forced to face what really happened between them.

For seventeen years Jess has believed that Joe, the father of her child, abandoned her after a family tragedy. Clearing her late mother’s house, she discovers hidden letters that tell a different story and sets off with two friends to track Joe down across countries and years.

Pharmacist Auburn Longville is busy running the village chemist, caring for her ill mum and helping plan a big Budbury wedding. When someone from her past walks back into town, she must choose between old promises and the new life she has built.

Waitress Willow Longville juggles shifts at the Comfort Food Café with caring for her mum, whose memory is slipping away. When a stranger blows into Budbury one spring, Willow is pushed to reconsider the limits she has quietly set on her own happiness.

Christmas has never meant cosy memories for single mum Katie Seddon, who arrives in Budbury with her baby and a painful past. The café regulars rally around her, and a newcomer in the village offers the possibility of a very different festive season.

After their larger than life mother Andrea dies, estranged sisters Poppy and Rose are summoned to her cottage and presented with an alphabet of tasks and memories she has left behind. As they follow the A–Z, long buried grievances resurface and the possibility of forgiveness appears.

Zoe moves to Budbury with her teenage goddaughter Martha, hoping the seaside air and the Comfort Food Café will give them both a fresh start. As the village wraps around them, Martha’s mysterious father returns and tests their fragile new life.

On her birthday, Sally Summers’ husband announces he is leaving her for a younger woman, shattering the life she thought was safe. A solo trip to a Turkish resort, and a slow burning connection with Irish charmer James, show her that starting over can be joyful.

Newly widowed Laura Walker drags her reluctant teenagers from Manchester to a clifftop café in Dorset for a summer job that is meant to be temporary. Surrounded by eccentric regulars and sea air, they start to heal and imagine a different future.

Grumpy, Christmas hating Becca Fletcher is forced to spend the holidays with her sister Laura at the Comfort Food Cafe. One snowy visit to Budbury brings old wounds, new friendships and the chance to believe in love and family again.

Private eye Jayne McCartney takes what sounds like a simple job, tracking down a missing Chihuahua called Cupid on the local drag scene. The search leads her through glitter, secrets and unexpected flirtation, proving even small cases can bite back.

Young farmer Pippa Harte is raising her siblings and running the family farm on the Cornish coast, with no time for romance. When childhood friend Ben Retallick returns, all Poldark charm and buried secrets, she must decide if she dares let him into their chaotic life.

With her daughter and dad away, single mum Maggie faces a lonely Christmas in Oxford until she literally knocks American architect Marco Cavelli off his feet. As she nurses his broken leg in her tiny house, their forced proximity slowly melts her guarded heart.

After discovering she is the human incarnation of a Celtic goddess, Lily McCain is thrown even deeper into a game of gods and monsters. Her growing powers attract dangerous enemies and complicated allies, forcing her to decide who she can trust with the world at stake.

Private investigator Jayne McCartney is hired by grieving parents who insist their daughter was pushed from a student halls window by a ghost, not suicide. Digging into the case, Jayne uncovers a tangle of drugs, secrets and something far stranger in Hart House.

Lily McCain is a Liverpool music journalist with a curse, one touch lets her glimpse other people’s futures. A brush with a powerful stranger drags her into a hidden world of Celtic gods and supernatural politics, where her choices could change everything.

On Christmas Eve at a remote Scottish castle, Leah Harvey catches her fiancé with her bridesmaid and runs into a blizzard in her wedding dress. Stranded at a nearby cottage with handsome stranger Rob Cavelli, she finds unexpected refuge and a risky new attraction.