Return to Willoughby Close Books in Order
Part ofKate Hewitt Books in OrderSee the Return to Willoughby Close books by Kate Hewitt in order, with short summaries, series background, and where to start.
Last updated: June 29, 2026
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Return to Willoughby Close books in publication order
4 books
Cupcakes for Christmas
by Kate Hewitt
2018
Christmas, cake, and village gossip make a lively backdrop for another heartfelt Willoughby Close romance. Beneath the festive sweetness, someone still has to decide what home and love really mean.
Christmas at Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2020
The village is glowing for Christmas, but festive lights do not erase private worries. Hewitt uses the season for a comforting story about community, love, and finding your footing again.
Welcome Me to Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2020
A newcomer arrives in Willoughby Close needing a fresh start and finds far more than a pretty village. Friendship, belonging, and romance all come with a little mess attached.
Remember Me at Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2021
Memory, return, and unfinished feeling shape this later visit to Willoughby Close. The familiar village setting gives the story warmth even as the emotions get more complicated.
Return to Willoughby Close books in chronological order
Cupcakes for Christmas
by Kate Hewitt
2018Return to Willoughby Close, Book 1
Welcome Me to Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2020Return to Willoughby Close, Book 2
Christmas at Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2020Return to Willoughby Close, Book 3
Remember Me at Willoughby Close
by Kate Hewitt
2021Return to Willoughby Close, Book 4
Series background & context
Return to Willoughby Close picks up after the first village arc and lets readers spend more time in Wychwood-on-Lea. The setting stays the same, but the books shift toward returning characters, newcomers who need a place to land, and the way a community changes over time.
There is still romance, plenty of it, but these later books also lean into memory, family reconnection, and the comforting repetition of village life through the seasons. Christmas, cake shops, local businesses, and old friendships all matter.
If you already like the atmosphere of Willoughby Close, this follow-on sequence gives you more of what works, warm community, emotionally bruised characters, and hopeful endings earned a little at a time.
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