Sometimes the life that falls apart is the one making room for the life you were meant to live.
At fifty-three, Emma Lawson never imagined she'd be starting over.
After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Emma packs up three decades of memories and moves into a charming cottage in the peaceful village of Willowbrook, accompanied by her faithful rescue dog, Baxter.
She expects solitude.
She doesn't expect Baxter to escape through a broken fence on her very first day.
Or for him to lead her straight into the garden of Daniel Harper, the kind, quietly humorous widower next door.
As friendship grows over shared walks, village fêtes, cups of tea, and conversations that gently heal old wounds, Emma discovers that love isn't always loud. Sometimes it arrives with muddy boots, homemade bread, and someone who remembers exactly how you take your tea.
But when the past unexpectedly reaches back into her new life, Emma must decide whether she's ready to stop looking behind her-and choose the future waiting just beyond the garden gate.
Filled with warmth, hope, memorable characters, lovable dogs, and the charm of English village life, The Divorce, the Dog, and the Neighbor is an uplifting later-in-life romance celebrating second chances, healing, and the courage to love again.
Perfect for readers who enjoy emotional, feel-good women's fiction and gentle romances filled with heart.