Some stories stay with you.
Even in the dark.
After her mother’s death, Cora returns to the small-town bookshop she once planned to escape from — determined to keep her head down, sell the shop, and leave before the grief swallowing the place can swallow her too.
Then the lights start going out.
Every blackout brings Ellis Hargreaves back through the door.
The town electrician is quiet, broad-shouldered, and entirely too observant for Cora’s liking. He fixes fuse boxes at midnight, brings coffee she never asks for, and looks at her like he can see every exhausted, lonely part she’s trying not to unravel.
And in the dark, it becomes dangerously easy to let him.
But grief has a way of making ghosts out of people, and Cora knows better than to mistake comfort for something lasting — especially with a man who makes staying feel dangerously possible.
Set in a rain-soaked bookshop filled with old stories, soft lamplight, and the kind of silence that says too much, After the Lights Went Out is an emotionally intimate small-town romance about grief, healing, and falling in love when you least know how to survive it.
Includes signed book + exclusive short story + reader keepsakes
This isn’t just a book.
It’s an evening.
It’s the kind where the kettle hums softly in the background, rain taps against the window, and you tell yourself just one more chapter — and mean five.
Created especially for readers who love slow-burn tension, quiet longing, and love that unfolds in the dark, this limited pre-order box is designed to feel like stepping into Cora and Ellis’s world.
Inside the box you'll find:
📘 A signed paperback copy of After the Lights Went Out
Personalised, hand-signed, and sent with gratitude.
📖 An exclusive short story — The Evening the Lights Didn’t Flicker
A pre-order only scene you won’t find anywhere else. Soft. Intimate. Just for you.
🔖 A luxury navy bookmark
With the line: “Some things are easier in the dark.”
🕯 An exclusive illustrated postcard
Featuring the line: “He looked at me like I was worth waiting for.”
Perfect to keep. Frame. Or tuck into your favourite book.
🍵 An Earl Grey tea bag in a custom envelope
Your official After the Lights Went Out blend.
📜 The Evening Reading Ritual card
A small reminder to slow down.
Every box is packed slowly and thoughtfully by me — not from a warehouse, but from my desk, with soft music on and a cup of tea nearby.
If you’re the kind of reader who loves:
• quiet intimacy
• late-night conversations
• emotionally layered slow-burn romance
• stories that feel like company
Then this box was made for you.
Let’s turn one lamp on. 🖤
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