Happy Ever After: Warmth, wisdom and love on every page – if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan Scanlan Patricia (2023)

This womens fiction novel follows several members of one family as they struggle with love, marriage and the demands of real life. Newly married Debbie is at her wits end over her mounting debts, while her husband Bryan shows no sign of giving up his high-life lifestyle. Her father is delighted that his workaholic second wife, Aimee, is pregnant, but Aimee is horrified and unsure whether their marriage will survive. Meanwhile, Debbies mother Connie has met a wonderful new man and is ready to build a life of her own, but her family need her more than ever to solve their problems. Patricia Scanlan writes multi-generational family dramas with compassion, authenticity and a hint of comforting escapism.