
Happier Here With You
A Novel
Amazon Publishing · Print & ebook · July 1, 2026
A widowed mother finds the recipe for happiness when she visits a long-lost relative in a heart-lifting novel about family, food, and second chances.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers who enjoy heartwarming family and second chance stories
- Themes
- family, second chances, food
- Pacing
- Steady
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A widowed mother finds the recipe for happiness when she visits a long-lost relative in a heart-lifting novel about family, food, and second chances. Widowed and overworked, museum curator and food historian Maggie Brodbeck struggles to spend quality time with her five-year-old daughter, Hannah. Fueled by on-the-go meals, she doesn’t even have time to breathe, let alone pursue personal happiness.
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Then, out of the blue, Maggie receives an invitation from her estranged great-aunt Alice to visit her Wisconsin farm. The time has come, Magpie. Desperate for a break, for herself and for Hannah, Maggie finds Rosehill Farm to be a revelation. In the enigmatic Alice, Maggie finds a kindred spirit. Whether baking together or just looking at the stars, they share a natural rhythm. The calming pace of country living is made even sweeter when Maggie meets the charismatic Brady, a local pastry chef. Then Maggie opens her aunt’s treasured box of generations-old recipes and discovers the surprising threads of her heroic family history. The recipes not only shed light on the past, but reconnect Maggie to her love of cooking and to a life of contentment close to her heart—and back to herself.
Who it’s for
- Readers who enjoy heartwarming family and second chance stories
- Readers interested in food and cooking as a theme
Where it sits
| Family Life | 33% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Romance | 27% |
| Women's Fiction | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- World War II & Holocaust
- Women's Fiction
- Multigenerational Family Stories
- Authors
- Amy Gail Hansen
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Published
- July 1, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- family · second chances · food
- Reading lane
- World War II & Holocaust