The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel

Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story.

A year after the death of her abusive fiancé, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England--a place she's learned to love through the words of her favorite author--and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room she's renting. Given her love of all things literary, it seems like the perfect place to find peace.

Ginny Rose is an American living in Cornwall, sure that if she saves the bookstore she co-owns with her husband then she can save her marriage as well. Fighting to keep the first place she feels like she belongs, she brainstorms with her brother-in-law, William, and Sophia to try to keep the charming bookstore afloat.

Two hundred years before, governess Emily Fairfax knew two things for certain: she wanted to be a published author, and she was in love with her childhood best friend. But he was a wealthy heir and well out of her league. Sophia discovers Emily's journals, and she and William embark on a mission to find out more about this mysterious and determined woman, all the while getting closer to each other as they get closer to the truth.

The lives of the three women intertwine as each learns the power she has over the story of her life.

What a lovely story this was; all the warm and fuzzy feels! 

You have Sophia the counselor. She's going through some rough things and decides a change is in order. And oh, she goes to Cornwall and rents a room above a bookstore! Gasp! I would love that soooo much! It would be lovely enough being in Cornwall but living above a bookstore too! Be still my heart! ♥

Ginny is the owner of said bookstore BUT is having trouble with her husband ~ish. 

But soon Ginny is on a whirlwind adventure with Sophia when Sophia discovers and journal from many years ago written by a woman named Emily. So, Sophia drags Ginny her lovely brother-in-law William on a wonderful ride of finding out about this woman. 

I love the characters and the setting so much. The POV's are wonderful and oh, that ending! I love a story that has a beautiful happy ending! 

*I would like to thank BookLookBloggers for a print copy of this book. All opinions are my own*

Happy Reading! 

Mel ♥