The Margins between us

Sapphire Hartwell has spent her whole life following the plan.

A successful career. A wealthy family. A respectable future. And a fiancé everyone agrees is perfect for her.

So why does none of it feel like hers?

Then a wrong turn leads Saffi into The Marginalia, a slightly chaotic independent bookshop tucked away on Bell Yard - and into the path of its owner, Bethan Rooke.

Bethan is funny, stubborn and completely unimpressed by Saffi's expensive coat, powerful surname or carefully organised life. She also happens to be everything Saffi wasn't looking for.

What begins with coffee, borrowed books and far too many reasons to return soon becomes something neither woman can ignore.

But falling for Bethan means more than questioning Saffi's engagement. The bookshop Bethan has spent years building is threatened by a redevelopment linked to Saffi's own family, and suddenly love, money, loyalty and power are tangled together in ways neither of them can simply walk away from.

Saffi has spent her life letting other people decide what her future should look like.

Bethan has fought too hard for her independence to become somebody else's rescue project.

If they want a life together, they'll both have to learn that loving someone isn't about saving them, changing them or giving everything else up.

Sometimes it's about choosing each other - without losing yourself in the process.

The Margins Between Us is an emotional, slow-burn sapphic romance about family expectations, class, identity, second chances and finding the courage to choose a life that actually feels like your own.