If It Makes You Happy
  • Published: 20 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405983945
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $24.99
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If It Makes You Happy

  • Julie Olivia
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Paperback
20 Jan 2026
EBook
18 Sep 2025
Paperback
7 Oct 2025
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Gilmore Girls meets When Harry Met Sally in this cosy, slow-burn romance set in 90s Vermont

Fall, 1997

Michelle is freshly divorced and grieving the loss of her mother. Packing in her high-powered advertising job in Seattle for a few months, she runs her parents' beloved inn in Vermont just until her little sister can graduate and take it over.

Cliff is a single father to two rambunctious girls and runs the most popular bakery in town. As the inn flounders under Michelle's lack of experience, he offers to lend a hand. But as they navigate a maze of family drama and the pressures of Michelle's impending departure, they realize their friendship is warming to something that feels much closer to romance…
  • Published: 20 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405983945
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for If It Makes You Happy

'Pure rom-com magic'

B.K. Borison, Author of 'First Time Caller'