{"product_id":"the-summer-you-owned-a-marigold-meade-9798186792192","title":"The Summer You Owned A Cottage: A Cozy Adventure Where You Choose the Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou've inherited a cottage from a great-aunt you met twice. What you do with the summer is entirely up to you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou met Vivian Hartwell exactly twice - a tall woman in a green coat who did not bend down to talk to children, and whom you liked enormously anyway. Now she has left you Foxglove Cottage, at the end of a lane in the sleepy village of Little Wickham, along with a leaking roof, a garden that should be a wilderness and somehow isn't, and a single line in strong, slanting ink: \u003ci\u003eStay the summer before you decide anything.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou could sign the developer's papers and never see the place at all. Or you could lift the latch, let the gate sing you in, and find out why a great-aunt you barely knew chose \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e - out of everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an interactive novel, and every choice is yours.\u003c\/b\u003e Mend the roof, or wander into the village and its failing little bookshop. Chase the secret the whole place is keeping - the locked shed, the name scratched from the flower-show records, the letters no one was ever meant to read - or simply keep the bees, and let the summer keep you. Let someone in, or discover that your own good company is the best of all. Follow the numbered choices through the village fête, the shortest night, and the storm, and find where your summer leads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are fifteen ways it can end.\u003c\/b\u003e Some are golden, some are sweet, some ache a little - and one stays hidden until you've found the whole of her. There is no wrong way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCozy, gentle stories - cottagecore, English villages, gardens, bees, and buried secrets, with no gore and no grim stakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInteractive, choose-your-path fiction written for grown-up readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA slow-burn mystery, two possible romances, and a solo path every bit as satisfying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooks you can read again and again - a completely different summer each time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA warm, giftable escape for birthdays, Mother's Day, and Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePour the tea. Lift the latch. The summer is yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marigold Meade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186792192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.38d","brand":"Marigold Meade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997935120639,"sku":"9798186792192","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-summer-you-owned-a-marigold-meade-9798186792192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}