Widowed, self-contained, and quietly fading into the landscape of her Norfolk village, Ellie Hartley never expected her reawakening to begin with a supermarket delivery. But when Leo, a handsome younger driver, offers a compliment that sees her not as a customer but as a woman, something inside Ellie stirs. It's not Leo she fixates on-it's the feeling. Of being noticed. Of being alive.
Set against the sweeping skies and shifting marshes of the Norfolk coast, Norfolk Skyline follows Ellie's poignant, sensual, and deeply personal journey out of emotional hibernation. What begins as a flicker-a glance, a blush-becomes a flame of curiosity. What has she buried beneath decades of dutiful marriage and polite widowhood? What does it mean to want? And to be wanted?
But this isn't just about men. It's about Ellie. The emotional truth of being desired, not despite her age, but because of it.
As Ellie steps deeper into the possibilities of later life love and later life pleasure, she must also confront the quiet griefs that have shaped her, including her complex friendship with the brash but brittle Brenda. With wit, sensuality, and heart, Norfolk Skyline explores the transformative power of midlife desire, the courage of second beginnings, and the electrifying beauty of being seen for who she is.