Grace Parker’s new front door had a personality, and today, it was furious  with her. She stood outside her freshly purchased and slightly crumbling cottage at the edge of Thistlecroft, wrestling with the swollen wooden frame for the tenth time that morning. Brenda, her golden retriever, sat beside her with a squeaky fox in her mouth, watching on as if it was quality entertainment. “Oh, don’t just sit there judging me,” Grace muttered as she puffed a strand of blonde hair fro