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One Winter Morning

One Winter Morning

Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting and emotional family drama

Summary

Cosy up with this wonderfully heart-warming and uplifting story of family and the power of love this winter

'You'll be swept away by this emotional story of love, both lost and found'
Sunday Mirror

'Like listening to a story around a camp fire with a blanket wrapped around your shoulders' 5***** Reader Review

'Truly left my heart full to the brim of love and warmth' 5***** Reader Review

A heart-warming, moving and life-affirming story perfect for fans of Hannah Beckerman, Lucy Diamond and Paige Toon.

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Genie isn't feeling very festive this December.


The frosty mornings and twinkling fairy lights only remind her it's been a whole year since she lost her adoptive mother, who took her in as a baby and raised her as her own.

She's never felt more alone - until she discovers her birth mother's identity.

And where to find her - New Zealand, half the world away.

Travelling there could be her one chance to meet the woman who gave her up . . .

But will she find the answers she has been looking for? Or something she could never have expected?

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'A beautiful tender story of love and family in an incredible setting'
Philippa Ashley

'Brimming with emotion the whole way through. I adored being transported far away . . . a pure delight' 5***** Reader Review

'By turns heartbreaking and joyous'
Heat

'Literally gave me tingles it was so beautiful' 5***** Reader Review

'A breathtaking journey from loss to love and finding your happy place in the world - I adored every word'
Cathy Bramley

'You'll be swept away by this emotional story of love, both lost and found'
Sunday Mirror

WOMAN & HOME BEST FESTIVE READS

Praise for Isabelle Broom:


'Beautiful'
Giovanna Fletcher

'Brilliantly evocative'
Paige Toon

'Utterly romantic'
Adele Parks

Reviews

  • A breathtaking journey from loss to love and finding your happy place in the world - I adored every word
    Cathy Bramley

About the author

Isabelle Broom

Isabelle Broom was born in Cambridge nine days before the 1980s began and studied Media Arts in London before joining the ranks at Heat magazine, where she remains the Book Reviews editor. Always happiest when she is off on an adventure, Isabelle now travels all over the world seeking out settings for her novels, as well as making the annual pilgrimage to her true home - the Greek island of Zakynthos. Currently based in Suffolk, where she shares a cottage with her dog Max and approximately 467 spiders, Isabelle fits her writing around a busy freelance career and tries her best not to be crushed to oblivion under her ever-growing pile of to-be-read books.
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