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Just For Christmas

Just For Christmas

Summary

The perfect festive romance to curl up with...

Can a Christmas escape mend a broken heart?


When Alex Munro learns that the love of her life is getting married to another woman, all she wants to do is get as far away from her hometown as possible.

So she moves to a cosy Cornish cottage, which seems to come complete with the world's scruffiest dog. She also finds that the whole village is determined to get her involved in the holiday festivities despite her wanting to be alone.

But when she meets handsome neighbour Ruan, Alex realises she doesn't want to spend Christmas by herself after all. Although, after being left heartbroken by his ex-fiancée, Ruan has no intention of letting anyone get close to him again...

A fun, festive romantic comedy to curl up with this winter. If you love Jenny Colgan, Josie Silver and Veronica Henry, you'll love this heartwarming Christmas read.

Reviews

  • Festive fun from the Queen of Christmas chick lit
    Fabulous Magazine, Sun on Sunday

About the author

Scarlett Bailey

Scarlett Bailey has loved writing stories since childhood. Before writing novels she worked as a waitress, cinema usherette and bookseller. Passionate about old movies, Scarlett loves nothing more than spending a wet Sunday afternoon watching her favourite films back to back with large quantities of chocolate. Scarlett also writes novels under her real name Rowan Coleman. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things.
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