Emilia promised her father that she would keep the doors of his beloved bookshop, Nightingale Books, open after he passed away – but she’s down to her last few pennies.
It would break Emilia’s heart to shut up shop, especially when the villagers have become like family to her (and have more stories to tell than the books on the shelves!). Lady of the manor, Sarah, is definitely keeping a secret, single dad Jackson is always on the hunt for a new story for his son, and she’s sure that shy chef Thomasina has a crush on a man she met in the cookery section…
Yet with only a few weeks until Christmas, Emilia knows that she has her work cut out if she’s to save her family legacy – will she find a way to restore it to its former glory, before it’s too late?
Veronica Henry has worked as a scriptwriter for THE ARCHERS, HEARTBEAT and HOLBY CITY amongst many others, before turning to fiction. She won the 2014 RNA NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD for A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Veronica lives with her family by the sea in north Devon.