The Perfect Christmas Gift: a feel-good Christmas romance

339 pages HQ digital October 22, 2021 publish date

ABOUT THE BOOK

Can neighbours become more than just good friends this Christmas?

Bella Moore is excitedly counting down the days to Christmas. That is until she arrives home one evening to find her boyfriend leaving her for another woman. Completely heartbroken, Bella is left wondering if Christmas can still be the same this year.

Next door, Bella’s neighbour Nick is facing his first Christmas as a single dad and doubting whether he can make it the magical time his son Freddie deserves.

Determined to fix both Christmas and their broken hearts, Bella comes up with an idea: a Christmas giving tree for the whole village, where the community can unite and secretly give each other the Christmas presents they truly need.

As Bella becomes chief elf, taking donations and delivering gifts with much-needed help from Nick and Freddie, the two neighbours grow closer and start seeing each other in a whole new light.

But when Nick’s estranged wife returns just before Christmas, is their budding romance over before it’s begun? Or will love be Nick and Bella’s perfect gift this Christmas?

MY THOUGHTS

Such a warm and lovely book. This one kept me reading late and I didn’t even mind.
Teacher Bella Moore has a lot on her mind, getting her primary students ready for the holiday school program is taking her time and thoughts. When she arrives home a bit early and discovers her boyfriend preparing to leave her for another woman, she never saw it coming.

When she seems less fortunate families in her neighborhood struggling to buy Christmas gifts for their families, she has a plan she implemented where gift tags with needs are hung from a Christmas tree and others donate the gifts. She then wraps and delivers the gifts.

Her neighbor Nick is worried he won’t be able to have the special holiday his son would like this year as a single dad. His mother has gone away and the son, Freddie misses her tremendously. As Nick and Freddie volunteer to help Bella with her Christmas charity they draw closer.

Nick’s wife and Freddies mom returns to the family right before Christmas and is ready for a second chance. Will Bella’s newfound feelings be for naught, or will it be a shiny and sparkly holiday, one to remember? I read this quickly, such a delightful read.

I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

As well as writing cosy romances, Katie also writes romcoms set in dreamy holiday destinations as Annabel French and royal historical dramas as Emma Royal. When she’s not writing, you can find her chasing around after her two kids, two dogs and one husband!

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