The Christmas Wedding

The Christmas Wedding
Dilly Court

Don’t miss this festive treat – the first book in the dramatic new saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Holding the letter in trembling hands, Daisy’s future crumbled before her – the words engraved on her heart forever.  The village of Little Creek, the long winter of 1867  The first flakes of snow are falling when Daisy Marshall, secretly engaged to her master's son, finds herself jilted at the altar.   Heartbroken, Daisy flees to the small village of Little Creek, nestled on the coast of Essex. There she is warmly welcomed – but the village is poverty-stricken, suffering under a cruel Lord of the manor. And when cholera hits, the villagers are truly in dire straits.   Determined to help, Daisy makes new friends in earnest doctor Nicholas and dashing smuggler Jay – but also dangerous new enemies, who threaten to destroy everything she’s built. Can Daisy save the village and find happiness in time for Christmas?

THE CHRISTMAS WEDDING

Dilly Court

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008287757

Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008287764

Version: 2019-08-30

Dedication (#u41b0e7d7-195b-5fc7-856f-84ebb6fbe3a3)

For Daisy Richards

Contents

Cover (#ud6cb3ba4-b3d8-5f60-bef2-0a91b59e20d7)

Title Page (#uc2963bb4-ff66-5588-92d2-6963092a3a30)

Copyright

Dedication

Map

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two