Coming Home For Christmas: Warm, humorous and completely irresistible!

Coming Home For Christmas: Warm, humorous and completely irresistible!
Julia Williams

Warm, humorous and completely irresistible. All you want for Christmas is right here!“Terrifically warm, with lovely, lively characters.” Fiona Walker“This story warms you like a cosy cup of cocoa.” CloserThese three friends are dreading Christmas…Cat needs to get off the ‘has-been’ heap and rescue her flagging TV career, but the demands of her extended family are reaching fever pitch and she barely has time to breathe. Meanwhile, Pippa has got too many balls to juggle as a struggling single mum trying to hang on to her family farm. And Marianne’s marriage is looking distinctly rocky now her beloved husband’s ex is back on the scene.Happy Christmas? Forget it. But Christmas is a time for miracles, and when the villagers learn they must fight for what they love, it becomes clear that there is festive magic in the air.Suddenly for Cat, Pippa and Marianne, it’s looking like it might just be a Christmas to remember…

Coming Home For Christmas

JULIA WILLIAMS

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2014

Copyright © Julia Williams 2014

Cover illustration © Adrian Valencia 2014

Cover design © Debbie Clement 2014

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9781847563583

Ebook Edition © September 2014 ISBN: 9780007464494

Version: 2016-02-17

Dedication (#ulink_74f9b701-892f-54c7-90fe-5684d9f18089)

To Ann Moffatt, my wonderful mother. With love.

Contents

Cover (#u13697c27-0f39-5584-b94c-2aa82294fd30)

Title Page (#u2b880490-1d00-5a6a-91cc-66b5f1b8b695)

Copyright (#u6ab3be7f-685d-546a-ac46-f17603a36c2a)

Dedication (#u7055ed61-164a-5e61-a33c-04a829e628ac)

Prologue (#ua7eea148-4ea1-58d6-bcfc-10d34b81c0f7)

Christmas Day (#u0723415a-6f84-5f5f-8e5f-beb939c12e06)

Part One: It’s Been Too Long (#ud46cfc23-67fd-5f7b-9ffa-cdf5948c3ea2)

My Broken Brain (#u770e5129-3427-50c5-8f4a-74dd3cc0813f)

20 Years Ago (#u8dcc66da-b3e2-5085-b16c-d2e4f32dbff1)

This Year: January (#ueff278bb-70ef-5e32-98c7-86a77510e78b)

Chapter One (#uc9f229a2-4159-55d8-8277-0c97c489e05f)

Chapter Two (#u88aab260-87b4-56ab-b7ca-c6c52d6bdc3a)

Chapter Three (#ue1205d44-3a56-500d-8309-d9ffa3065759)

My Broken Brain (#u3ea06541-8da0-57ff-818f-3bccdd8674ca)

February (#ub2af3a5b-e8ed-5a32-84e0-1ced610f3a3e)

Chapter Four (#u0ac538f5-b4e5-551f-bb6a-f6f5934a48b2)

Chapter Five (#u29027383-3f13-5aec-b540-4dab028cfe9e)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

My Broken Brain (#litres_trial_promo)

March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

My Broken Brain (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: It’s going to take some time (#litres_trial_promo)

15 years ago (#litres_trial_promo)