It’s a Wonderful Life: The Christmas bestseller is back with an unforgettable holiday romance

It’s a Wonderful Life: The Christmas bestseller is back with an unforgettable holiday romance
Julia Williams

A cosy Christmas tale perfect for the festive season…Christmas with the family. Cosy, relaxing…and a total nightmare?Driving home for Christmas, Beth has everything she wants. The kids and the house, the career and the husband. So why is it that when the New Year comes, she can’t stop thinking about her old college boyfriend?Her husband Daniel is tasked with bringing a struggling school up to scratch, but when family life catches up to him, can he be a good father and a good teacher at the same time?Beth’s sister Lou has just been dumped…again. Single and childless, she can’t help but be jealous of her sibling’s success. But is the grass really always greener?It’s a Wonderful Life is a heart-warming novel about the lives that could have been, and what happens when you start to question the choices you made…

It’s a Wonderful Life

JULIA WILLIAMS

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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Source ISBN: 9781847563606

Ebook Edition © November 2016 ISBN: 9780007464517

Version: 2016-09-20

Praise for Julia Williams: (#ua0f60fb7-6a86-5bf5-8b3c-cff3eac0c431)

‘Heartwarming, witty and magical … I shed a few tears!’

SUN

‘As essential as tinsel and turkey if you want to get into that warm, fuzzy mood for Christmas’

Closer

‘Terrifically warm, with lovely, lively characters’

Fiona Walker

‘Warm and completely irresistible!’

Chick Lit Central

‘A brilliant read … absolutely wonderful’

Cosmochicklitan

‘Heartwarming and engaging … poignant’

OneMorePage

‘This story warms you like a cosy cup of cocoa’

Closer

Dedication (#ua0f60fb7-6a86-5bf5-8b3c-cff3eac0c431)

To my family, who light up my life

Table of Contents

Cover (#u2b27b783-ae00-5436-b776-4cd75211978f)

Title Page (#ud30825ec-a40f-56a8-ad64-755bbd36ca63)

Copyright (#u4dfa467d-d8e8-56f4-9d2b-49e24b4a6557)

Praise for Julia Williams (#u3f6c408c-1aa8-505a-b0e2-962b11b16235)

Dedication (#u2eb66cbb-6220-501b-90ed-9ae1c38d03fb)

Prologue (#u24c8a473-3144-51f5-b85b-2bfb6024db4d)

Part One: The Journey Begins … (#ud37914a5-bb26-5d9f-9cbb-44a668cf8ea6)

Chapter One (#ubb23c12a-f596-56fb-9125-9c2d83600b0f)

Chapter Two (#u374e05c1-ea65-543e-ae38-4ce7a1c3385f)

Chapter Three (#u90323601-44aa-5a48-a4cd-ab6bb4ef82ff)

Chapter Four (#ueaabc5a2-7a7c-5ed6-9211-77f56065e458)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)