Twelve Days of Christmas: A bestselling Christmas read to devour in one sitting!

Twelve Days of Christmas: A bestselling Christmas read to devour in one sitting!
Trisha Ashley

“One of the best writers around!” Katie Fforde“Full of down-to-earth humour.” Sophie KinsellaTrisha’s bestselling Christmas book will have you hooked from start to finish - the perfect read as those cold winter nights draw in.Christmas has always been a sad time for young widow Holly Brown. So when she's asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors, the opportunity to hide herself away is irresistible – the perfect excuse to forget about the festivities.The owner of the house, Jude Martland, is also avoiding Christmas since the last one saw his brother run off with his fiancee. But forced to return home unexpectedly, Jude arrives to find that his family are running amok - with Holly seemingly at the centre of it all.As the blizzards descend, there is no escape. With nowhere to go, Holly and Jude get much more than they bargained for - and a Christmas they will always remember!

TRISHA ASHLEY

Twelve Days of Christmas

Copyright

Published by Avon an imprint of

HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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London, SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2010

This ebook edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2017

Copyright © Trisha Ashley 2010

Cover illustration © Robyn Neild

Cover layout design © Debbie Clements

Trisha Ashley asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

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: 9781847561152

Ebook Edition © October 2010 ISBN: 9780007412297

Version: 2017-10-26

Dedication

For my good friends and fellow 500 Club members,

Leah Fleming and Elizabeth Gill, with love.

Contents

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Title Page (#ufe7ab356-c3d9-5477-9599-b2af6c1ccb11)

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Prologue - The Ghost of Christmas Past

Chapter 1 - Pregnant Pause

Chapter 2 - Little Mumming

Chapter 3 - Weasel Pot

Chapter 4 - Rose of Sharon

Chapter 5 - Hot Mash

Chapter 6 - Horse Sense

Chapter 7 - The Whole Hog

Chapter 8 - Deep Freeze

Chapter 9 - Daggers

Chapter 10 - Wrung

Chapter 11 - Slightly Tarnished

Chapter 12 - Deeply Fruited

Chapter 13 - Christmas Spirits

Chapter 14 - Toast and Treacle

Chapter 15 - Advent

Chapter 16 - Comfort

Chapter 17 - Rapping

Chapter 18 - Ice Maiden

Chapter 19 - I Should Coco