Luckily the locals are a friendly bunch and step in to help Millie. One in particular, Dylan, a laid-back lothario, soon captures her attention.
But just as Millie is beginning to settle in, an unexpected visitor from her past suddenly turns up determined to ruin everything for her. It’s time for Millie to face the skeletons in her closest if she’s going to live the dream of running her little village bakery, and her blossoming romance with Dylan.
A charming heartwarming novel about love, life and new beginnings perfect for fans of Milly Johnson and Debbie Johnson.
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Christmas at The Little Village Bakery
A feel good festive romance to curl up by the fire with
It’s time to get toasty by the fire with a glass of mulled wine and a slice of chocolate yule log sprinkled with a little romance.
Welcome to Christmas at the Little Village Bakery.
Snow is falling in Honeybourne and Spencer is bringing home his American fiancée Tori for a traditional English Christmas with all the trimmings. But when his hippie mum and dad meet her high-maintenance parents, sparks of the wrong sort start to fly. Then Spencer bumps into his first love Jasmine and unexpected feelings come flooding back.
Millie is run off her feet with Christmas orders at the Little Village Bakery and new baby Oscar. Thank goodness her cousin Darcie is here to help her. Although she does seem to be rather flirty with Millie’s boyfriend Dylan.
Will Darcie ever find true love of her own? And is marrying Tori a terrible mistake for Spencer if his heart is with someone else?
A heartwarming Christmassy romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Carole Matthews and Milly Johnson.
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‘Bloody brilliant … I loved being back with the characters … Oh I just enjoyed everything about it! 5 stars!' I Love Reading
'Christmas at the Little Village Bakery is a warm hug, in the depths of the cold of winter, that would be perfect to read curled up by the fireplace, with some hot chocolate, and just enjoy the whole atmosphere of the book. It has some absolutely fabulous moments, some great small village community spirit and even what pretty much feels like a Christmas miracle.' Rachel's Random Reads
'A feel good festive romance that would make the perfect stocking filler for the bookworm in your life!' Bookworms and Shutterbugs
'A lovely Christmas read and it was great to catch up with the folk of Honeybourne, I just hope there is more to follow, that village has plenty more stories to tell I am sure.' Jo's Book Journey
Acknowledgments
The list of people who have offered help and encouragement on my writing journey so far must be truly endless, and it would take a novel in itself to mention them all. However, my thanks goes out to each and every one of you, whose involvement, whether small or large, has been invaluable and appreciated more than I can say.
There are a few people that I must mention. Obviously my family, the people who put up with my whining and self-doubt on a daily basis. My colleagues at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, who have let me lead a double life for far longer than is acceptable and have given me so many ideas for future books! The lecturers at Staffordshire University English and Creative Writing Department, who saw a talent worth nurturing in me and who continue to support me still, long after they finished getting paid for it. They are not only tutors but friends as well. I have to thank the team at Bookouture for their continued support, patience and amazing publishing flair, particularly Kim Nash, Lydia Vassar-Smith and Natasha Hodgson. Their belief and encouragement means the world to me.
As for this book in particular, I must thank my good friend Louise Coquio and her dad, who entered into many Italian lunch-menu debates on my behalf so that Signora Conti could cook the perfect Italian lunch for Kate’s visit. I’d also like to thank Simona Elena Schuler for her help with some of the Italian phrases that my poor command of the language failed to produce.
My friend Kath Hickton always gets a mention, and rightly so for putting up with me since primary school. I also have to thank Mel Sherratt and Holly Martin, fellow writers and amazing friends who have both been incredibly supportive over the years and have been my shoulders to cry on in the darker moments. Thanks to Liz Tipping, Emma Davies, Jack Croxall, Dan Thompson and Jaimie Admans: not only brilliant authors in their own right but hugely supportive of others. My Bookouture colleagues are also incredible, of course, unfailing and generous in their support of fellow authors, and I have to thank all the brilliant and dedicated book bloggers and reviewers out there, readers, and anyone else who has championed my work, reviewed it, shared it or simply told me that they liked it. Every one of those actions is priceless and you are all very special people. Some of you I am even proud to call friends now.
Which just leaves my agent, Peta Nightingale at LAW literary agency. She knows that I adore her, but for the record, I’ll say it here for everyone to see. She’s always there for me, whether it’s to celebrate, commiserate, or just to tell me to pick myself up, dust myself off and start again. If it wasn’t for her, this book wouldn’t exist.
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Copyright © Tilly Tennant, 2016
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-1-78681-116-5
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