The Perfect Christmas Gift Published by HQ by Katie Ginger
on October 22, 2021
Genres: Holiday, Christmas
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse, The Little Library on Cherry Lane
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Can neighbours become more than just good friends this Christmas?
Bella Moore is excitedly counting down the days to Christmas. That is until she arrives home one evening to find her boyfriend leaving her for another woman. Completely heartbroken, Bella is left wondering if Christmas can still be the same this year.
Next door, Bella’s neighbour Nick is facing his first Christmas as a single dad and doubting whether he can make it the magical time his son Freddie deserves.
Determined to fix both Christmas and their broken hearts, Bella comes up with an idea: a Christmas giving tree for the whole village, where the community can unite and secretly give each other the Christmas presents they truly need.
As Bella becomes chief elf, taking donations and delivering gifts with much-needed help from Nick and Freddie, the two neighbours grow closer and start seeing each other in a whole new light.
But when Nick’s estranged wife returns just before Christmas, is their budding romance over before it’s begun? Or will love be Nick and Bella’s perfect gift this Christmas?
A heart-warming hug in a novel – this is THE romcom you want to curl up with this Christmas! Perfect for fans of Heidi Swain and Sarah Morgan.
I really did enjoy this one.
My only complaint is that once Bella and her boyfriend broke up I feel like there was a lot of deadspace between when she and Nick would even talk to each other. There was an apparent attraction on both their parts–however, I didn’t quite enjoy the transitory period.
BUT, once we got to the 50% mark, I started to enjoy this story a lot more and felt like it picked up. I enjoyed both Bella and Nick very much. I feel like their love story was such a perfect ending for both of them, given what they’ve both been through.
This is a standalone book in a series that can be read alone.
About Katie Ginger
KATIE GINGER lives by the sea in the south-east of England, and apart from holidays to very hot places where you can sit by a pool and drink cocktails as big as your head, she wouldn’t really want to be anywhere else. The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse is her seventh novel. She is also the author of the Swallowtail Bay series – Spring Tides at Swallowtail Bay, Summer Strawberries at Swallowtail Bay and Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay, Snowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage and the Seafront series – The Little Theatre on the Seafront, shortlisted for the Katie Fforde Debut Novel of the Year award, and Summer Season on the Seafront.
When she’s not writing, Katie spends her time with her husband and two kids, and their dogs: Wotsit, the King Charles spaniel, and Skips, the three-legged rescue dog. (And yes, they are both named after crisps!)
I am glad that you were able to really enjoy this one here. Its always so fun to see how that works for you. even if the first half was more of a struggle.
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