It must have been the mistletoe by Judy Astley

This is the first book I have read by this author and I look forward to read her summer read in my to read pile .

In this story we meet a great family celebrating Chirstams away from home and there's some big announcements along the way.

Thea is nursing a broken heart from longing for the baby she lost that was due on chirstmas day too
the ex boyfriend that left her for his pedigree dogs and finding hard to ,let him go completely form
mind and heart.

Emily is the baby of the family but is the worrier but only truly in control when she is counting
number at work, she is married to Sam is the calmer one of the partnership and is a stay at home dad too they two children.
We also meet Jimi the bigger brother but he does have any dramas but always there at the right time to say the wrong thing to stir things up like all brothers !!!!!!
Mike and Anna are the parents who have been living separating for a year both still not sure if it's the right thing as they have been together for so long .......
They decide to book a holiday home in Cornwall for chirstmas  to softnen the blow of they  marriage breaking up and they moving on and hope the children take the news well.
They all arrive that they destination one by one when Thea arrives she bumps into  Sean the owner  after a little chat she comes away feeling that Sean was flirting and not sure if he asked for a drink, so
after a few hours of her family Thea she feels the need to escape  so goes and has a drink with Sean but still can't make her mind up but him so goes with Gay from the minuet !!!!!


What I like about his book I was not just reading Thea story but Emily's , Mike and Ann's too.

So Chirstams eve arrives so does the Snow to add to family drama!!!!!
So when Anna's "friend" decides to take up Anna's offer to come and visit if he has no else to go his does.... but Mikes " friend" cholotte is preforming in a near by town and decides to meet him for sneezing drink but that when in her getting stuck and Mike has to invite to have chirstmas with his soon too be ex wife that he is not sure of he wants her as an ex also the kids .
While this is all going off E,ily is working herself up with the sown storm thinking they are all going to be trapped for days /weeks also she has it in for Cholotte from the moment they meet , but Thea thinks there something going on that Emily doesn't want to share but that comes later in the book.

Within the madness Thea manges to escape on a mission with Sean to get fresh Mistletoe from the

forest which turns out to be a great date even thou she thinks he gay  but came away confused again
!!!!
Does the Mistletoe have sercert powers for chirstmas and the family well you will have to read the book to find out.

The Christmas Party by Carole Matthews

Well another 5 stars for this chirstmas book by a great author , I always find it hard to put her books down this one was no different.

In this book we meet Louise Young a single mother to Mia who is her world , but Louise has a broken heart and pile of debts to her name by her ex partner who did a runner the minuet he found out she was broken so Louise was left picking up the pieces and bring up Mia with the help of her partners that she lives with but she so needs her own place .louise works hard for Fossil Oil which she is very great ful for her job there's just one problem her boss Tyler who every minuet of the working day he try's to grope her or invade her personal space she even wears the most boring clothes for work this still doesn't put him off !!!!!
So when the chirstmas party comes round Louise hides from decides to go with a little black dress and having her done she feels a million dollars but will she be able to handle her boss with this look...

In This book we also meet Tyler and his wife Kirstein the loyal corprate wife always looking her part , but under that perfect look is a very lonely and heart broken lady. Years after years promise from Tyler they would start a family but the year never comes and Kirstein feels she has missed the boat on family and happy ever after as Tyler can never keep it in his pants !!!! We also meet Melissa an older lady but also Loyal wife to Lance who has been with Fossil Oil forever which it shows in his marriage and family life ..

As the evening starts we see Louise dressed to impress but has sworn of men but never finds someone like Josh Wallance they hit off  form the start but then she is pulled into the world of corporate workd with her latching boss and his wife who thinks they are having an affair !!!! That's not the worst of it a very drank Lance makes a christmas speech in spilling the beans that the company is not doing as well and in the new year they will be job losses and Louise believes she will be out as this job keeps her head above water.

what I love about this book is that Carole has got the surrounds down to a tee I have had many chirstmas party that have tales to tell so everyone should rate to this book also she has written three takes woven into one gripping story  which is hard to put down so will Louise let her price charming in to her life ? Will Tyler and Kirstein marriage survive the party and will Melissa have the strength to leave her husband .......

Well you will have to read the fabulous book to find out .

Maybe This Chirstmas by Sarah Morgan

Sarah Morgan Is one of many must read authors and I always count the days down till the next one sad I know but I always love reading christams books and start earlier and earlier each year !!!

 In this christmas read we catch up with the O'Neil family at Snow Crystal resort, I loved last years with Jackson and Kayla story , if you have not read this one then you should go and get a copy.

 It's the turn of Tyler's O'Neils to find love being a single dad of a teenage daughter is hard at the best of times after only having her full time for a year ago everything is still new and they are finding their way,malus Tyker finds it hard to let anyone get close to him. Tyler is on a mission to give Jess the best christmas after last years but the power of love and a little help from Kayla marketing skill the resort is fully booked ,Tyler is thrown together with best friend Brenda under one roof for the chirstmas. Tyler and Brenda both found it hard to live together to many sercert being held form each other but time is a great healer and we see Tyler deal with his past and also Brenda's broundages are pushed and brings them together and things seem to be god g perfect until Brenda tells her deep long held sercert that she loves him and also has Tyler can't cope inturn brings up fears from Brenda's childhood being told "he will never love her". Will Tyler and Brendalive happy ever after or will this tear they relationship part for good so that where the spoilers end you will have to read the book to find out !!!

The Little Shop of Hopes and Dreams by Fiona Harper

This is the second chirstmas book this year I have read and there are many more too come !!!!!!

I came across this author two years ago and I always count down the days to the next chirstmas book arrives and I'm never disappointed, even thou it took me longer to read as my head not in the zone it still deserves 10 out of 10 stars .

In this book we meet Nicole an organiser a true romantic for everyone but herself , but has built up a business  making everyone's hopes and dreams come true and out of this world. Nicola has a broken heart  and with which she has built an ice wall around it , her friends feel different there's a Prince Charming out there for her so on New Years Eve they go out partying Nicola hits the bottle hard with her friends watching there's a man on the other side of the bar that has been watching Nicola all night so they push her to have a New Years Snog , but after the clocks strike midnight and she has mother of all , eath moving kiss........ When she comes round ice queen has kicked in and gives Alex a fake name as she fills that she will never meet again .......
Nearly a Year passes and Nicola is throwing her self into jobs so when she meets a high profile celeb Stafforn  in her office she feels all her hardwork might save her Business . Stafforn wants to proposal to boyfriend , Nicola jumps at the chance to seal the deal? So Nicola like to meets both clients needs so she goes get some information on the boyfriend to design the proposal yo meets both they needs but when she sees the clients boyfriend she gets the shock of her life it's Alex that made the earth move in one single kiss....
Nicola can't revel who she is so to cover herself she tells Alex she is an journalist and  is writing an artical on weddings !!!!!! Alex can't help himself  there's something about this girl that he wants to know more so offers to help her and tells her he has to photograph a weeding at weekend would she like to come along and watch his work and do research into weddings for her artical but this is pulling Nicola into deeper waters. Nicola tells herself she will cancel but then she realises she needs more information to help meet her client needs  must come befor her own  and finding it hard to fight the Alex magic of taking the right photos , calming the bride and groom at the right times.

Through the book we see that the wall Nicola has built its not just for men  but to Procter herself from bullies  from school who made her feel less confident and through the story we see that she realising that they have a problem not her and she is not hiding anymore , which most people who read this  book will relate too sometimes in they life .

Nicola digs herself a big deep hole by keep meeting Alex to keeping up her cover as Stafforn is her client and still has to p,an a christmas proposal for the man she is  falling in love with . Nicola has planned everything down to the detail ed instructions of Stafforn but will it go to plan or will she get the man ............

I'm afraid you will have to read the book to find out the answer so go grab a festive read you want be disappointed. For me I'm counting down the days till next year festive read from Fiona Harper .