
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Enemies to Lovers
Family Relationships
Holiday
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Return to Hometown
Second Chance
Secret Crush
Workplace / Office Romance
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Librarian / Bookseller
Parent / Caregiver
Geographic Location:
United Kingdom: England
Setting:
Shop / Gallery
Suburban
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Happily Ever After This Christmas
By C. K. Martin
This Christmas, can she finally leave the past behind?
Each year, creating the magical Christmas display at Johnson’s Independent Bookstore gets Kayleigh Johnson through the holidays. Staying busy to the point of exhaustion, she avoids the harsh reality that she is spending another Christmas alone. But when an inspector from the local council arrives late one snowy afternoon, her carefully controlled world is turned upside down once more.
Jo Pearmain is determined to do things by the book. Being a health and safety officer is hardly her dream job, but it’s one she needs to keep. Little does she know that as she closes down the bookstore Christmas display, she is destroying the small sliver of hope and happiness Kayleigh has left.
When she realises what she’s done, Jo’s determined to put it right, but Kayleigh is slow to forgive. The harder she works to fix things, the further Kayleigh pushes her away.
Can Jo convince Kayleigh they must work together to save Christmas for the village?
And if she can, they might even save each other…
Happily Ever After This Christmas is a heartwarming romance about overcoming adversity and rediscovering the miracle of Christmas.