The Christmas Promise: The cosy Christmas book you won’t be able to put down!
Sue Moorcroft
‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie FfordeCountdown to Christmas with your new must-have author, as you step into the wonderful world of Ava Bliss. Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Carole Matthews and Katie Fforde.On a snowy December evening, Sam Jermyn steps into the life of bespoke hat maker Ava. Sparks fly, and not necessarily the good ones.Times are tough for Ava – she’s struggling to make ends meet, her ex-boyfriend is a bully, and worst of all, it’s nearly Christmas.So when Sam commissions Ava to make a hat for someone special, she makes a promise that will change her life. She just doesn’t know it yet…Readers LOVE The Christmas Promise – and soon you will too!“Simply gorgeous Christmas story with a difference” Reader review“Superb novel!” Reader review“Perfect pre-Christmas read. I promise.” Reader review“When a book keeps you reading until five o’clock in the morning, it’s a sure sign of a fantastic read!” Reader review“Original, poignant, relevant and romantic.” Reader review“A wonderful cosy Christmas read.” Reader review
Copyright (#u98de93fa-864a-5880-9dd0-6313d80cee86)
Published by AVON
A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2016
Copyright © Sue Moorcroft 2016
Cover illustration and Design © HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
Sue Moorcroft 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.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008175528
Ebook Edition © October 2016 ISBN: 9780008175535
Version: 2017-02-06
Dedication (#u98de93fa-864a-5880-9dd0-6313d80cee86)
In memory of my mother
Connie Moorcroft
17 January 1934–17 March 2016
My number one fan
Table of Contents
Cover (#u865a6f66-f0ab-5811-9486-f3ad90d238bd)
Title Page (#u399d7632-ef10-568f-94dc-80b736c55d86)
Copyright (#u7ee14298-79ef-5748-b9e0-0a527747a16a)
Dedication (#u8a8b9a8b-0bcc-5538-8b6f-f339240b736a)
Chapter One: Christmas Begins in Blaggard’s Bar (#ubb27d3a4-d60b-5a67-acc2-3958e79803f3)
Chapter Two: The Trouble With an ex-Boyfriend (#ua49774ed-4065-5d7e-8e74-74fcbb3731ce)
Chapter Three: Not Currently Dating (#uc18c713a-23d2-5c90-af9e-8c045168c243)
Chapter Four: A Bit of a Redo (#u24c7dab5-02aa-5a77-8a74-ceff95aeccf5)
Chapter Five: Princess Leia Claus (#u7934fd92-27d9-5f9e-bd14-9b9f018fc7ca)
Chapter Six: A Christmas Kiss for Ava Bliss (#u8c0fc055-cbd1-5015-bc62-80883f563989)
Chapter Seven: Not Dating at Gaz’s Caff (#uc252f033-802b-5d7d-a43d-7e728a25ee28)
Chapter Eight: A Hat, but no Kid Gloves (#ub7d726f0-42c1-52b7-9efc-4ec3d8d1dca8)
Chapter Nine: Seeing, Not ‘Seeing’ (#ub724e546-ca1a-54aa-b497-536aa5336556)
Chapter Ten: Faux Dating (#u983199fd-1aba-55e9-9519-61751b56e4ad)
Chapter Eleven: No Blame or Shame (#uc5ac3bb0-845d-5db1-8635-bc4779e5590b)
Chapter Twelve: The Beautiful Business of Hat Making (#u00155fa2-e75b-53e6-a5a0-bb2d393fabba)
Chapter Thirteen: The Christmas Ball (#u377db9d6-6b57-5d22-9090-f1e7e7825dc9)
Chapter Fourteen: Football Stars and Booby Ruby (#uea87f8fe-23f5-52bf-b0de-149069ce37bf)
Chapter Fifteen: Wendy Gets a Real Buzz (#u25d39795-a444-57f4-8643-815d57f89ba7)
Chapter Sixteen: Mixed Messages (#u8a475037-ea2f-5a54-9968-1b54dcbbd021)
Chapter Seventeen: Village Affairs (#ubcb8fc5f-40b7-5284-8d1d-2d6b06174111)
Chapter Eighteen: Putting the ‘Trick’ in Patrick (#u6e9a6a2d-28a6-5af3-99da-58d255892b98)
Chapter Nineteen: The Gallery of Shame (#u86c7cd34-d1a0-5090-b233-d1989cb82619)
Chapter Twenty: The Zombie Formerly Known as Ava (#u1d86237c-a3b3-58ad-acfe-d107611f5d70)
Chapter Twenty-One: A Pretty Cheeky Idea (#uadf92579-88b4-5aee-bbaf-14eaf51ab3f9)
Chapter Twenty-Two: Hats Off to Ava Bliss (#ua54e6fdf-278b-52bf-8b39-b14c8130ea8c)
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions (#u9441fe71-4f39-5723-8092-db9b6c7b7cf4)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Bubbling Under (#u1f531ec8-747d-5361-9e9e-9bc92914a632)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Bubbling Over (#u6357ef35-633f-511d-afa1-35c82217498e)
Chapter Twenty-Six: Going Viral (#uebaecf9c-b603-5516-916f-865ea1e0b8d0)
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ava’s Hotspot Goes Bad (#u9b30bbcd-6241-5970-9140-cd99b960ce62)
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Stuck Between Christmas and a Hard Place (#u9044b80e-32cc-5877-83c4-5595df4041e1)
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Final Faux Date (#u49cb866c-d5af-53df-8881-6f4bf53ab753)
Chapter Thirty: Not on the Christmas Agenda (#u4d22d8ab-474c-5ac2-8ce9-753cd6a542fb)
Chapter Thirty-One: Trust Issues (#u163623ca-5093-590d-8b61-a9ccc625e41c)
Chapter Thirty-Two: Christmas Spirit and Black Roses (#u6b1a5d4c-7df6-509e-9e95-a1aabd562bee)
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Best Christmas Ever! (#u27bcd01c-1011-555c-94d7-4b5c623e87b7)
Epilogue: First Date (#ub66b1f77-cbd1-5b55-8486-1f08ae7e5a7b)
Author’s Note (#u8d70b201-c6d8-5db5-8dcb-0fbcfba29303)
Alive Today Lifestyle Magazine Fashion Pages (#u37e1c4e9-2560-5190-87cf-fba48c155b5f)
Acknowledgements (#u9507d89e-b934-51ff-b072-fc0499fc98d9)
Q&A With Sue Moorcroft (#u8ae9e559-3b88-54dc-8e5b-5ba08e5a6408)
Loved The Christmas Promise? (#u3a5bb5d7-1eba-5519-965a-f404260c33bb)
About the Author (#ud791906a-ec71-5bfc-804d-39ba85180f05)
About the Publisher (#u2e031dab-2ca2-56c5-ba86-e1f5f5a0851a)
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/sue-moorcroft/the-christmas-promise-the-cosy-christmas-book-you-won-t-be-a/) на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.