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A sumptuous, feel-good read from Sunday Times top-ten bestseller Veronica Henry about the real magic of Christmas: reconnecting with your loved ones.

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Everyone adores Christmas . . .
Especially Lizzy Kingham. But this year, she is feeling unloved and underappreciated by her family. The present-buying, decorating and food shopping have all been left to her. So she wonders . . . what would happen if she ran away and left them to it?

Lizzy heads to her favourite place: a beach hut on the golden sands of Everdene. There she meets an unlikely collection of new friends, all running away from something. But the spirit of Christmas gets under Lizzy´s skin: soon the fairy lights are twinkling and the scent of mulled wine mingles with the sea air.

Back at Pepperpot Cottage, her family are desperate to find her. For Christmas isn´t Christmas without Lizzy. Can they track her down in time and convince her she means the world to them, every day of the year? Your favourite authors love Veronica Henry:
´An utter delight´ Jill Mansell

´Truly blissful escapism´ Lucy Diamond

´A delicious treat of a book´ Milly Johnson
Escape to the seaside this Christmas!

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Fills your heart with joy and leaves you with a big fat smile on your face / Wise, insightful, beautiful written and sprinkled with Christmas joy - I adored this book Milly Johnson

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Henry, Veronica

Veronica Henry has worked as a scriptwriter for THE ARCHERS, HEARTBEAT and HOLBY CITY amongst many others, before turning to fiction. She won the 2014 RNA NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD for A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Veronica lives with her family in a village in north Devon.

Find out more at www.veronicahenry.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @veronica_henry

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