by Jenny Hale
Corinne had just started to try to walk, but when Nick played his lullaby on the piano, Abbey would swear she was attempting to dance, her little patent leather shoes with soft soles tapping on the floor a few times before she’d fall on her lacy bottom, her dress flaring out around her.
Abbey stopped in to her home office to slip the flyer into her memory book. Her decorating business had become rather popular in Richmond, and, after her experience decorating Robin’s loft in New York, she was building quite a clientele. She still took care of Caroline, but it was much easier to do now that she was living with them full time. Abbey loved her as if she were her own grandmother.
There was one more person who had taken residence at the Sinclair home: Gramps. On his new medicine, his tremors were significantly decreased, and he required minimal support. He was so good, in fact, that Abbey and Nick were planning to redo Caroline’s cottage for him. He’d wanted his independence back for so long, and he was finally going to get it. Abbey’s mother was delighted to have her house to herself, although she’d said it was very quiet. With her ankle finally healed, she’d started a few small projects that she’d wanted to complete.
Caroline had actually suggested Gramps moving into her cottage. She’d said that she loved living with Nick, Abbey, and the children so much that she didn’t ever want to be alone again. Señor Freckles had been hanging out around the cottage a lot, probably to explore the grounds of the enormous house he now found himself living in.
As Abbey flipped the pages in her memory book, she smiled when she got to a certain one. It was the page where she’d saved Nick’s and Max’s Christmas wishes. Nick had wished that he could make her happy. And, a year later, Max had finally let them open his. It read simply, I want a daddy. And now he had one.
Abbey finally had her big family, her dream business, and more happiness than she could believe. Gramps still asked her, “How’s life treating you?” and now, she could tell him. Because life couldn’t get much better than this.
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PS. If you enjoyed this story, and would like a little more Christmas magic, do check out my other Christmas novels – Coming Home for Christmas and A Christmas to Remember.
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Coming Home for Christmas
OUT NOW - Coming Home for Christmas
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Christmas is a time for family... isn't it?
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Allie Richfield loves Christmas, so when she lands a job as House Manager for the amazing Ashford Estate—which includes organizing the Marley family festivities—she is in her element. With a budget bigger than her life savings and a team of staff, how hard can it be? As one-by-one she meets the Marleys, she’s about to find out...
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Allie’s new boss, Robert, might be gorgeous, but he’s also colder than the snow outside and refuses to come home for Christmas. Robert’s playboy brother, Kip, flirts with her relentlessly; and his sister, Sloane, arrives home with baggage—both the divorce-kind and the Louis Vuitton kind. Their ninety-two year old grandmother, Pippa, spends her day grumbling at them all from her mobility scooter.
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With Robert intending to sell Ashford, it’s the Marley’s last chance to create some happy memories in their family home—and Allie is determined to make it happen... even if it takes a little Christmas magic! With the festive spirit in full swing, she might even discover a little happiness of her own...
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‘I fell in love with Coming Home For Christmas as soon as I was introduced to both Allie and the Marley family. It’s very rare that I find myself loving an entire family, but the Marley’s were just awesome. Not your typical rich family, they weren’t particularly snobby or anything, they didn’t just see Allie as the ‘help’ and I just immediately wanted to become a part of their family! I wanted to live in Ashford, in the beautiful sounding house, with wings! WINGS! Can you imagine living in a house that has wings?
Jenny Hale is such a fabulous writer with such an eye for characters you’ll fall in love with. I certainly fell in love with Robert. I can’t wait for Jenny’s second book, this was just super amazing and it kept me reading all day with barely a pause. Read it, it’s the perfect Christmas story, heck it’s perfect for any time of year. Coming Home For Christmas, remember that title and buy it now, you will not regret it! ChickLitReviewsandNews.com
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‘OMG, there are just so, so many things I loved about this book. First, the characters! Guys, let me tell you, I’ve read so many books yet I can’t actually recall reading a book with so many loveable characters… But what I loved the most is probably the fact this is not yet another romance story. Coming Home For Christmas is a mesmerizing story about what really matters in life – family.’ This Chick Reads
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Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank my husband, Justin, for his encouragement and support as I continue this journey.
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An enormous thank-you goes out to Oliver Rhodes who’s always right there at the perfect time to make it all happen.
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I am thankful for my editor, Emily Ruston, for her guidance.
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And lastly, my heartfelt thanks goes out to Tia Field for tackling my one million questions about nursing.
Published by Bookouture
An imprint of StoryFire Ltd. 23 Sussex Road, Ickenham, UB10 8PN. United Kingdom.
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Copyright © Jennifer Hale 2015
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Jennifer Hale has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work.
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-1-910751-54-1
