A December to Remember by Jenny BaylissMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Maggie, Simone and Star are three half-sisters, born of three different mothers. Their father Augustus was what you might call a character, inheritor of a family curiosity shop that has been owned by the family for generations. When he retired he simply shut up the shop and went travelling in an old camper van. Now the sisters are reunited for his funeral.
Maggie is the single mother of two children, her husband died very young and she never remarried. She stayed in the village of Rowan Thorp and runs the local greengrocers. She has been having a secret affair with her much younger assistant but is loath to make things official.
Simone is a qualified physiotherapist who lives in town with her wife, they have been trying for a baby through IVF without success and it has practically broken their marriage.
Star is the baby sister. She and Simone are at loggerheads after Star's last boyfriend stole from Simone's house to fuel his drug addiction. She's not got any qualifications and drifts from one kooky job to another.
When the sisters attend the reading of their father's will they learn that in his usual off-beat way he has made things a lot more difficult (and interesting) than a normal will and the women will have to work together. First they need to find 32 Monopoly houses which he has scattered around the curiosity shop and the flat above, then the solicitor will be able to release funds for them to reinstate the village's Winter Solstice fayre.
If you like family-reunited stories, small town romances, Christmas celebrations, hot chocolate, treehouses, and bossy WI members then this is the book for you. Cute, charming, and wraps you up in a warm hug. Ideal winter reading.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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