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Mary Christmas
At the Most Magical Time of Year, Can All Her Wishes Come True?
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A charming holiday romance set in an age-old snow-covered English village. At the most magical time of the year, will Mary choose independence or love? It's 1909 and Mary Richards has worked hard to gain an education and become a teacher in her close-knit, picturesque village...
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A charming holiday romance set in an age-old snow-covered English village.
At the most magical time of the year, will Mary choose independence or love?
It's 1909 and Mary Richards has worked hard to gain an education and become a teacher in her close-knit, picturesque village in the Cotswolds, but not everyone approves of her modern ways.
When her sister Emily becomes engaged to David Christmas, it seems fate will intervene in the form of the best man: his eligible brother Johnathon. Mary finds herself in danger of falling for this handsome, almost too perfect stranger, only married women have to give up their careers as soon as they're wed and there's no way Mary is going to sacrifice her dreams for a man.
Yet the ancient village of Bibury has a way of weaving its enchantments over them all, and as the winter snows fall and Emily's Christmas Day wedding approaches, Mary isn't immune to the romance of the season. In the end she must decide whether she's ready to embrace love or not, and if she can truly have the best of both worlds on the eve of what could well be the most magical Christmas of them all.
Like any good romance, you know how this book ends, but finding out how they get there is half the fun. This book is full of charm and heartwarming feelings, with beautifully-balanced characters and the perfect historical backdrop. The perfect Christmas read.
Praise for Mary-Anne O'Connor
'Mary-Anne O'Connor is historical fiction royalty.' GOODREADS
'Beautiful, engaging storytelling.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Historical fiction of a quality that will take you on a beguiling roller-coaster ride.' BETTER READING
'So breathtakingly beautiful . . . Mary-Anne O'Connor truly is the Queen of Australian Historical Romance.' GOODREADS
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761347948
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Mary-Anne O'Connor has a combined arts education degree with specialities in environment, music and literature. After a successful copywriting and marketing career she now focuses on writing fiction and non-fiction as well as public speaking. Mary-Anne lives in a house overlooking her beloved bushland in northern Sydney with her husband Anthony and their two sons Jimmy and Jack.
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