Claire Sandy

Marie Dunwoody doesn't want for much in life. She has a lovely husband, three wonderful children, and a business of her own. Except, her cupcakes are crap. Her meringues are runny and her biscuits rock-hard. She cannot bake for toffee. Or, for that matter, make toffee.

What Would Mary Berry Do?

Holidays are about surviving the gaps between one meal and another.'For one long hot summer in Devon, three families are sharing one very big house in the country. The Herreras: made up of two tired parents, three grumbling children and one promiscuous dog; the Littles: he's loaded (despite two divorces and five kids), she's gorgeous, but maybe the equation for a truly happy marriage is a bit more complicated than that; and the Browns, who seem oddly jumpy around people, but especially each other. By the pool, new friendships blossom; at the Aga door, resentments begin to simmer. Secret crushes are formed and secret cigarettes cadged by the teens, as the adults loosen their inhibitions with litres of white wine and start to get perhaps a little too honest ... Mother hen to all, Evie Herreras has a life-changing announcement to make, one that could rock the foundations of her family. But will someone else beat her to it?

A Very Big House in the Country

En julroman som kommer att värma ditt hjärta i vinter. Det har gått sexton år sedan Asta lämnade Irland med ett krossat hjärta och ett barn i magen. Tillsammans med dottern Kitty trivs Asta bra i London men när hennes chef, den snygga tidningsmogulen Conan, vill att hon undersöker en gråtande madonnastaty i sin gamla hemby tvingas hon plötsligt möta sitt förflutna. Astas snabbvisit i Tobercree förlängs oväntat av en vinterstorm, när hela byn blir insnöad. Samtidigt som julafton närmar sig med stormsteg måste Asta försöka ta reda på sanningen bakom den gråtande madonnan, och samtidigt återknyta kontakten med sin excentriska familj. Dessutom lyckas hon stifta bekantskap med den mystiska Jake, samtidigt som Conans mejl blir allt mer flirtiga. Men går det ens att tina upp ett hjärta som varit fruset i så många år? Snöfall, mirakel och frusna hjärtan av Claire Sandy är en riktig pralin till julroman. Christmas Books har länge varit ett fenomen i England och nu släpper Printz Publishing sin första! Det är svårt att inte charmas av denna roliga och fina historia om försoning, mirakel och kärlekstrubbel i jultider.

Snöfall, mirakel och frusna hjärtan

Socker, salt och nya chanser

Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It's a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she's the one who washes their pants, de-fleas the dog and runs her own business. A hearty meal is the one thing that brings the Carliles together, but over the course of a year, the various courses also pull them apart. Around the table sits an eight-year-old militant feminist, a pair of teenage accidental parents, and a cantankerous OAP. Fern's husband needs an extra seat for his spectacular midlife crisis. Will Fern's marriage be over by the time coffee is served? Perhaps she'll give in and have the hot new dish that looks so tempting. Decisions, decisions.

A Not Quite Perfect Family

Everybody wants it to snow at Christmas . . . Don't they? Asta's plane touches down in Ireland as the first flakes of snow begin to settle. As the weather worsens, it turns what should be a flying visit into a snowed-in Yuletide with her chaotic family. Asta fled her childhood village years ago, with a secret hidden deep within her. That secret is now a feisty sixteen-year-old - Kitty - who's keen to meet her long-lost relatives. It seems there are many family mysteries waiting to be unwrapped, along with the presents under the tree... Missing the man she left behind in London, yet drawn to a man she meets in Ireland, Asta is caught in an emotional snowstorm. Maybe this Christmas Asta will find a cure for her long-broken heart?

Snowed in for Christmas

Everybody wants it to snow at Christmas . . . Don't they? Asta's plane touches down in Ireland as the first flakes of snow begin to settle. As the weather worsens, it turns what should be a flying visit into a snowed-in Yuletide with her chaotic family. Asta fled her childhood village years ago, with a secret hidden deep within her. That secret is now a feisty sixteen-year-old – Kitty – who's keen to meet her long-lost relatives. It seems there are many family mysteries waiting to be unwrapped, along with the presents under the tree . . . Missing the man she left behind in London, yet drawn to a man she meets in Ireland, Asta is caught in an emotional snowstorm. Maybe this Christmas Asta will find a cure for her long-broken heart? Funny and heartwarming, Claire Sandy's Snowed in for Christmas is a festive tale about family life.

Everybody wants it to snow at Christmas . . . Don't they? Asta's plane touches down in Ireland as the first flakes of snow begin to settle. As the weather worsens, it turns what should be a flying visit into a snowed-in Yuletide with her chaotic family. Asta fled her childhood village years ago, with a secret hidden deep within her. That secret is now a feisty 16-year-old Kitty who's keen to meet her long-lost relatives. It seems there are many family mysteries waiting to be unwrapped, along with the presents under the tree . . . Missing the man she left behind in London, yet drawn to a man she meets in Ireland, Asta is caught in an emotional snowstorm. Maybe this Christmas Asta will find a cure for her long-broken heart?"

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