One year after movie star Joseph Strike swept schoolteacher Alice off her feet, they are spending Christmas together in snowy Cambridge. But despite the romantic setting Alice can't help but question whether life in the spotlight is really what she wants. Will a Christmas provide some perspective? Or will the life she’d be leaving behind be too much to lose?

In this irresistible collection, bestselling author Paige Toon reunites a much-loved cast from across her fifteen novels, including Johnny Be Good, The One We Fell In Love With and Thirteen Weddings. Fall in love with nine witty and heartfelt romantic stories, published in print for the very first time.

putting into the 2020 Christmas bookbox

Received in the Christmas bookbox, thank you!

A series of short romance stories which are basically extra scenes from Toon's full novels, but can be read standalone, and originally published on her website The Hidden Paige. I'm afraid I have objections to this type of romance. The idea that if a young woman looks sufficiently perfect she will meet a handsome, rich celebrity who will sweep her off her feet, fall head over heels for her and then completely change his personality, that if there's a perfect wedding then everything will be wonderful forever, and that it's somehow fine for her to give up her own (always insignificant) career is not just nauseating but dangerous. There's also a scene in this where a woman is expected to be on the pill when she's sleeping with a man who is not her long term partner, which is shocking. Ethical considerations aside, this is a fun, raunchy read which I'm sure lots of readers will enjoy.

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