🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutes

From an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator.

Treat yourself to the most uplifting, escapist, festive romance of 2023!

…Wanted: experienced writer to record the history of one house and its family. Bed and board provided, the successful applicant must love Christmas.

Elle is rudderless, jobless and she’s soon to be homeless. When she spies an advert that looks like it could answer all her problems, she’s devastated to see one huge catch: Elle definitely does not love Christmas. On Mistletoe Square, an eccentric elderly woman and her unconventional housekeeper have an enormous Christmas tree and a box of delicate decorations collected over what must be centuries. With each decoration comes a story and with each story a breath-taking glimpse of a Christmas past. One Christmas at a time, the house’s history is brought vividly to life for Elle. But the more she sees of the family’s past, the more she wonders where and how their story might end. And what of her own story? Is it possible that what felt like an ending might have been leading her here … to a new beginning?

Bestselling author and reader favourite, Ali McNamara, is giving her readers just what’s on their Christmas list. The perfect read for fans of Heidi Swain, Philippa Ashley and Sarah Morgan.