Karen Swan
YOU know that the festive season really is on the horizon when a Karen Swan Christmas cracker appears enticingly on the bookshelves. And this year, the queen of epic romances sweeps us away on a journey of fate, love and lost souls that takes us from the picture-perfect rural charms of a Cotswolds village and the bustling streets of Vienna to the majestic heights of the Himalayan foothills.
Author of big festive hitters like Midnight in the Snow, The
Christmas Party, Christmas Under the Stars and The Christmas Lights, Swan (pictured below) is an
expert at delivering sack-loads of love, mystery, and drama… and this
enchanting story about finding connections in the most surprising places sparkles
like a frost-filled morning.
It had been a make-or-break holiday for their marriage, but
Natasha and Rob Stoneleigh’s rekindled romance in the Maldives is short-lived
when their toddler daughter Mabel’s beloved soft toy cow Moolah disappears in
Vienna on the long journey home.
When Duffy promises to keep Natasha updated with pictures
for her daughter, the pair begin a correspondence that quickly intensifies into
something more meaningful to both of them. Sometimes, Natasha feels this
stranger understands her more than the man lying next to her.
But as the weeks pass and Duffy heads deeper into the
mountains, Natasha begins to notice a change in him. Then one day, the messages
stop. Too late, Natasha wonders why he had ever needed a lucky mascot at all.
Swan is on top form in this gorgeously romantic and
drama-packed story which follows the fortunes and misfortunes, connections and
misconnections of two people whose lives become linked together through a
series of accidents and coincidences. From first page to last, this is a captivating and sometimes
heartbreaking wintertime odyssey filled with tears, laughter, a dazzling array
of superbly portrayed characters, page-turning suspense, and unexpected twists
and turns. Sprinkled throughout with Swan’s trademark insight, natural
warmth and eye for comedy, this is the perfect reading warm-up for the
Christmas season.
(Pan, paperback, £8.99)
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