Romy Sommer - All the Romance You Need This Christmas - 5-Book Festive Collection

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The Kiss Before Christmas by Sophie Pembroke

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The First Christmas Without You by Michelle Betham

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Say It With Sequins by Georgia Hill

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To Catch A Star by Romy Sommer

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Christmas at Thornton Hall by Lynn Marie Hulsman

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Copyright HarperImpulse an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 77–85 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith, London W6 8JB www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by HarperImpulse 2014 The Kiss Before Christmas by Sophie Pembroke Copyright © Sophie Pembroke 2013 Sophie Pembroke asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. The First Christmas Without You by Michelle Betham Copyright © Michelle Betham 2013 Michelle Betham asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Say It With Sequins by Georgia Hill Copyright © Georgia Hill 2014 Georgia Hill asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. To Catch A Star by Romy Sommer Copyright © Romy Sommer 2014 Romy Sommer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Christmas at Thornton Hall by Lynn Marie Hulsman Copyright © Lynn Marie Hulsman 2013 Lynn Marie Hulsman asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2014. Cover design by Jane Harwood. A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780008125943 Version 2014-11-20

The Kiss Before Christmas The Kiss Before Christmas Sophie Pembroke A division of HarperCollins Publishers www.harpercollins.co.uk

The First Christmas Without You

Say It With Sequins

To Catch A Star

Christmas at Thornton Hall

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Dedication For Charlotte. I wouldn't be here without you.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

For Charlotte.

I wouldn't be here without you.

Dorothea Mackenzie stared at the screen, willing the words to change. They didn’t. She tried blinking. Nope, still there, in all their guilt-trip-inducing glory.

My dearest Dory,

We went to choose the Christmas tree yesterday, sweetheart, but it wasn’t the same without you. I think Mum was a bit sad decorating it without any of you kids around, but Molly and Tim don’t get in until the 24 th , and she didn’t want to leave it that late. She had ‘Lonely This Christmas’ playing on a loop. A call from you would definitely cheer her up – especially if you happened to mention your flight times (hint hint!). I can come and collect you from the airport any time on Christmas Eve, just let me know. I’ve not taken any taxi bookings the whole day, just in case.

Love and mulled wine

Dad x

A definite two-pronged attack. Clever. First mentioning Mum being sad, which they all knew meant big eyes and deep sighs and very brave smiles, and which he knew Dory couldn’t stand. And then not taking any bookings on Christmas Eve, a night that promised time-and-a-half for a Liverpool cabbie, and usually some pretty good festive tips, too.