Cathy Kelly - Cathy Kelly 3-Book Collection 2 - The House on Willow Street, The Honey Queen, Christmas Magic, plus bonus short story - The Perfect Holiday

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2017

Copyright © Cathy Kelly 2017

Cover jacket design © HarperCollins Publishers 2017

Cover illustration © Nicholas Hely Hutchinson. Cover lettering © Stephen Raw

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Cathy Kelly asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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.

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Source ISBN: 9780007373642, 9780007510948, 9780007444434, 9780007353194

Ebook Edition © April 2017 ISBN: 9780008252458

Version: 2017-10-28

Contents

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Title Page Cathy Kelly 3-Book Collection The House on Willow Street The Honey Queen Christmas Magic Plus a bonus short story! The Perfect Holiday Cathy Kelly

Copyright Copyright Copyright The House on Willow Street The Honey Queen Christmas Magic The Perfect Holiday About the Author Also by Cathy Kelly About the Publisher Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2017 Copyright © Cathy Kelly 2017 Cover jacket design © HarperCollins Publishers 2017 Cover illustration © Nicholas Hely Hutchinson. Cover lettering © Stephen Raw Cover images © Shutterstock.com Cathy Kelly asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. 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. Source ISBN: 9780007373642, 9780007510948, 9780007444434, 9780007353194 Ebook Edition © April 2017 ISBN: 9780008252458 Version: 2017-10-28

The House on Willow Street

The Honey Queen

Christmas Magic

The Perfect Holiday

About the Author

Also by Cathy Kelly

About the Publisher

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

Published by HarperCollins Publishers 2012

Copyright © Cathy Kelly 2012

Cathy Kelly asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for 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.

FIRST EDITION

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 ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, 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.

Source ISBN: 9780007373611

Ebook Edition © September 2012 ISBN: 9780007373642

Version: 2017-10-28

To my darling husband, John, and our wonderful sons, Dylan and Murray. And the Puplets of Loveliness, Dinky, Licky, Scamp, who were there for all of it.

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Autumn

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Winter

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Spring

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Acknowledgements

Danae Rahill had long since learned that a postmistress’s job in a small town had a lot more to it than the ability to speedily process pensions or organize money transfers.

She’d run Avalon Post Office for fifteen years and she saw everything. It was impossible not to. Without wishing to, the extremely private Danae found herself the holder of many of the town’s secrets.

She saw money sent to the Misses McGinty’s brother in London, who’d gone there fifty years ago to make his fortune and was now living in a hostel.

‘The building work has dried up, you know,’ said one of the little Miss McGintys, her tiny papery hands finishing writing the address she knew by heart.