Curl up with this gorgeous festive story from the author of The Cosy Cottage Café series.

Driving around unfamiliar country lanes, while enduring the scorn of her teenage daughter, wasn't how Pippa Hardy thought she'd start the Christmas holidays, but her sat nav seems to be more confused than she is.

Joe Roberts has had a difficult year following the loss of his mother. Added to this, he's trying to run his own business while dealing with pressure from his sister about when he'll finish renovating their mother's house. So when his best friend, Luke Hardy, invites him to a remote Welsh cottage to join his family for Christmas, it seems like the break he needs.

Christmas at a cottage by the sea sounds appealing, but sometimes having all the people you care about together in one place can be a festive recipe for disaster – especially when unexpected guests arrive.

As snow falls, carols play and Pippa and Joe face the ghosts of Christmas past under the mistletoe, they realise that there might actually be more than festive magic sparkling between them.