Book Review: A Christmas Celebration (Wynbridge #9) by Heidi Swain

Published earlier this year, A Christmas Celebration by Heidi Swain follows newly-unemployed Paige who turns up unannounced at Wynthorpe Hall, a place she was familiar with when she was growing up which has since changed beyond all recognition. She’s only planning to stay for a short time, but is quickly pulled into local life.

One night while driving home after delivering library books and shopping to residents she stumbles across an isolated cottage and meets Albert, its elderly and rather grumpy owner. She quickly realises there’s more to Albert than meets the eye and the same can be said for the other man she can’t seem to help running into, handsome but brooding Brodie.

All three of them have a secret and a desire to hide away from the world, but with Christmas on the horizon, is that really the best way to celebrate the season?

Book Review: The Christmas Wish List (Wynbridge #7) by Heidi Swain

“Beginnings and endings are all right, but it’s what happens in between that really counts, isn’t it?”

The Christmas Wish List by Heidi Swain was published in 2010 and follows Hattie who, after being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, is feeling a little lost. When her high-flying boyfriend announces that he’s landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him, Hattie doesn’t know if up-ending her whole life is the right thing to do.

Luckily, her long-time friend Dolly is on hand to help. Dolly invites her to spend one last holiday in Dolly’s small, festive town of Wynbridge. Determined to give her a Christmas to remember, Dolly suggests they create a wish list of all the things the season can offer. But Hattie’s Christmas cheer has long since run out, so it’ll take more than mince pies and mistletoe to open her heart to the season once more. With the helpful hands of Wynbridge’s resident handyman, Beamish, Hattie finds her frosty exterior starting to thaw, as Wynbridge prepares for its most spectacular Christmas yet.