I'm
Glad I Found you this Christmas
by
CP
Ward
I'm glad I found you this Christmas - an uplifting
sweet romance set against the magical backdrop of Christmas.
Maggie Coates is frustrated. Her longterm boyfriend, Dirk, recently moved to London to take a job she fears puts him out of her league. Despite the assurances of her best friend Renee, Maggie is convinced Dirk is slowly drifting away. All Maggie wants is to get married and settle down, but maybe Dirk has other ideas.
Convinced by Renee to make one last throw of the dice, Maggie books a romantic holiday for two in the quaint Scottish village of Hollydell. But will Dirk show up?
And if he doesn't, what if there is a perfect man waiting for her among the Christmas magic of Hollydell's snow-laden streets? What if Henry, the humble reindeer farmer with the kind smile, turns out to be the man of Maggie's dreams?
I'm glad I found you this Christmas is a glowing sweet romance which will leave you feeling warm inside and buzzing with Christmas spirit.
Maggie Coates is frustrated. Her longterm boyfriend, Dirk, recently moved to London to take a job she fears puts him out of her league. Despite the assurances of her best friend Renee, Maggie is convinced Dirk is slowly drifting away. All Maggie wants is to get married and settle down, but maybe Dirk has other ideas.
Convinced by Renee to make one last throw of the dice, Maggie books a romantic holiday for two in the quaint Scottish village of Hollydell. But will Dirk show up?
And if he doesn't, what if there is a perfect man waiting for her among the Christmas magic of Hollydell's snow-laden streets? What if Henry, the humble reindeer farmer with the kind smile, turns out to be the man of Maggie's dreams?
I'm glad I found you this Christmas is a glowing sweet romance which will leave you feeling warm inside and buzzing with Christmas spirit.
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Excerpt…
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Maggie gets advice from her best friend
Renee on the Dirk Situation
True to her word, Renee was waiting outside Maggie’s flat
when she arrived. Even though Maggie was nearly twenty minutes late, Renee
flashed a wide grin and lifted up two carrier bags.
‘Wine,’ she said. Then, holding up the other, she added,
‘And this one’s comfort food. Tesco’s takeaway korma, caramel popcorn, and I
got us Frozen on DVD. Girls’ night.’
‘Frozen?’
‘It was on special offer. Two for one.’
‘Oh. What was the other one?’
‘Dora the Explorer.
It’s for my niece.’
Maggie laughed. ‘Frozen
it is, then.’
Renee, petite, blonde-bobbed, and stunning in everything she
wore, was an almost perfect person—kind to animals and people, a charity
donator, an ever-present at fundraisers, and her job as an administrator in a
children’s care home was almost a cliché—and therefore impossible not to love.
‘So, tell me what’s going on,’ Renee said as Maggie let them
into her flat.
‘Let me make the tea first.’
When they were settled on the sofa with the curry, tea, and
popcorn arranged on the coffee table in front of them, with the Frozen DVD looping through its main menu
sequence, Maggie finally let out a sigh.
‘I was hoping it would be this year,’ she said.
‘What?’
‘That he’d finally … you know. Pop the question.’
‘Oh.’
‘Four years we’ve been together, and we still don’t even
live together. I mean, that was supposed to happen last year, but then he got
promoted and had to move to London.’
‘You could have moved down there. He did ask, didn’t he?’
‘Yeah, of course. I mean, I think he mentioned it once. But
I can’t leave my mother, you know that. Her hip is getting worse and she needs
me close by.’
Renee sighed. ‘You’re in Cambridge and Dirk’s down in
London. It’s not going to work.’
‘It’s only an hour on the train. A lot of people commute
from here. The only reason Dirk won’t is because Saunders & Co gave him a
flat in Kensington. I know he wants me to move in with him….’
Renee turned on the sofa and put her hands on Maggie’s
knees. She cocked her head in that puppy dog way, and Maggie knew a home truth
was coming.
‘It’s commitment avoidance. Can’t you see that? He might as
well have a billboard above his head with “single and loving it” written in
gold lettering.’
Appetite
whetted, now for the competition…
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About the author:
CP Ward is a writer from the UK who currently
lives and works in Japan.
This is his first Christmas book.
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