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Author_Farah Heron
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Product details
- ISBN 9780349438771
- Weight: 258g
- Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 21 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The joy of Christmas and the thrill of falling in love collide in this gorgeous novel from the highly praised author of Accidentally Engaged.
There are two things that Ruby Dhanji loves with her whole entire heart: Christmas and anything to do with the UK.
For Ruby the holidays means joy and warm memories with her late mother. And now she's on the verge of realizing the dream she and her mom always had: moving to England and opening a cozy inn. The only problem, Ruby needs some hotel experience first.
Rashid just doesn't get all the holiday hype. But when he meets a woman dragging home a Christmas tree alone he has to offer to help-even if he soon finds Ruby adores all the things he dislikes. When Ruby discovers that his family owns a luxury boutique hotel chain she offers him a proposition: she'll help him give his young nieces an amazing Christmas if he'll facilitate an introduction to his family.
As Ruby and Rashid's friendship turns to something more, she's afraid she's falling for someone weeks before she moves across the Atlantic and she'll soon have to decide which dream she wants to chase.
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Praise for Farah Heron
'Heron [writes] crackling banter' Entertainment Weekly
'Farah Heron writes with the keen eye of a satirist and the big heart of a romantic' Jenny Holiday
'Heron writes a compelling story . . . [that] will appeal to readers looking for complex family dramas and sumptuous descriptions of food and cooking' Kirkus
'Heron's sensitive insights infuse this romance with both immense charm and emotional depth' Booklist
There are two things that Ruby Dhanji loves with her whole entire heart: Christmas and anything to do with the UK.
For Ruby the holidays means joy and warm memories with her late mother. And now she's on the verge of realizing the dream she and her mom always had: moving to England and opening a cozy inn. The only problem, Ruby needs some hotel experience first.
Rashid just doesn't get all the holiday hype. But when he meets a woman dragging home a Christmas tree alone he has to offer to help-even if he soon finds Ruby adores all the things he dislikes. When Ruby discovers that his family owns a luxury boutique hotel chain she offers him a proposition: she'll help him give his young nieces an amazing Christmas if he'll facilitate an introduction to his family.
As Ruby and Rashid's friendship turns to something more, she's afraid she's falling for someone weeks before she moves across the Atlantic and she'll soon have to decide which dream she wants to chase.
***
Praise for Farah Heron
'Heron [writes] crackling banter' Entertainment Weekly
'Farah Heron writes with the keen eye of a satirist and the big heart of a romantic' Jenny Holiday
'Heron writes a compelling story . . . [that] will appeal to readers looking for complex family dramas and sumptuous descriptions of food and cooking' Kirkus
'Heron's sensitive insights infuse this romance with both immense charm and emotional depth' Booklist
After a childhood raised on Bollywood, Monty Python, and Jane Austen, Farah Heron wove complicated story arcs and uplifting happily-ever-afters in her daydreams while pursuing careers in human resources and psychology. She started writing those stories down a few years ago and never looked back. She writes romantic comedies and women's fiction full of huge South Asian families, delectable food, and most importantly, brown people falling stupidly in love. She lives in Toronto with her husband, two children, and a rabbit named Strawberry. She recently adopted two cats, one of which is named Mr. Darcy.
To learn more, visit:
FarahHeron.com
Twitter: @FarahHeron
Instagram: @FarahHeronAuthor
