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A Short Story
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Eilidh Beaton
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By:
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Jenny Colgan
About this listen
A heartwarming meet-cute short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Bookshop.
Shortlisted for The Shorter Romantic Novel Award in the 2025 Romantic Novel Awards
A Christmas mission…
Mirren’s beloved great-aunt Violet is seriously ill. Her one Christmas wish is to be reunited with a long-lost hand-illustrated book from her childhood, a challenge Mirren gladly accepts to give Violet some much-needed festive cheer.
An enchanting journey…
With no sign of the cherished volume online, Mirren falls into the fascinating world of rare books. From London to snowy Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh’s cobbled streets, she chases leads from bookshop to bookshop—and bumps into mysterious, charming Theo, who, unbeknownst to her, is searching for the same book for reasons of his own…
The start of a new chapter?
As the two join forces to track the book down before time runs out for Violet, will Mirren find her Christmas miracle—and maybe even a kiss under the mistletoe… ?
For fans of Josie Silver, Jill Mansell and the Queen of Christmas herself, a snow-swept love story to warm even the coldest winter’s day.
©2024 by Jenny Colgan. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Merry Ever After
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Tessa Bailey
- Narrated by: Summer Morton, Connor Crais
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
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Cringy lines ruined it
- By Lenna Crosby on 12-01-24
By: Tessa Bailey
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Sweetshop of Dreams
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy, is she wrong. Rosie's life is...comfortable. And even though she might like to pursue a more rewarding career, and Gerard doesn't seem to have any plans to propose, Rosie's not complaining. Things could be worse. Right? Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. When her great-niece Rosie arrives to help her with the shop, Lilian struggles with the idea.
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Lovely story weaver
- By april l taylor on 04-13-18
By: Jenny Colgan
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The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It's true that Anna Trent is a supervisor in a chocolate factory...but that doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to make chocolate. And when a fateful accident gives her the opportunity to work at Paris's elite chocolatier Le Chapeau Chocolat, Anna expects to be outed as a fraud. After all, there is a world of difference between chalky, mass-produced English chocolate and the gourmet confections Anna's new boss creates. But with a bit of luck and a lot of patience, Anna might learn that the sweetest things in life are always worth working for.
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5 STARS - SWEETEST STORY
- By Marie on 02-25-18
By: Jenny Colgan
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Welcome to the School by the Sea
- The First School by the Sea Novel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She’s delighted by her new teaching job, but will it come at the expense of her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she’s won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, posh girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast.
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Trigger warning for anti-fatness and diet culture
- By heather on 07-05-22
By: Jenny Colgan
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Resting Scrooge Face
- A Short Story
- By: Meghan Quinn
- Narrated by: Carly Robins, Aaron Shedlock
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.
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No-sex, “enemies to lovers,” Christmas short story
- By Kate McMurry on 12-24-22
By: Meghan Quinn
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The Boy I Loved Before
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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While attending her best friend Sashy's wedding, Flora Scurrison realizes that this monotonous, nine-to-five, cookie-cutter life is exactly what's in store for her. While it might be okay for Sashy, it's certainly not what she envisioned for herself when she was 16. So when her boyfriend proposes to her during the reception, Flora makes a wish to go back and do it all over again. The next morning she wakes up to find that she has been given the ultimate second chance - she's 16 again.
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Horrible Book—DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
- By Tina on 04-04-21
By: Jenny Colgan
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Only Santas in the Building
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Alexis Daria
- Narrated by: Ruby Corazon
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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All Evie Cruz wants for Christmas is a nap. And maybe some ornaments for her naked Christmas tree. And while she’s making a list, she wouldn’t mind unwrapping her sexy upstairs neighbor like a present. Luckily, the building’s Santa-themed party and a surprise sprig of mistletoe give her just the opening she needs to make all her wishes come true.
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Channeling Mariah Carey’s Xmas spirit
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-12-24
By: Alexis Daria
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Jenny Colgan's Christmas Book Set
- A Sweet Holiday Collection of Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop & Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis, Anne-Marie Piazza
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Keep the cold at bay and cozy up with New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s Christmas Book Set, collecting two novels—Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop and Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery—a pair of sweet stories full of romance, cheer, and hope for this magical time of year.
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Narration lessens experience
- By Lanna on 01-19-24
By: Jenny Colgan
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West End Girls
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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They may be twins, but Lizzie and Penny Berry are complete opposites. Penny is the life of the party, while quiet and thoughtful Lizzy is often left out of the crowd. The one trait they do share is a longing to do something spectacular with their lives, and as far as these two are concerned, there’s no better place to make their dreams come true than London. Presented with a once-in-a-lifetime house-sit at their grandmother’s home in a desirable London neighborhood, it finally seems Lizzie and Penny are a step closer to the exciting cosmopolitan life they’ve always wanted.
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Don't Bother - Total Train Wreck
- By Summer Layne on 08-11-21
By: Jenny Colgan
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Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
- By: Jessica Redland
- Narrated by: Emma Swan
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Sometimes you just need a little Christmas magic to make your wishes come true.... When master chocolatier Charlee takes the leap to move to the picturesque seaside town of Whitsborough Bay, she is determined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and set up a chocolate shop. Luckily, she finds the perfect location for Charlee's Chocolates on beautiful Castle Street.... Now she just has to refurbish it in time for Christmas!
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Sweet Story!
- By DonnaF. on 12-03-23
By: Jessica Redland
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Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Jasmine Guillory
- Narrated by: Aure Nash
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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This Valentine’s Day, Daisy Murray has her heart set on binge-watching rom-coms. Instead, an earthquake traps her inside a bakery with its impossibly rude and insufferably handsome owner and head baker. They already have a history: she’s always smiled, he’s always scowled. Where better to finally get to know each other than amid the disaster? Then again, they have no choice. Besides, it could have its sweet, undeniable, and unpredictable perks.
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DROP, COVER, AND HOLD ON
- By Robert R. Clarke on 02-13-24
By: Jasmine Guillory
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The Asheville Christmas Cabin
- Carolina Christmas, Book 1
- By: Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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When the Chambers sisters receive an invitation from their jet-setting aunt to spend the entire month of December at the family's cabin in Asheville, North Carolina, they have one question—why? The retreat, tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains, may be the site of many happy childhood holidays and summers, but it also holds sad memories. The sisters and their aunt have spent twenty-five years avoiding the cabin and renting it to strangers. Why would Aunt Elizabeth want her "dearest darling" nieces to put their busy lives in three different states on hold and spend a month in the mountains?
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Breathless narrator telling a insipid story…
- By Reading Grandma on 06-08-24
By: Hope Holloway, and others
Cute but a little boring at first
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Wonderful holiday story about love and books
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Good
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sweet story
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Books, Bookshops
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The story was your typical meet-cute story. But I loved the tie in to her Christmas Bookshop story.
Sweet Short Story.
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Fun story!
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Sweet listen
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Such a sweet little story!
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Loved this book!
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