The Night Before Christmas

Scarlett Bailey

Oct 2011 · Random House

About this ebook

All Lydia's ever wanted is a perfect Christmas...

So when her oldest friends invite her to spend the holidays with them, it seems like a dream come true. She's been promised log fires, roasted chestnuts, her own weight in mince pies - all in a setting that looks like something out of a Christmas card.

But her winter wonderland is ruined when she finds herself snowed in with her current boyfriend, her old flame and a hunky stranger. Well, three (wise) men is traditional at this time of year...

Ratings and reviews

This was a delightful read. The main character, Lydia, is so wacky, but I feel like there's a little bit of Lydia in every woman who loves to read romance. There are wonderful, strong female friendships, where the women really support and appreciate each other. There's a charming Cumbrian setting that makes me want to go there. I love how Lydia's love interest doesn't come into the story right at the start, and how there's a bit of a Wickham character in one of the men that she's briefly infatuated with. Her love interest is such a charming and romantic character and sweet and shy all at once. I hope I haven't given him away in this review. Curl up by a warm fire in winter, or on a towel on the beach, under an umbrella in summer and enjoy this book. You're in for a treat.

Light hearted feel good book.

Great easy read x

About the author

Scarlett Bailey has loved writing stories since childhood. Before writing novels she worked as a waitress, cinema usherette and bookseller. Passionate about old movies, Scarlett loves nothing more than spending a wet Sunday afternoon watching her favourite films back to back with large quantities of chocolate. Scarlett also writes novels under her real name Rowan Coleman. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things.