The Gift of Happiness: Large Print edition (The Happiness, #2)

by Holly Martin

The beautiful new story from the bestselling author of Christmas at Lilac Cottage. The magic of Christmas has arrived in the little village of Happiness, where snow falls and love is in the air.

This December Ruby Marlowe is relocating her little Christmas shop and everything she owns to the pretty seaside village of Happiness. With her best friend Willow already living there, and a heartbreaking past she’d rather forget, Ruby jumped at the offer of a cosy cottage and a fresh start on the Cornish coast. But she wasn’t the only one…

The last person Ruby expects to find in Happiness is her summer fling, the very gorgeous Jacob Harrington. He’s the only man who has come close to unlocking her heart, and therefore the one man she knew she could never see again. But now he’s here in the same village, and the chemistry between them is more electric than ever.

Falling in love again is something Ruby has vowed never to do. But Jacob is determined to change her mind.

As the village sparkles with Christmas lights and the snow begins to fall, can Jacob convince Ruby that love is worth the risk? And will Ruby accept the gift of happiness that Jacob is offering her before it’s too late?

• ISBN10: 1916011187
• ISBN13: 9781916011182
• Publish Date: 22 October 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Holly Martin
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 472
• Language: English

Reviews

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free for a Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Holly Martin for my copy of this book. I love Holly's writing style and I loved The Little Village of Happiness early this year. I was so excited to return!

Ruby Marlowe visited Happiness in the summer and fell in love with the place. Ruby decided it was time to leave the town she grew up in. She also misses her best friend Willow who moved to the village in the summer. Ruby is very anti relationships but we are at a mystery as to why. Something happened in her past which is affecting her now.

In the summer Ruby and Jacob spent a few nights together. Both of them knew it was just a one-time thing but Jacob hasn't been able to get Ruby out of his head. Jacob has definitely had his share of the ladies but since he met Ruby it's just not the same. Jacob is very very easy to fall in love with. Not only is he easy on the eye he has the gift of the gab to go with it.

This story has all the usual festive moments that you have come to expect from Holly's books but also a lot of hard issues. I won't go into them because I don't want to ruin the story but my eyes were definitely glistening and I shed a fair few throughout this book. It's not all doom and gloom though because Holly knows how to pepper these hard-hitting issues with just the right dose of humour.

This is wonderful festive romance that you won't be able to put down. I miss these characters already.