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The Xmas Factor

Annie Sanders

Thank goodness Christmas comes just once a year...!
The brilliant new novel from the bestselling authors of GOODBYE, JIMMY CHOO.

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Meet two women with two totally different approaches to the festive season.

Beth: it's only September and already she has performance anxiety. Not surprising when she has agreed to lay on the annual Christmas Eve village bash - the piece de resistance of her husband's former wife - not to mention having to host Christmas for his difficult offspring. New to this frenzied build-up to the festivities, Beth begins to lose sight of what it all means. To her the Christmas lights are looking more like the headlamps of an oncoming train.

Carol: glamorous magazine editor, who put her aspirational Christmas issue to bed sometime in July and is so involved in finding a scoop to save her ailing magazine that she fails to notice the impending festive rush. Panicked and wracked with guilt, she determines to make it a picture perfect time for her little boy and, opting for convenience, books a lovely-sounding cottage in a quaint village.

Even the best laid plans have a habit of unravelling - and no plan at all is a recipe for disaster. So when these two Christmasses collide, it looks like it's going to be anything but goodwill toward men...



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'a heart-warming and sparkly comedy - ideal for the time of year'

WOMAN'S OWN

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The Xmas Factor

Buy The Xmas Factor from Amazon
£6.99
Paperback
320 pages
198 x 129 mm
ISBN-10: 0752881779
ISBN-13: 9780752881775
Publication: November 2007
'the xmas factor' is also available in hardback format
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