A family secret and some romance, the perfect ingredients!

Sarah Morgan does it again, a warm family story around the festive season. A family secret, romance and of course some nice characters. Although I did not really like Imogen in the beginning, I could understand why she behaved the way she did.

The story alternates between Imogen, Sarah, and Dorothy. Sarah is Dorothy’s daughter and they run the family vineyard together. Imogen’s company is doing the marketing and promotion for them. When Imogen switched firms Dorothy as a client followed her and they have a good and solid business relationship.

When Imogen is sent on leave because her boss feels that she is overworked she does take, after some consideration, the invitation from Dorothy to stay in a cottage on her land in the Cotswolds. As she was contemplating how she would get through the Christmas period otherwise.

At that place she finds out about a big secret in her past. First, she runs away for it, but after meeting the local vet and hearing stories she comes to terms with it all. How she comes to terms and what happens is, as usual with Morgan’s book, described as it could have happened in real life. Of course there is a happy ending for all involved, as it is a feelgood Christmas novel after all!