Winter at Pretty Beach by Polly Babbington (inspirational books txt) 📕

of the car and pulled out a small black box.

‘Ben, what the heck! A gift? What is it?’ She said, a smile on her lips as she stared at the little box in his hand, thinking he’d bought a gift to celebrate her being pregnant.

‘Just open it,’ he said, passing her the box.

She pushed her bag back down onto the floor, and pulled off the white ribbon bow and slowly opened the box.

Inside was a door key, what looked like a front door key and attached to it an old-fashioned style luggage label tied on with string. Sallie picked it up, confused. The label dangled down and she turned it over. In small, neat letters it read,

Strawberry Hill House

She looked over at Ben, bemused. Ben looked back at her, not quite sure what to say.

‘Sals, we’re the new owners of Strawberry Hill House.’

A Pretty Beach Christmas

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Have you loved immersing yourself in all the goings-on at Pretty Beach?

Well you’ll adore the next series as we take a little break from Ben and Sallie’s story and find out all about Juliette, Pretty Beach’s resident midwife.

It’s Christmas in Pretty Beach and the whole sweet little seaside town is doused in twinkly lights and festive cheer. The delightfully romantic story continues as the town dresses up for Christmas and reels us in for all the festive feels.

We follow along the journey with Juliette Sparkles, who after a horrid divorce and a few years of ups and downs suddenly has a very nice piece of luck come her way.

There’s the Pretty Beach Christmas Dance, all the weird and wonderful Pretty Beach Christmas traditions and, well, there may just be an ever so handsome new resident in town.

If you love romance at Christmas, an utterly gorgeous snow-filled setting, catching up with the plethora of heart-warming characters of Pretty Beach, and a dash of intrigue to curl up on the sofa with and dream, then you’ll just adore A Pretty Beach Christmas.

Immerse yourself back into the cosy little town by the sea, guaranteed to brighten your day and leave you pondering a new life on the coast.

A Pretty Beach Christmas is the perfect read this Christmas - for those who love romantic snowfall, cosy fires and funny, sweet books.

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Will Juliette surprise not only herself but all the locals in Pretty Beach and get everything she’s dreamt of this Christmas or will she end up back to square one?

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‘Addictive, absorbing and does the trick to get you lost in a whole, new delightful world.’

Author’s Notes

Thanks for reading all about the delightful world of Pretty Beach - I love it, all the lovely little pastel shops, all the characters, dreaming about the Orangery and of course the Boat House.

I wrote Winter at Pretty Beach tucked up in the Summer House at the end of the garden as summertime sounds were all around. Don’t you just love those days? Lawnmowers in the distance, a wood pigeon cooing, a plane leaving trails somewhere overhead. Winter at Pretty Beach came about after the whole country had been blanketed in a layer of white back in the February and my mind had wandered to how the little town by the sea would be in the Winter. I sat there with long, tall glasses of homemade lemonade and big jugs of David Austin roses imagining walking along in the snow (there may have been a dashing pilot by my side, haha).

As I was writing Winter, Juliette Pretty Beach’s midwife kept popping up from the page and saying hello, and so in the next book in the saga, we leave Sallie and Ben for a bit (not for long though) and we learn all about the ups and downs of Juliette and her life in Pretty Beach - and if you quite fancied a dashing pilot in your life, Juliette’s love interest might just give him a run for his money.

The story of the Orangery and the competition came about because I’d seen a livestream on the internet of the beach in a very nice little sunny town and when I was sitting there gazing at the unbelievably blue sea a bride and groom walked past with their photographer. My mind wandered on and it ended up with the competition for the Orangery wedding - in the book Sallie comes across a live birth on the internet and it gives her the idea.

At the moment, typing these author notes I’m sitting at the cafe at the end of my road, a big pot of tea and a rather large slice of cream cake by my side. The cafe’s sweet pooch has conked out in the heat and is snoozing by my feet.

I’d love you to come and say hello, I’m on Instagram or Facebook and would absolutely love to see you there.

Oh, and please, if you have a minute, I would really appreciate it if you wouldn’t mind leaving a review (just click here).

Love

Polly

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Books for Babbettes

The Boat House Pretty Beach

Summer Weddings at Pretty Beach

Winter at Pretty Beach

A Pretty Beach Christmas

A Pretty Beach Dream

A Pretty Beach Wish

Secret Evenings in Pretty Beach

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