Will her spirits be lifted this Christmas?

Despite the hardships of wartime, Iolanthe Inverdale is determined to make the best of things. With her new job at The Allanby Cross Gazette, working alongside Jenny and Eleanor, Iolanthe feels like she's found a new sense of purpose.

But as winter sets in and the strain of war begins to show, it’s clear that not everyone in Allanby Cross is coping. And when Iolanthe befriends Archie Atkinson, a young evacuee who is struggling so far from home, she knows she has to help.

Through their work at the Gazette, Iolanthe and her friends set out to bring some much-needed cheer to their community. Yet with the paper under pressure and the future uncertain, Iolanthe must find the courage to do more than simply put on a brave face. Because sometimes, offering hope to others means taking a risk yourself…

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Lesley is an author of historical sagas. Having previously written sagas set around the time of the First World War, she ventured into the Second World War period with her fifth book, The Wartime Bookshop. Originally from the north west of England (Manchester), Lesley's home is now Hertfordshire where The Wartime Bookshop's fictional village of Churchwood is set. Lesley is thrilled to have enjoyed success in competitions as varied as crime writing to writing for children. She is particularly honoured to have won the Festival of Romance New Talent Award, the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Trophy and to have been twice shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs).