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Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie. Maggie is a pensioner and has been happily alone for 10 years, at least that's what she tells herself. When Tom comes to her rescue, a friendship develops that could change her life.

In the 1970s, the girls were best friends sharing a house and good times: Zara, the famous diva actor; Val, the uptight solicitor; Jackie, the wild child and Pauline, the quirky introvert. Now they're in their twilight years, and Zara suggests that they live with her to support each other through old age. Initially, being housemates again is just as much fun as in their heyday. But then Zara reveals the real reason she asked them to move in with her, and suddenly things take a sinister turn. 

Tom führt ein alles andere als normales Teenagerleben. Vor sieben Jahren starb seine Mutter und sein Vater verfällt zunehmend dem Whisky. Trost findet Tom in der örtlichen Bücherei und in den Büchern, meist Romanzen, die seine Mutter so sehr mochte. Das darf natürlich niemand wissen, vor allem nicht die coole Farah aus der Schule, die ebenfalls oft Bücher ausleiht. Maggie ist Rentnerin, bestellt ihren Hof aber noch immer selbst, nur der störrische Traktorreifen macht Probleme. Seit einiger Zeit fällt ihr bei ihren Buchclub-Treffen in der Bücherei ein verloren wirkender Junge auf.

When Christmas-hating Sam moves to Holly Cross, he thinks he's found the perfect home, until he discovers that, each year, Holly Cross transforms into the most Christmassy village in the whole country... Blythe is just one sale away from being Real Estate Agent of the Month, so she twists the truth to sell a home to city boy Sam, who is looking for the perfect house in the perfect location. Little does he know he's just bought a cottage in the middle of the most Christmassy village in the country. And if there's one thing Sam loathes, it's Christmas.