Extract From Heidi Swain’s That Festive Feeling


Author Heidi Swain

There’s something magical about settling down and enjoying a festive, feelgood read in the hectic run-up to Christmas. Heidi Swain’s latest is truly joyful… and we have an exclusive extract to set the scene

Holly’s life has been far from perfect recently, and she has some big decisions to make. So when friends ask if she’ll house-sit their home on delightful Nightingale Square, it seems like a great opportunity to get away from it all.

She soon settles in, and her early morning walks around the nearby lake help her make an unlikely friendship with May, an older lady who is also new to the area, and her dapper dachshund Monty.

Then when Holly meets Bear, a rugged and attractive man, at the local pub, her decision to stay at Nightingale Square in the run-up to Christmas suddenly feels like it was meant to be.

As the local community comes together for the festive season, Holly must start thinking about her own future, but with all the distractions, that’s trickier than ever.

Will she get that festive feeling this Christmas?

That Festive Feeling by Heidi Swain (Simon & Schuster, £8.99, out Oct 12, 2023) is available to pre-order from Amazon.

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