Christmas at the Island Hotel

‘Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan’Sunday Express’A cracker. . . The one must-read this festive season’SunOn the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual . . .Flora Mackenzie is worried about her brother. Fintan hasn’t got over the death of his partner, Coltan, and Flora thinks he needs a project.The Rock – the rambling, disused hotel on the tip of the island – was Coltan’s passion project before he died. With Flora’s help, Fintan is going to get the hotel up and running in time for Christmas, transforming it into a festive haven of crackling log fires and delicious food. But running a hotel, they are about to discover, is not that easy. Especially when their motley staff includes a temperamental French chef, a spoilt Norwegian kitchen boy who can’t peel a potato without mutilating his own hand and a painfully shy kitchen assistant who blushes when anyone speaks to her.Can they pull it together in time for the big opening?And can Flora help her family find happiness this Christmas?

Reviews of Christmas at the Island Hotel

Nobody does cosy, get away from it all romance like Jenny Colgan… evocative and heartwarming – Sunday ExpressThis is the perfect book to curl up with… the mouthwatering descriptions of baked goods will make it hard to stave off the Christmas pounds – Express on Christmas at Little Beach St BakeryIf you like your Yuletide tales with real characters and plenty of fun, this is the one for you! – Heat on Christmas at Little Beach St BakeryA cracker…the one must-read this festive season – The Sun on Christmas at Little Beach St BakeryA naturally funny, warm-hearted writer who creates characters to love and care about long after you've finished reading – Lisa JewellHeartwarming – The Sun