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The Cosy Christmas Chocolate Shop: The perfect, feel good romantic comedy to curl up with this Christmas!
Caroline Roberts
*The new, deliciously festive ‘Cosy’ novel from Caroline Roberts is available to pre-order now!*The snow is falling, the hot chocolate’s warming, and hearts are melting . . .Emma is the proud owner of The Chocolate Shop by the Sea, nestled in the heart of the cosy seaside village that’s become her home. With Christmas right around the corner, she and her assistant Holly are busy cooking up the locals’ festive favourites.From cinnamon hot chocolates to reindeer lollipops, Christmas wouldn’t taste the same without a little cocoa magic. And for Emma it’s the perfect distraction from her romantic pains of the past. So when the shop’s miserly landlord threatens to hike up the rent, Emma’s Christmas and New Year suddenly look a lot less cheerful.With the whole village rallying behind her – and loyal spaniel Alfie by her side – Emma’s determined to hold onto her chocolate-box dream.The chocolate calendar countdown is on. Can Emma rescue her business and her broken heart?
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Source ISBN: 9780008236281
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Dedication (#u181ada9f-9713-5c23-b2c9-1dfa4a8180e7)
For Richard
‘All you need is love.
But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.’
Charles M. Schulz
Table of Contents
Cover (#ud64ecf40-86af-5d2b-b85b-e6dd2b658124)
Title Page (#uf28e501e-f5fe-5c14-9313-ce268763fd82)
Copyright (#u9a9cf4a6-e1e0-508d-9eb8-1e7975a3fbff)
Dedication (#u36271ee5-6e5e-5e2b-a530-fbbcf209129e)
Epigraph (#u101e038d-4ae1-54d5-89f3-75e904442839)
Part One (#uc1f127f9-b9d5-5baa-81ce-b5f56f72eee1)
Chapter 1 (#u6a618ae1-1011-5a32-96d2-3e7ece114ddb)
Chapter 2 (#uc3d7b1c6-bbac-5e61-9043-6bbba94002f9)
Chapter 3 (#ub9ad6b3e-6c0a-5508-8410-b7be95446764)
Chapter 4 (#ud04bba17-ee0e-51f3-9d61-cd55411510db)
Chapter 5 (#u9e60614b-ca51-5fd5-8ff8-787e615df7fc)
Chapter 6 (#uc7f98dff-0e8b-5bb7-8392-d5ef70542ba0)
Chapter 7 (#u6c20e11f-df43-5541-8ef5-4b5acbab1c3a)
Chapter 8 (#uc8a53ae3-b870-53d3-bf9d-87b440850de8)
Chapter 9 (#u997e5d78-0ef8-5f92-b529-7d47ae9d6550)
Chapter 10 (#u65bf3308-d6be-50a5-8dde-42e20c0e4ef2)
Chapter 11 (#u3db9536a-4c1b-5021-8afc-2d126ef63060)
Chapter 12 (#uf8543b29-770c-521b-a450-f78cdc455c41)
Chapter 13 (#u4107f34b-3660-5279-88cf-4dc2b18e9142)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Part Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
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Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
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Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
