Book Review - Home For Christmas by Heidi Swain

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Title: Home For Christmas

Author: Heidi Swain

Format reviewed: Paperback

Source: Purchased

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 10th October 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

Bella is living her best life in Wynbridge, with her beloved Spaniel, Tink. She’s found a way to keep the house she inherited from her grandparents while expanding her dream business – Away With the Fairies – and she’s ecstatic that Christmas is on the horizon!

 

In fact, everything is perfect until family friend, Catherine Connelly asks Bella if she’d be willing to rent part of the house to freelance author, Jude who is researching the history of the Connelly Clan and Wynthorpe Hall ahead of turning his findings into a book. The plan had been for Jude to stay at the hall, but he can’t cope with the chaos and Bella reluctantly agrees to open her door to him.

 

Initially, the pair clash but then friendlier feelings begin to grow and Bella finds herself wondering if Jude could become more than just another guest before it’s time for him to leave. That is, until he announces he has no time for Christmas!

 

With her favourite time of the year suddenly in jeopardy, will Bella ever feel like she’s home for Christmas?

This truly felt like coming home for Christmas. I adore Wynbridge and Wynthorpe Hall in particular at Christmas time and Heidi Swain has outdone herself in festive goodness again, as one of the most Christmas loving places, ramps it up yet another gear. 

But Bella has agreed to let Jude stay with her, which means having to delay the start of her Christmas preparations and they clash a lot especially when it turns out he isn't currently a fan of the festive period. 

I adored catching up with Angus and his clan up at the Hall, and he is as bonkers as ever, but good hearted with it.

I absolutely love Bella's business of making Fairies, and the way she is expanding and trying to overcome age old demons when it comes to them, is heartwarming. I couldn't help but smile with the descriptions of the fairies. 

Seeing familiar faces from pretty much all of the books that the author has set here was a joy, and probably what cemented that feeling of coming home, so much quicker. It can easily be read as a standalone, but why miss out on this talented authors other books, as if you haven't discovered her yet, you are in for a treat. 

This was a festive joy to read, I absolutely adored it.