Gwen has lived at Christmas Tree Farm for many years. It’s where she’s built a life, a business and a place to call home. But after her beloved husband Paddy dies, it’s time to downsize and move on.

But when nine-year-old Willow, a distant relative of Paddy’s, arrives on her doorstep in urgent need of a place to stay, everything changes. And now, with the purchase of her new property falling through, Gwen needs to make some money, and fast.

With the help of Willow, his mum’s friend Horse, and Lara the social worker, she reopens her business selling Christmas trees for one last season. But with the mega-corporate Christmas Tree World as new neighbours, can her tranquil offering tempt the customers in?

This will be her last Christmas at her beloved farm. But endings can become beginnings, and could love, friendship and a sense of belonging flourish here . . . ?

My Thoughts:

Jo Thomas is one of my go to authors, I don’t need to read the blurb to know I am going to love the story. This one is set on a Christmas tree farm which intrigued me, Gwen lives here and runs the day to day business but when her husband dies, she knows she needs to move on with her life. But then Gwen gets a shock when a distant relative of her late husband needs a place to stay. Nine year old Willow needs someone to look after him, he has never met Gwen in his life and he has withdrawn from himself and finds it hard to express how he is feeling. Gwen has patience and over time Willow opens up to her. Gwen decides she must stay for another year, Willow can help her with the Christmas tree farm, but can she really let the farm go? It was a lovely story to relax with. It felt festive and fun and I liked reading about the ins and outs of running a Christmas tree farm. It felt warm and comforting and just pure delight to follow Gwen along with her life. I loved it.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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