Mure Island #05: Christmas at the Island Hotel

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' Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' Sunday ExpressSnuggle up and escape with Jenny Colgan to the beautiful island of Mure this winter PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGANAn evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes' Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes' A cracker - the must-read this festive season' Sun' Irresistible' Jill Mansell' Just lovely' Katie Fforde' Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell' A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle_______________On 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? ____________________Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan ' Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' ' Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' ' There' s something so engaging about her characters and plots' ' Her books are like a big, warm blanket' ' Her stories are just so fabulous' ' She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' ' The woman is just magic'