Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
In this, the third and final novel of the Little Beach Street Bakery, Christmas is coming to the village of Mount Polbearne. Mount Polbearne is an unusual village set on the coast of Cornwall; when the tide comes in, the only road leading to and from the village is covered by the sea, and it becomes a little island. Windy, cold, and oftentimes isolated, it's a village where generations of fishing families have lived, and tourists visit during the summer. Polly's bakery is still in full swing, and as popular as ever. She's living with Huckle, her beekeeping boyfriend in the lighthouse she bought earlier in the year. They're engaged. Life is good. But we all know that when life seems at its most stable, we're often thrown a curve, and that's just what happens to Polly. Huckle wants to get married and have kids; Polly's fatherless childhood preys on her mind, and makes her hesitate. Her best friend Kerensa, married to the...