Book excerpt: Curl up with three festive short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Christmas for Beginners All I Want for Christmas is You Christmas is around the corner but Maria just can't get into the spirit - will she ever find Mr Right? But when a secret admirer starts leaving her poems and notes, it looks as though her luck is about to change . . . Cold Turkey Tara is in love with a man she can't have. She expected to spend Christmas with him but when the big day arrives, she finds herself alone. Sad and upset, Tara just wants to ignore the festive season - and then a chance encounter changes everything. About Gardening I love my husband Sam but our relationship isn't what it used to be. Can I find a way to bring us back together? Treat yourself to this heart-warming collection today. Contains an extract from reader-favourite A Cottage by the Sea.