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Everest, Elaine,

Christmas with the teashop girls / Elaine Everest. - London : Macmillan, 2020. - 373 pages ; 25 cm

"It is late 1940 and the war feels closer to home than ever for Rose Neville and her staff at the Lyon's Teashop in Margate. The worry of rationing hangs overhead as the Nippies do their best to provide a happy smile and a hot cup of tea for their customers. When a heavy bombing raid targets the Kent coastline, Lyon's is badly hit, throwing the future of the cafe into jeopardy. The light in Rose's life is her dashing fiance Capt. Ben Hargreaves and planning their Christmas Eve wedding. But she must also plan to take two new step-daughters into her life and get on the right side of her wealthy mother-in-law, Lady Diana. Is Rose ready to become a mother so soon? When Rose's half-sister Eileen makes contact, it seems that Rose's dreams of having a sibling are coming true at long last. But her friends begin to suspect that something is not right between Eileen and her husband: just what are they hiding? As the Christmas Eve wedding draws near, the bombings intensify in Kent and London, putting everything and everyone Rose loves in danger. Only one thing is for sure: it will be a Christmas she never forgets . . ."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781529015959 1529015952

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC082225 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019835000 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--England --Kent --Fiction.
Tearooms--Fiction.
Weddings--Fiction
Husband and wife --Fiction.
Families--England --Kent --Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kent (England)--History--20th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Christmas stories.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92