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Susan Mallery the 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boardwalk Bookshop returns with the joyful and utterly irresistible story of a mother who couldnt love her kids more but hopes that just this once they please dont come home for Christmas Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews and Julie Murphy

Julie Parkers kids are her greatest gift Still shes not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas Her son Nick is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride Blair while her daughter Dana will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her Again Julie feels practically giddy for oneonone holiday time with Heath the much younger man shes secretly dating

But her plans go from cozy to chaotic when Nick and Dana plead for Christmas at the family cabin in memory of their late father Julies ex She cant refuse even though she dreads their reactions to her new man when they realize shes been hiding him for months

As the guest list grows in surprising ways from Blairs estranged mom to Heaths precocious children Julies secret is one of many to be unwrapped Over this delightfully complicated and very funny Christmas shell discover that more really is merrier and that a big happy family can become bigger and happier if they let go of old hurts and open their hearts to love