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  • Published: 10 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804993842
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $26.00

A Recipe for Christmas



The most heartwarming Christmas novel of 2024 from the bestselling author, full of travel, romance and chocolate!

Let the queen of feel-good Christmas fiction whisk you off to the snowy mountains this festive season...

Take one woman longing for the perfect Christmas . . .

All Clara has ever wanted is Christmas surrounded by loved ones, full of warmth and delicious food. So when her new boyfriend asks her to move to Switzerland, she can't help but say yes! After all, what could be more perfect than Christmas in the Alps?

Add a dash of surprise

She quickly signs up for a tempting chocolate-making class, but it turns out to be chocolate-making bootcamp! And her boyfriend isn't all he seemed either . . .

And enjoy a magical festive treat!

Despite it all, Clara begins to make friends - including the aloof yet intriguing Gabriel. With all of the ingredients at her fingertips, will she finally be able to whisk up her Christmas dream?


'It just wouldn't be Christmas without Jo's book in your stocking!' Jill Mansell

  • Published: 10 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804993842
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Jo Thomas

Jo Thomas worked for many years as a reporter and producer, first for BBC Radio 5, before moving on to Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Radio 2's The Steve Wright Show.

In 2013 Jo won the RNA Katie Fforde Bursary. Her debut novel, The Oyster Catcher, was a runaway bestseller in ebook and was awarded the 2014 RNA Joan Hessayon Award and the 2014 Festival of Romance Best Ebook Award. Jo lives in the Vale of Glamorgan with her husband and three children.

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Praise for A Recipe for Christmas

It just wouldn't be Christmas without Jo's book in your stocking!

Jill Mansell

Delicious and delightful - Jo sweeps you away to a better place with every book, which are always filled with warmth, love and a big spoonful of happiness

Veronica Henry

If you love a rugged hero, a heroine you can relate to, a warm romantic story and a bit of armchair travel, Countdown to Christmas is for you!

Katie Fforde on Countdown to Christmas

As heartwarming as a crackling log fire, as magical as a starry Canadian sky

Phillipa Ashley on Countdown to Christmas

Chocolate and romance - who could ask for more?

Woman and Home

A charming chocolate filled story . . . A great treat for the festive season. I would heartily recommend

Sixty Plus Surfers

A tasty Christmas romance

Peterborough Telegraph