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The Christmas Retreat
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  • Published: 22 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804994542
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $35.00
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The Christmas Retreat

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Hardback
6 Dec 2025
EBook
6 Nov 2025
Audiobook
6 Nov 2025
Paperback
22 Nov 2026
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Sunday Times bestseller Trisha Ashley whisks us away this Christmas for a heartwarming tale of the importance of love, family and friendship...

For Ginny Spain, Christmas means putting twinkly lights on the tree and wrapping up warm with her (ex)boyfriend. It does not look like either: a remote writers’ retreat called Triskelion, or digging into the past of an enigmatic ancestor with her mother.

Admittedly, Ginny does enjoy wandering around the quaint coastal village of Little Star, listening to the waves. And piecing together the puzzle of her ancestor, Arwen’s, life has definitely been intriguing. As has the chance to meet Rhys Tarn…

A ruggedly handsome novelist, Rhys is heartbroken yet determined to make the most of Christmas. Meeting Ginny—a woman he shares a spark, and an unexpected connection, with—was not part of the plan.

Faced with overwhelming family secrets, can Ginny and Rhys help each other find a path forwards to festive cheer?
  • Published: 22 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804994542
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Trisha Ashley

Trisha Ashley's Sunday Times bestselling novels have sold over one million copies in the UK and have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy. Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels in the last fifty years. Her novel The Wedding Dress Repair Shop won the RNA award for Popular Romantic Fiction. Trisha lives in North Wales. For more information about her please visit www.Facebook.com/TrishaAshleyBooks or follow her on Twitter @trishaashley.
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Also by Trisha Ashley

A Good Heart is Hard to Find
So Much I Want to Tell You
The Hilltop Hideaway
The Book of Lost Stories
The Wedding Dress Repair Shop
One More Christmas at the Castle
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes
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Praise for The Christmas Retreat

One of the best writers around

Katie Fforde, bestselling author of From London with Love

Full of down-to-earth humour

Sophie Kinsella, global bestselling author of The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

A warm-hearted and comforting read

Carole Matthews, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Party

Trisha Ashley delivers cosy festive escapism

Woman

I’m a huge Trisha Ashley fan…I’ll be buying it in every format!

Heidi Swain, Sunday Times bestselling author of Falling for You

Start your festive season with this heart-warming Christmas read!

My Weekly

The Christmas Retreat is a wonderful festive treat for those looking for romance and an enticing story

Lovereading.com

Luminous and captivating tale

Woman's Own

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