An unforgettable Christmas for our friends at Mermaids Point

Synopsis

Christmas is a time for love, laughter, families and friends, and in Mermaids Point, everyone is getting ready for the festive season.

For Nerissa and Tom, this will be their first Christmas as a couple, but making sure they have time for each other, whilst blending their families, will take some careful planning. What festive traditions will they make their own?

Laurie and Jake are flat out running Laurie’s seafront café, packaging up orders of mince pies, sausage rolls and other delectable Christmas goodies, as well as finding time for Jake’s journalism.  But when Jake’s mum offers them an unexpected gift, their plans are turned upside down.

Alex can’t help but be charmed by beautiful and talented Ivy, but he’s still recovering from his ex-wife’s betrayal and has a secret life he’s not ready to share with anyone yet. But as the Christmas spirit starts weaving its magic, Alex may find himself ready for love sooner than he imagines.

For Andrew, nothing is more important than family. As friends and family gather beneath his roof it’s a time for reflection about what the future might hold.

As far as Nick is concerned, pop sensation Aurora Storm is the ‘one that got away’. After they shared a brief holiday fling, he has been thinking about her ever since. Is Christmas the perfect time to finally reach out to her, or is love at first sight just in fairy-tales?

My review

Our beloved friends are ready for the Christmas season. New couple Nerissa and Tom are celebrating their first Christmas together, trying to find the perfect blend of different traditions and struggling to find some ‘couple – time’.
Laurie and Jake are both drowing in work, between Jake’s new article and Laurie’s mince pies,… and then an offer comes from Jake’s mother making them rethink about all their plans.
Meanwhile is Alex struggling after being betrayed by his now ex – wife, and has his own secret carrying around. But still cannot forget Ivy…
For Andrew, friends and family is the most important thing on earth. So he is more than happy to have all his loved ones under this roof during the holidays. But Christmas is also the perfect time to think about the future.
And Nick finds it impossible to forget Aurora Storm, the popstar who he had a holiday fling with…

You know what made me very angry after finishing this book? It left me with so many unanswered questions! This means that now I am FORCED to read every next part of the series!!! And not just because I want answers to my questions, but I also want to see my beloved friends again and want to fall in love with the characters that absolutely deserve their own book!
So congratulations Sarah Bennett, I am totally hooked!

Even if each person/ couple has a limited spotlight, the author manages perfectly to show each time what makes each one of them so unique and loveable.
And having all of them together for Christmas, was a magical treat! The love each character has for the other one, family, lover, it doesn’t matter, is something that sparks from each page.

Not each character is having an easy time, and while I would have loved to read more about it, I also understand that it wasn’t possible to put it all in this book.
Some stories almost broke my heart, especially as it apparently it would seem impossible that there would be a happy end.
But I have all the faith in this lovely author, that she will manage to make all the wrongs right again!

Of course I wasn’t really angry after finished reading this book, but as I love the characters so much, I just wanted MORE!
If you are, just like me, totally besotted with Mermaids Point and its inhabitants, you will find it impossible to skip this teaser, giving us a wonderful Christmas feeling, but also glimpses of what we may expect in the future for these great characters!