Jenny Colgan’s latest novel centers on a young woman who just can’t live up to her perfect sister’s success. Carmen has just lost her job at a local department store, and is back living with her parents in a small Scottish town. Sophia, her thriving older sister, is a married lawyer in Edinburgh with a family and a beautiful home, and is reluctant to help Carmen, as there are bad feelings between the sisters. But when Sophia is persuaded by their mother to find Carmen a job, she lands Carmen a position as a clerk in a very old and dilapidated bookstore in Edinburgh. After Carmen meets two interesting and very different men, her life begins to take an upward turn. I found this to be a fun holiday romance novel…
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