Love and Lies at The Village Christmas Shop: A laugh out loud romantic comedy perfect for Christmas 2018. Portia MacIntosh

      

       About the Author

      PORTIA MACINTOSH has been ‘making stuff up’ for as long as she can remember – or so she says. Whether it was blaming her siblings for that broken vase when she was growing up, blagging her way backstage during her rock chick phase or, most recently, whatever justification she can fabricate to explain away those lunchtime cocktails, Portia just loves telling tales.

      After years working as a music journalist, Portia decided it was time to use her powers for good and started writing novels instead.

      Bestseller Portia writes hilarious romcoms, drawing on her real life experiences to show what it’s really like being a woman today – especially one who doesn’t quite have her life together yet.

       Also by Portia MacIntosh

       Between A Rockstar and A Hard Place

       How Not to Be Starstruck

       Bad Bridesmaid

       Drive Me Crazy

       Truth or Date

       It’s Not You, It’s Them

       The Accidental Honeymoon

       How Not to Be a Bride

       Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli

      Love and Lies at the Village Christmas Shop

      PORTIA MACINTOSH

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      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018

      Copyright © Portia MacIntosh 2018

      Portia MacIntosh asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      E-book Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9780008297725

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       About the Author

       Also by Portia MacIntosh

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Prologue – 1998

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

      

       Chapter 8

      

       Chapter 9

      

       Chapter 10

      

       Chapter 11

      

       Chapter 12

      

       Chapter 13

      

       Chapter 14

      

       Chapter 15