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  • By: Jenny Bayliss
  • Narrated by: Laura Kirman
  • Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (116 ratings)
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Summary

This festive season, fall in love with The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss - a delicious listen perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Josie Silver.

On the first day of Christmas, a dating app offered me

Twelve tailored chances for perfect harmony....

Kate Turner is happily single – a bit too happily, in fact. Since returning to her hometown, the sleepy village of Blexford, love hasn’t really had a look in.

But Kate does love Christmas. So when her best friend insists she signs up to the Twelve Dates of Christmas, a brand new dating app service, she doesn’t need too much persuading. Twelve perfect festive dates with the area’s most eligible men – who could say no?

Amongst the twinkling lights and falling snow, over hot chocolates and glasses of red wine, romance is easy to find. But with each date, Kate learns more about the men, and even more about herself.

As the big day approaches, Kate’s left wondering – is it really the season for true love, or will this Christmas be the coldest yet?

©2020 Jenny Bayliss (P)2020 Macmillan Publishers International Limited

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"If you need help getting into the festive spirit, this is the book for you." (Good Housekeeping)

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Easy happy listening

This is a very enjoyable Christmas time story. Predictable in its ending but that doesn’t matter. It’s not cheesy. The description of food is excellent I could smell it and taste it.
I would definitely recommend this book.

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addictive

loved it, was really entertaining and funny. couldn't turn it off whilst doing other things.

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The warmest and cosiest book

I don’t usually like ‘romance’ but this was brilliant. A lovely warm and festive read.

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A fun Xmas romcom!

A really fun seasonal romance set in a small town where everyone knows each other, and even though unlucky in love Kate has twelve Christmassy dates lined up, she can’t stop thinking about her childhood best friend… Narrator really gets the vibe of the book. Great fun.

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Wonderful story

A beautifully written story, equally beautifully narrated. A real joy of a book. I loved it.

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Great fun

There are not many books that have made me hoot out loud whilst listening to them but this one absolutely did. I recommended it to my family and we all laughed again just remembering the ginger bread house scene.

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Predictable but good nonetheless

Typical Christmas love story that you can see the whole story from the beginning but still a good one nonetheless!

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Lovely feel good Xmas book

Great little listen on the run up to Xmas. I played it whilst cooking, working and organising and it really helped the time go fast.

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Just perfect

The most perfect Christmas book you’ll ever read. Uplifting and full of Christmas. You’ll never want it to end!

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Mulled wine and mince pies in book form!

If ever there was a year to summon up every reserve of Christmas spirit, 2020 is it. Thank goodness then for Jenny Bayliss and her fabulously festive debut, The Twelve Dates of Christmas, as it could warm even the most Scrooge-like of hearts!
Kate is an enormously likeable, down to earth and caring protagonist and the remaining cast of characters in this book are each well rounded and believable. The dates themselves are not only incredibly imaginative but often downright hilarious and the reader gains insight along with Kate about what makes a relationship tick and the baggage that we all carry that holds us back. There is a satisfying love story at the heart of this book which had me well and truly rooting for Kate until the very end.
The star of this book for me is the village of Blexford itself and the world that the author has created. The descriptions of village life and particularly their Christmas traditions certainly inspire a truckload of festive spirit; the carolling walk scene is particularly beautiful. This book is all about making the little things in life truly special. After all why just knock back a mug of nescaff when Kate savours an endless menu of increasingly imaginative coffee variations? In Blexford, Jenny Bayliss has created a world in which I would dearly love to inhabit with simple pleasures and community at its heart.
If you’re looking for a book to warm your cockles and set the festive season off in the right foot, then this is the one for you. I guarantee that once you have read it, you’ll be planning your most festive Christmas yet!

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