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The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court

Now’s your chance to read the brand new book from Dilly Court!

We’re giving away copies of The Mistletoe Seller to 5 lucky reading groups to read and review.

Once your group has read the book, we’d love to hear what you think. Tweet us at @W6BookCafe using #TheMistletoeSeller or share your reviews on Dilly’s Facebook page.

About the book

It’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . .

Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home. But fate deals a cruel blow and she’s torn from the only family she has ever known, and thrown onto the cobbles of Covent Garden to fend for herself.

With winter closing in, Angel scratches a living selling mistletoe to the City gentlemen who pass through the market, hoping they will take pity on her as she shivers in the snow. The only way she can survive is to make her own luck. She will never sell the one treasure that could feed her for a month, the gold and ruby ring that was hidden in her swaddling – it could hold the key to the secrets of her past . . .

Closing date: 15 November

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