Cat Tinsall is ably juggling her busy family life â a quintessential âsandwich generationâ woman, sheâs responsible for the care of her kids, her mother-in-law, and her baby granddaughter. Her TV career as The Happy Homemaker is looking rocky â and sheâll do anything to resist the whispers that, as a woman over 40, sheâs in danger of âfading to greyâ. Sheâs got an awful lot on her plate âŚ
Catâs good friend Pippa Holliday is finding life as a single mum a challenge, especially now the farm her family have called home for generations is in dire financial straits.
And schoolteacher Marianne North, with her young twins and teenage stepson, is dismayed to find her increasingly absent husband calling on her to take his damaged and delicate ex-wife into their home â with no moving out date in sight.
As the close-knit village community of Hope Christmas pulls together to battle ruthless plans from local developers, it looks like each of these three women needs a miracle.
As Christmas approaches, bringing with it more than one surprising turn of events, it appears they might just find one âŚ
Just right for lovers of The Archers and the novels of Jill Mansell and Erica James.