Flora's House

From award-winning, bestselling author Freya North comes a story of love and hope, beautifully narrated by Amanda Abbington. On the windswept dunes of the Isle of Harris in the wild and beautiful Outer Hebrides of Scotland, is a small white house with a big history. These days, Flora's House is a holiday home – the perfect base for visitors from far and wide to explore the stunning and often dramatic landscape. Arriving with one suitcase for clothes and another for their own decorations, retired couple Maggie and Roger have booked Flora's House for the festive season. It's their first trip to the island and their first Christmas away from home – but where does Roger disappear to on his long walks? And why is Maggie so taken with one particular member of staff at the local shop? Christmas is coming: a time for family and togetherness, for joy and forgiveness. Out there, high on the hills and deep in the heather, across the shimmering lochs and hidden in the waves, this Christmas will soon become unlike any Maggie and Roger have had before. Praise for Christmas at Flora's House 'I cannot recommend it highly enough. Add it to your festive reading list NOW!' @hook.me.a.book 'A beautifully told tale of a Christmas holiday far from home which pulls at your heart strings.' @sslovesbooks 'This story will wrap you in warmth, love, and pure Christmas and community spirit.' @zoebeesbooks 'There is beauty in the descriptions, richness in the friendships built and a resonance to the words which will sit with me for a long time.' @travels.along.my.bookshelf

On the windswept Isle of Harris in the remote Outer Hebrides of Scotland, three young American students arrive to run a marathon none of the islanders know anything about. At first, it seems the three men are more interested in partying but gradually, their reasons for making this journey, for running this race, come to the fore. JB has an overbearing father to appease. Drew needs to find his feet. Taylor's mother was born here but left when she was a teenager, never to return. Hidden in his backpack are four old pieces of tweed with family secrets woven through the cloth. In the tiny white cottage on the dunes of Luskentyre, their friendship, goals and sense of self are put to the test. It's Spring on the island, a time of renewal and growth, of putting distance between the cold dark days of winter while looking ahead to the warmth and promise of summer yet to come.