I really enjoyed this book it's quite a quick read and throughly excellent from the first page. Has you in tears at times and laughing at others it's so well written. The characters are brilliant and the story is so true to life and shoes how we have many challenges to face but with friendship we can do. It's heartbreaking, heartwarming and romantic and about family and friends. Of course full of lovely cupcakes as well you just want one to eat.
Olivia has been living about her cafe in a small town and her mum use to run the shop but she's moved to a retirement home. She has many struggles trying to keep the shop going and friends give her ideas to help and they suggest a different cupcake for each day leading up to Christmas and if at the end you have had one every day you get a free cupcake. She makes some wonderful cupcakes and one day a handsome man walks in and wants to buy one Olivia really starts to look forward to his visit each day to buy one her stomach turns is she falling in love. Her mother Tina comes in and she's burnt her arm so Simon offers to take them to the hospital and the hospital want her mum to have further tests on her memory. Simon and Olivia really start to enjoy being with each other but her friend starts to tell her he has a past but she wants Simon to tell her not friends. She learns he's lost a brother and struggled with it and lived with his sister but is now moving into willoughby close and as it gets closer to Christmas she's really falling for him but can sense he's not telling her something but will he tell her or will she learn through someone else. Her mother does have the start of dementia and she has to learn to cope with it but she can't get hold of Simon for support and how will she cope when she's given some news will she run or is she to much in love to walk away.
A brilliant read and can't wait for more to come. Worth more than five stars.

Olivia has taken over running the cafe in a a small town from her Mum.
In the run up to christmas she starts the twelve days of cupcakes. This is how she meets Simon - her friends hint there is a secret Simon is hiding.
An enjoyable read and nice to see a book dealing with the issues common in life, but usually largely ignored.

I loved this book! I love this series!!! If you haven't read the original Willoughby Close books...read them!!!

A sweet, lovely, wonderful, light, holiday read :c)

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