What an absolutely heartwarming book that is like a warm hug. I adored the two main characters, Bea and Ollie, who meet at Heathrow Airport one Christmas Eve. Their flight to home to Ireland is delayed and they strike up a conversation. There is an instant attraction but they never believe that they will ever meet again. The book then follows their separate lives until they do happen to meet again…… This had so many lovely moments as well as some sad ones but is written so beautifully. I liked how each chapter was from Bea and Ollie’s points of view and how this gave some depth to them as characters. I would highly recommend this and thank Penguin Random House Uk and Netgalley for the ARC.

I adored this book! Maybe This Christmas follows Ollie and Bea who are both waiting for a delayed flight back home to Ireland on Christmas Eve when they get chatting and have such a great connection. Bea is figuring out how to break up with her long term boyfriend and Ollie is going home for his last Christmas with his ill father so they go their separate ways on arrival. Throughout the novel there are missed connections between them and it's just so lovely. I adored reading about Bea and the people and the hotel where she worked, and whilst the subject matter of Ollie's job as a cardiac nurse was hard to read about personally I also enjoyed seeing his relationships with his patients and colleagues. This is such a beautiful, heart-warming book about love and fate but also friendships and the joy you find if you just look for it. I will treasure this novel, I've found it such a soothing and comforting read and it's definitely got me feeling more festive now! I highly recommend it!

I have to be honest, I've started and stopped this book several times since I received an eArc at the end of June.

I hoped my reluctance was simply because the book hits you with SO much Christmas and it was too early in the year to get into, but I also found the sheer number of adjectives in the opening pages exhausting. The chapters I read were quite a slog to get through. I found Bea especially annoying, particularly how assertive she seemed yet had somehow been in an unhappy long-distance relationship for seven years.

I'm now a third in and bored, so I just don't think this one's for me, sorry.

DNF at 36%

I don’t think my heart was ready for the emotion this Sunday afternoon!

This is a gorgeous story of two souls that meet and cannot be. A series of missed opportunities, wrong timings and misunderstandings will break your heart but also make it melt into a puddle of gushing emotion.

Read in one sitting as I was just transported into the story.

Set between Ireland and London, hotel manager Bea and cardiac nurse Ollie meet on a flight home to Ireland for Christmas. They really hit it off, both have difficult times ahead. Ollie's dad is terminally ill and this will be his last Christmas; Bea know she has to end her seven year relationship which is not surviving a long distance relationship. The best laid plans .. #netgalley #maybenextchristmas

I loved this story! Bea loves her job as a luxury hotel manager to the point of it being her whole life. Ollie is a nurse, devoted to his patients, again at the expense of his own happiness. For different reasons, they both find themselves on a flight home to Ireland at Christmas. They have a connection but then go their separate ways - at this point I was shouting at them to at least exchange numbers!
A lovely story, we’ll-told with engaging characters.

I went back and forth between 3 and 4 stars with this one. I previously read This Christmas and really enjoyed that story. While I loved the premise and the "missed connections" of this story, I found myself sadly bored through a lot of the book which is unusual for me with books set in Ireland (one of my favorite countries to visit and read about). The connection between Bea and Ollie was wonderful and I was glad to see Bea finally get her backbone. I also enjoyed how others in their lives connected them unexpectedly.

Maybe next Christmas by Emma Heatherington

Last year I read and loved This Christmas so I was excited to read Emma Heatherington's next Christmas offering. Bea, a luxury hotel manager, and Ollie, a specialist nurse, meet at an airport heading uome for Christmas and have an undeniable connection but don't meet again for a few months.

I read this during the Summer and thoroughly enjoyed it and feel it would be even more special if read in the run up to Christmas. A heart warming love story which will leave you emotional but with that cosy Christmas feeling.

Thank you to negalleyuk, the publishers and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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A lovely cosy Christmas story to keep you entertained during the holidays, get it on your Christmas list and it won’t cost you anything. Lovely characters and settings for this holiday romance, but will it stand the face of time? They appear to be so perfect for each other, but both love their jobs which are in different countries. Can they work this out and why do things appear to be pulling them together? Will one give in for love and happiness, it’s a page-turner to find out along the very bumpy road.

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Maybe Next Christmas
Author: Emma Heatherington
Source: NetGalley
Publication Date: October 24, 2024
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Maybe Next Christmas may be the BEST Christmas book I read this year. We meet the beautiful Bea, a luxury hotel manager heading home to Ireland to break up with her seven-year boyfriend. We also meet Ollie, a highly skilled nurse, as he finally gets some much-needed time from his job to go see his Dad who is dying from cancer in Ireland. They are strangers on the same plane to Ireland leaving their jobs in London for the holidays. They meet during a flight delay and are smitten. This story felt real…like Bea and Ollie might actually exist and this is their non-fiction story. Things are not easy, and decisions are hard but sometimes fate intervenes and things work out. I LOVED it, and I felt so happy reading this book. It is well-told and heartfelt with real consequences. The author writes: “It’s a great sign that you really love someone when you can’t stop thinking about them, no matter how many times the earth moves around the sun.”  Please put this book on your Christmas reading list. #MaybeNextChristmas @netgalley @emmaheatheringtonwriter @penguinrandomhouse #romance #Ireland #fate #chance #festive #Christmas #loss #love #soulmate @randomhouse
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I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Thank you to the publisher, Netgalley, and the author for the opportunity to read this novel.
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Emma Heatherington’s latest Christmas love story is on point as usual!!
I loved all the characters starring in this story and wanted so much good for Ollie and Bea, who meet quite by accident in an airport bound for Ireland, their home land.
I became extremely invested in what was happening within the story and at times was very close to tears!
This is a story that will play with your emotions but bring you back down to earth, feeling all fuzzy inside!!
Many thanks to Random House Uk for the opportunity to read and review this arc copy via Netgalley. My opinion is my own.
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Tender and romantic - what's not to love?

Bea is on her way home to Ireland for Christmas and, of course, the flight is delayed. She finds herself chatting with Ollie, booked on the same flight. By the time their plane boards, they are beginning to get to know each other; finding themselves sitting side-by-side they arrive in Ireland almost friends! Then they go their separate ways and throughout the year we get to know each of them better. Will they meet again?

This is definitely one to tug at the heartstrings. Both Bea and Ollie have things going on in their lives but neither ever really forgets the other - and, yet, their lives seem so far apart. Will there be a happy ending? Or are there far too many obstacles in their way? Emma Heatherington, as always, makes her characters come alive on the page and I totally immersed myself in this one. A great book to find in your Christmas stocking! For me, 5*.

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley; this is - as always - my honest, original and unbiased review.

A truly sublime read from the very first page. A Master class in story writing. It had me sobbing like a baby. BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT

maybe next christmas by emma heatherington 🎄🥹😍🤩🎅🏽🧸

such a beautifully written, heartwarming and emotional romance which deals with the ups and downs (the big downs) of love, family and friendship🥹🫶🏼

from the moment ollie asked to sit with bea in the airport, i was hooked on them and their story, even though this was only the beginning🤭🙂‍↕️

i was obsessed with their relationship probably as much as they were themselves, and just waiting on their next chance encounter in london was turning the pages for me!!

both bea and ollie were so cute and thoughtful to each other, making me all giddy when i’m reading and i found myself giggling and grinning at every little part!😭 honestly, this is what i love about a sweet romance!!

leroy and aunt nora🥹🥹🥹 enough said!! basically i loved them and need them in my own life please and thank you!!

i must say i think i read this one in two sittings, and wow!! let’s say i’ve fully kickstarted my christmas romance reading this year, thank you emma for my first of the year🫶🏼

thank you to netgalley, penguin randomhouse and emma!!

From the moment we meet Bea and Ollie at the airport on Christmas Eve, both heading home to their respective families, I knew I would love this book.

They spend a few hours together before parting but they don't take each others number. A chance encounter when they are back in London reconnects them again and they slowly get to know one another.

I loved all the characters and felt that Bea and Ollie, along with the situations they found themselves in were so relatable. An excellent cast of side characters added to the storyline, my favourites being Leroy and Aunt Nora. I also can't miss out the two adorable canine companions

The author has written a beautiful, heartwarming and emotional story which deals with family, friends, relationships and love.

What an absolutely wonderful read.

Thank you Cornerstone, Penguin Random House and Netgalley for my ARC. I am leaving this honest review voluntarily.

Bea and Ollie meet christmas eve both on their way to Ireland to see family. There's a connection but Bea has a boyfriend and Ollie is getting ready to say goodbye to his dad. Maybe next christmas things will be different for them both.

Aww what a cute and sweet festive story. A perfect christmas gift to anyone who loves a christmas romance. It does feature grief and dying in this but its handled well and honest. The plot is simple but works out really well. I love how it comes together over the course of a year. It does feel a little rushed at certain times but the important bits are just right. The ending was gorgeous. I loved it so much. The writing is descriptive and makes me want to visit Ireland. Beautiful festive, heartwarming story.

Bea loves working in a boutique upmarket hotel in London. There’s nothing that’ll drag her back to Ireland, not even her longstanding boyfriend of seven years. She’s returning for Christmas to spend with her family. Unfortunately, the plane’s been delayed an hour. She’s writing what to say to Sean, she feels their romance has run its course and it’s time to break things off with him, but how to let him down gently? Meanwhile, Ollie is also heading back to Ireland, he’s a cardiac nurse in a London hospital but returning for what will probably be his dad’s last Christmas, he’s terminally ill. The airport is full, they end up sitting at the same table. They have a meal together and as they head to the plane, they find they’re sitting together. They get on like a house on fire. But it’s just a dream - neither learns where the other works, lives and not even their surnames.
Christmas isn’t what Bea expects, and she longs for her return to London.
Chasing rainbows.
Beautifully written, totally absorbing and engaging. I laughed, I cried.
Wonderful Christmas read.

Bea is travelling home to Ireland for Christmas when she strikes up a conversation with a stranger at the airport. When they land they part, not expecting to ever meet again, until they meet again by chance in London.
A slow, gentle read, although not without a few surprises. Both Bea and Ollie are likeable characters, plus I loved Ollie's Aunt Nora and Leroy, who works at the exclusive hotel where Bea is a manager. There are some sad moments along with the happier ones, which is life. A wonderful, cosy read for Christmas.
I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley, however this did not influence my review of the book.

Thanks to the Publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

At the airport Bea and Ollie meet each other, and when their flight is delayed they have dinner and talk. They don’t expect to meet up again, but then they’re seated together on the same flight, and they get close, but each have things going on in their lives that need their attention.

Ollie’s job is that of a nurse in a hospital based in London and Bea is a manager at a boutique hotel.

They’re are on their way home, Ollie’s Dad is not well, so it’ll be their last Christmas together and Bea is going to end her relationship as it’s not working out.

There are some wonderful side characters, Leroy who works at the hotel, and Ollie's aunt Nora are especially lovely, as is the dog that Sarah rescued, Nana, who is now the hotel dog and spoiled by everyone.

They do meet again in London, but they still have issues to sort out.

The story had you turning the pages wanting to know how they both end up together.

I highly recommend this book.

The most beautiful love story.
When Bea and Ollie meet, it feels like fate - a fortuitous moment that they both need in their lives. The chance to find rainbows on your chosen path rather than chase them.
We’re then taken on a journey with them both - a journey filled with emotion - a journey full of love, grief, break ups and memories.
Characters fill the pages and provide such support and love to Bea and Ollie. I loved the relationships drawn in this books - Aunt Nora and Leroy just two of the important people so vibrantly described.
Emma Heatherington has written a warm and heartfelt story which provides hope, invites you in and puts its arm around you.