Item category 1: Christmas items

After years of living in the past, Ella is ready to start building a future. The perfect opportunity presents itself when she's offered a short-term role at Halesmere House in the Lake District, and tasked with kick-starting its artists' residence. But when Ella arrives at Halesmere, she wonders ...

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity of working in a bookshop in Edinburgh, Carmen is reluctant - she was never very good at accepting h...

Nuneaton, 1904. Abandoned on the steps of the workhouse shortly after her birth, little Annie never felt the love of a family. When she's taken from the only world she has known to a smart home on Swan Lane, she dares to hope her life might be changing for the better. But hope is fragile. Grievin...

Ten years ago, Erin had her heart broken by fellow vet student Oli. Now, she's his landlord. All Erin wants is independence and security. All Oli does is travel the world after locuming at practises for a few months. So when he comes back into Erin's life, she knows it's temporary, no matter the ...

It's winter in the small town of Dewstow, and Margery is preparing for her first Christmas as Summerview school's kitchen manager. She's supported by her wife, Clementine, and is trying to stay focused on the task at hand. The pair are determined to stay out of the way of the Christmas concert pl...

Rosie Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton, buried under a thick blanket of snow. Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, large tempting piles of Turkish Delight, crinkling selection boxes and happy, sticky children. She's going to be spe...

Best friends Sarah, Maisie and Freda are brought together by their jobs at Woolworths. With their loved ones away busy fighting the enemy, their bonds of friendship strengthen each day. Betty Billington is the manager at Woolworths, and a rock for the girls, having given up on love... Until a mys...

A year has passed since DI James Walker cracked his biggest case yet, and he's hoping for peace and quiet this festive season. But across the fells, a local farmer returns home on Christmas Eve to find footsteps in the fresh snow that lead down to his unused basement - and no footsteps leading aw...