Published By: Boldwood
Pages: 280
Released On: 13/08/2025
When Aubrey’s fiancé dumps her – literally at the altar – just days before Christmas, her first thought is for the honeymoon. A luxury snow train, winding through Europe’s most beautiful Christmas markets, stopping in places like Paris and Stockholm, before ending in Lapland, to stay in igloos under the Northern Lights.
It was meant to be the most romantic ten days of her life. And now she has to go it alone. But arriving on the train – where, not wanting to be known as someone who was jilted, she might have accidentally implied her new husband died in a horrible accident – she finds she’s not the only singleton on board.
The group of single passengers quickly nickname themselves ‘The Unlucky in Love Travel Club’… But – as the train gathers pace – so do Aubrey’s feelings for absurdly handsome travel journalist, Jasper.
And she starts to wonder – as fireworks explode over the snow – whether her magical Christmas honeymoon-for-one might be just what she needs. And if she might not be as unlucky in love as she’d thought…
*****
Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.
I read this on a day it was 31 degrees and it was perfect. I despise the summer and hot weather; I am a winter girl through and through. Give me snow and blankets and hot water bottles, hot chocolate and tea, scarves and fuzzy hats. And Christmas. I am Christmas 24/7 so this book was perfect for me.
I mean, I don’t want to have to go through the whole jilted at the altar thing, but the idea of having a solo trip on a train to all the Christmas markets sounds beautiful. I’ve always wanted to do a European Christmas market tour. I can’t afford it so I’m living vicariously through Aubrey. It all just sounds beautiful and magical and I want to go even more now.
I haven’t read what I call a happily-ever-after story for a long time, that cosy, lovely, romantic, uplifting book, and boy did I need it. This had everything I wanted, and it’s set at Christmas so it’s a sure winner.
There is a sense of Murder on the Orient Express about it, instead it’s love rather than murder.
There are quite a lot of characters and I did worry about whether they were all needed but Rebecca’s done a fabulous job. Some of them are more involved than others, but she’s perfectly created a batch of completely different, familiar characters and I loved them all.
It had everything I wanted from it. Old and new friends, old and new and lost loves, festiveness, cheer, hope, and joy. Just beautiful in every way.
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