Bella's Holiday

Christmas in Tuscany was supposed to feel magical. After months of travel and emotional upheaval, Isabella Dawson arrives at her grandparents' vineyard looking forward to a rare gift: time with family, tradition, and the warmth of a house filled with people who love her. But even as the villa comes alive with food, laughter, and familiar rituals, her heart remains elsewhere-with the one person who chose not to come. Thomas is still in London. And the distance between them feels heavier than ever. As Isabella throws herself into the holiday festivities, she struggles to ignore the ache left behind by a friendship that no longer fits neatly into the space it once occupied. Old certainties have shifted, and pretending everything is fine grows harder by the day-especially as her grandmother suggests expanding the celebration to include Isabella's birth father and his family for the first time. With biological and adoptive families coming together under one roof, Isabella is forced to navigate the fragile balance between gratitude and grief, joy and longing. Surrounded by love yet haunted by absence, she must decide whether protecting her heart means closing herself off-or allowing herself to lean into the connections she's only just begun to build. Set against the warmth and beauty of a Tuscan Christmas, Bella's Holiday is an emotionally rich novel about unspoken love, blended families, and finding belonging even when the future feels uncertain. It is the eighth book in the Legacy Series, a sweeping women's fiction saga following six women as they navigate love, loss, and the ties that bind them. Legacy Series: Book 1: Buying Time Book 2: In Her Own Time Book 3: Matter of Time Book 4: Taking TimeBook 5: Just in TimeBook 6: All in Good TimeBook 7: Bella's Hope: A Map for Bella 1Book 8: Bella's Holiday: A Map for Bella 2Book 9: Bella's Heart: A Map for Bella 3 Book 10: Bella's Home: A Map for Bella 4Book 11: Christmas in Tuscany: A Legacy Series ReunionBook 12: Birthday Surprise: A Legacy Series ReunionBook 13: A Summer Together: A Legacy Series ReunionBook 14: In This Moment: A Legacy Series Reunion

Author:

Paula Kay

Publisher:

Pks Publishing

Publication Date:

Feb 21, 2016

Number of pages:

160 pages

Language:

English

Binding:

Paperback

ISBN-10:

0692649239

ISBN-13:

9780692649237