A Very English Christmas
A Very English Christmas
She was only the temporary nanny…until love made her want to stay.
When American Catriona Blake agrees to spend December caring for the daughters of renowned London surgeon Dr. Rhys Harmon, she tells herself it’s just a temporary job—one month in a borrowed cottage on the edge of Langley Park, enough money to get home
to Michigan, and no complications.
But nothing about Rhys or his girls is simple. Divorced for four years, he’s rented the centuries-old cottage outside Bakewell to create new traditions and give his daughters new memories. Yet the girls miss their vivacious mother and find it difficult to feel festive without her—which only deepens Rhys’s quiet fear that he’s failing them.
Catriona never expected to fall for her impossible, brilliant employer—or his lovely, complicated family. But one promise to twelve-year-old Jillian changes everything, binding Catriona to a truth she can’t ignore and a vow she can’t break… even if keeping it means breaking her own heart when love comes too soon, and Christmas ends too fast.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 70 romances and fiction titles, Jane Porter has been a finalist for the prestigious RITA award six times and won in 2014 for Best Novella with her story, Take Me, Cowboy, from Tule Publishing. Today, Jane has over 13 million copies in print, including her wildly successful, Flirting With Forty, which was made into a Lifetime movie starring Heather Locklear, as well as The Tycoon’s Kiss and A Christmas Miracle for Daisy, two Tule books which have been turned into holiday films for the GAC Family network. A mother of three sons, Jane holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and makes her home in sunny San Clemente, CA with her surfer husband and three dogs.
- Story details
- Series: Love at Langley Park, Book 3
- Publication date: December 3, 2025
- Genre: Contemporary Romance
- Subgenre: Holiday (Christmas, Valentine’s, etc.)
- Audience: Adult
- Fiction form: Novel
- Content ratings
- Pepper level: 🫑🫑🫑
- Profanity: 1 None
- Substance: 1 None
- Violence: 1 None
Good book loved all the descriptions of the houses and landscape glad it all ended well I like a nice ending
Jane Porter has written another book that made me stay up past my bedtime!Cat needs to make some money before she goes back to America after the holidays. Rhys needs a temporary nanny to help with his daughters during Christmas break so he can meet a deadline. What could possibly go wrong?While this book is part of a series it can be read as a stand alone book.
I enjoyed this story very much.Cat is finishing her studies in London, she is going back to US, but before it happens, she is going to find some work, to help with expenses.She is hired by Rhys, to take care of his two daughters.She didn't expect to get feelings for Rhys and his girls, but, she did promise something to his daughter and she will keep her promise.Wonderful storyline.
I love this series of cozy English country stories. The setting in a cottage on an historic estate is perfect for the Christmas atmosphere and old-fashioned fun and romance. This is a slow burn romance between a short-term nanny and a surgeon who needs his 2 daughters minded over the holidays. The know that she is leaving soon and that nothing can come of their attraction but they need each other so much to heal their pasts. The book is full of Christmas activities, food and warmth as they all find healing and love
A Very English Christmas is a wonderful holiday story. The characters are engaging and easy to relate to. I was pulled into the book immediately. Langley Park and the English countryside appealed to me. Catriona Blake and Dr Rhys Harmon make an amazing couple. Their chemistry is powerfully. He's been divorced for 4 years and has 2 children. His oldest daughter, Jillian, doesn't want life to change. Cat has her own emotional issues. Will their romance lead to a happy ever after? I wasn't sure. His daughters melted my heart. I understood their fear and uncertainty. His ex wife was a pleasant surprise. Jane Porter has written this beautiful love story for a holiday treat. The dialogue is fast paced and refreshing. The characters are well written and their emotions are real. I liked them and care about them. A Very English Christmas touched my heart. I couldn't put this book down. It's a very special story.
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