Releasing in October 2025, A Very English Christmas features three novellas by Carrie Turansky, Carole Lehr Johnson, and Marguerite Gray. My story is The Tale of the Season featuring Beatrix Potter.
Hope you’ll join the journey…
A Very English Christmas—Three Literary Inspired Novellas
Authors: Carrie Turansky, Marguerite Martin Gray, and Carole Lehr Johnson
Celebrate the Season with Three Timeless Tales Inspired by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Beatrix Potter.
When Emma Grace Langley retreats to her grandmother’s antique shop in the snowy Cotswolds after heartbreak and job loss, she hopes to find clarity. Instead, she finds a collection of heirlooms—a portrait, a rare book, and a charming figurine—that unlock stories from the past. As each tale unfolds, Emma is drawn into the lives of three remarkable women whose lives were touched by England’s greatest storytellers.
(Jane Austen)
In A Portrait of Faith, Regency-era artist Violet Walford longs for a life beyond duty. When she is asked to paint the lively and insightful Jane Austen, their unexpected friendship inspires Violet to pursue both art and love with new courage.
In A Victorian Christmas Tale, Clara Reynolds struggles against physical challenges and family expectations
while falling in love with John, a writer with ties to Charles Dickens. Their work at the London Foundling Hospital brings healing, hope, and a Christmas transformation that would make Scrooge proud.
And in A Tale of the Season, Edwardian heiress Arabella Graham escapes to the Lake District and meets a charming country veterinarian—as well as artist and children’s author Beatrix Potter. With gentle wisdom and the peace of a country Christmas, Arabella discovers the joy of finding her own path.
Blending romance, inspiration, and literary nostalgia, A Very English Christmas is the perfect holiday escape for fans of historical fiction and classic English authors.
Pre-order link: https://www.amazon.com/Very-English-Christmas-Literary-Inspired-Novellas-ebook/dp/B0FHBW12XP/ref
This will be a delightful Christmas read! Can’t wait!