The Secret Christmas Library

A new holiday story set in the Scottish Highlands to warm booklovers’ hearts by Jenny Colgan,New York Times bestselling author of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop. Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt’s attic. Nowas Christmas approachesshe’s been hired by Jamie McPhersonthe surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McPherson family’s collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate–if they only knew where it was. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasurewhich he believes is hidden in his own home. But on the train to the HighlandsMirren runs into rival book hunter Theo Palliserand instantly knows that it’s not a chance meeting. She’s all too familiar with Theo’s good looks and smooth talkand his uncanny ability to appear whenever there’s a treasure that needs locating. Almost as soon as Mirren and Theo arrive at the castlea deep snow blankets the Highlandscutting off the outside world. Stuck insidethe three of them plot their search as the wind whistles outside. Mirren knows that Jamie’s grandfatherthe castle’s most recent lairdhad been a book collectora hoarderand a great lover of treasure hunts. Now they must unpuzzle his cluesdiscovering the secrets of the house–forming and breaking alliances in a race against time. A treat for booklovers and treasure hunters alikeThe Secret Christmas Library serves up a delicious mystery with a hint of romanceand plenty of holiday spirit!