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The Christmas Retreat
- Author
- Trisha Ashley
- Narrator
- Katherine Press
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 6 November 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Ginny Spain usually loves Christmas. Not this year, though. After witnessing a traumatic accident and breaking up with her ex, she plans to spend it alone. But her formidable art historian mother, Evie, has other ideas.
Determined to drag her daughter out of isolation, Evie persuades Ginny to spend Christmas with her at an artist and writer’s retreat at Triskelion, a remote old house in the tiny coastal village of Little Star.
But Evie’s plans aren’t without an ulterior motive – having discovered that her grandmother was an artist and spent time at Triskelion house, she wants to unlock the secrets surrounding her and Ginny’s ancestor.
Rugged Rhys Tarn lives at Triskelion with his ten year old daughter, having lost his wife in mysterious and distressing circumstances – and Ginny is in for a shock when she discovers she and Rhys share an unexpected connection.
Between Winter Solstice and Twelfth Night, and with the help of Rhys, can Ginny unlock her past and make this Christmas her happiest one yet?
© Trisha Ashley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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Praise for Trisha Ashley:
'One of the best writers around'
Katie Fforde
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'Full of down-to-earth humour'
Sophie Kinsella
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'A warm-hearted and comforting read'
Carole Matthews
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Trisha Ashley delivers cosy festive escapism
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I’m a huge Trisha Ashley fan…I’ll be buying it in every format!
Heidi Swain
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Start your festive season with this heart-warming Christmas read!
My Weekly
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The Christmas Retreat is a wonderful festive treat for those looking for romance and an enticing story
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Luminous and captivating tale
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Details
- Author
- Trisha Ashley
- Narrator
- Katherine Press
- Duration
- 12 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529914771
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Modern and Contemporary romance, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. Ginny Spain usually loves Christmas. Not this year, though. After witnessing a traumatic accident and breaking up with her ex, she plans to spend it alone. But her formidable art historian mother, Evie, has other ideas.Determined to drag her daughter out of isolation, Evie persuades Ginny to spend Christmas with her at an artist and writer’s retreat at Triskelion, a remote old house in the tiny coastal village of Little Star.But Evie’s plans aren’t without an ulterior motive – having discovered that her grandmother was an artist and spent time at Triskelion house, she wants to unlock the secrets surrounding her and Ginny’s ancestor.Rugged Rhys Tarn lives at Triskelion with his ten year old daughter, having lost his wife in mysterious and distressing circumstances – and Ginny is in for a shock when she discovers she and Rhys share an unexpected connection.Between Winter Solstice and Twelfth Night, and with the help of Rhys, can Ginny unlock her past and make this Christmas her happiest one yet?© Trisha Ashley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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