Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop

By: Jessica Redland

Narrated by: Emma Swan

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

Sometimes you just need a little Christmas magic to make your wishes come true....

When master chocolatier Charlee takes the leap to move to the picturesque seaside town of Whitsborough Bay, she is determined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and set up a chocolate shop. 

Luckily, she finds the perfect location for Charlee's Chocolates on beautiful Castle Street.... Now she just has to refurbish it in time for Christmas! 

With a useless boyfriend and countless DIY disasters, Charlee doesn't know if she'll make it in time. With no 'traditional' family to support her, she feels lost in her new surroundings and the secrets of the past are weighing her down. 

But the warmth and festive spirit of the Whitsborough Bay community will surprise her, and when plumber, Matt, comes to the rescue, it might be that all of Charlee's dreams could come true this Christmas, and she could learn what family really means.... 

Escape to Castle Street for the perfect uplifting, festive listen from top 10 best seller Jessica Redland.

Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop was originally released as Charlee and the Chocolate Shop. Now re-released with a new title and new cover, this version has been freshly edited and features several new chapters.

©2021 Jessica Redland (P)2021 Boldwood Books Ltd

Please Get Lucy to redo these last three

Listening to this book is excruciating. The first four had an amazing narrator. The last three, I’ve sadly discovered I have a different narrator who sounds like she is upwards of 50. I’m only in chapter 3, and it’s very, very hard to listen to and stay engaged. It’s really disappointing because I absolutely loved the first four of the series.

Wonderful story!

These books are my comfort and I’m so grateful for the writing and the soothing voice reading. It’s been so needed. Thank you, thank you.

Great Story

Love the story, just like the other books very good story like just love them

Overall good

I appreciate the lack of or minimal cussing in her books. Also, the story and character development. Always appreciate a happy ending to the story too.

Great Story

I liked the story, and even the narrator. I have gotten use to her and her style. The only thing I did not like was the overly graphic descriptions of the sexual interactions of Ricky & BJ. It was not necessary, as we know Ricky is a worm! The audience knows he is a raw, rude and awful person! Let the audience form their own interpretation of the interludes. Otherwise I liked the story, and outcome!

great author, terrible narrator

I loved the books in this serie so far, so I just bought this one without listening in first. Unfortunately the narrator is a different one, she sounds twice the age of the main caracter and really ruins the book for me. Pity, the previous narrator was great.

Narrator Not For Me

The narrator sounds too old for the character, and she’s just too “in your face” for me. Narrators can either make or break a book. This one broke it for me.

LOVE

All the stories of Whitsboro Bay are a delight and I love the performer as well.

Beautiful book

Beautiful book, awesome writer and lovely, talented narrator. LOVED IT!!! Can't wait to read her next book.

too short

I like the series but, this book was very short. The story felt rushed, and why skip to the next year if your just going to go back over the previous 6 months in detail.

Dreadful narrator

I’ve loved this series, right up until this narrator took over. I can’t even finish listening because she’s so awful. How on earth did she get this job?

Sorry amendment

Lucy Brownhill is a fantastic narrator. Emma Swan is diabolical. I cannot really comment on the story as I only managed 13 minutes

Narrator

Another fantastic book by Jessica Redland it’s just a shame the narration wasn’t by Lucy Brownhill, she has a way of bringing the characters to life unlike Emma Swan who hasn’t quite mastered the same technique.

Really poor narrator

Not such a fan of this book, which may have had something to do with the narrator. I did try the other Whitsborough Bay books narrated by Emma Swan but found them really difficult to stay with. She narrated the following book in the series too (about the Chocolate Pot Cafe) and I actually couldn’t finish it. She seems to really struggle with accents and it really negatively effected the dialogue between characters meaning it just didn’t flow. Her voice also has a habit of becoming really childlike and irritating at times too. The story lines of these books are all super predictable but that’s OK if you’re looking for a really easy, ‘no effort’ listen. It’s life through rose tinted glasses. Particularly suitable for anyone that believes women always need the ‘man of their dreams’ to complete them and their life.

Loved it & loved narrator

Lovely story.
But it did make me crave chocolate!! Ha!
Love Emma Swans voice - I started on the hedgehog hollow books from Jessica Redland so it was what I was used to.
It’s a wholesome voice - is it possible for a voice to feel like a hug?

Lovey book of chocklate goodness.

Another great offering in this series. This series has been a great tonic after spending all this week off sick from work. Really enjoyed the story of Charlie and Matt. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Just beautiful

This author writes a lovely feel good story that leaves you wishing you were living in the place it’s set. Just beautiful.

Bring Back Lucy Brown as Narrator!

The story is brilliant, but my goodness I struggled with this narrator. I assume the wonderful Lucy Brown who usually narrates this series was unavailable. However, why select someone whose voice is high pitched, over excited, and extremely childlike. She is more suited to narrating children’s books. It was so irritating! It is a testament to how excellent the story line is that I endured the narration to finish the story!

What a touching story ❤️

Couldn't stop listening to this one. I was hooked from the start and I'm so glad of the ending!!

Love Jessicas mind

Another great book with the usual slight practicability but for most the background story is so original although you can predict the ending the middle of the book is great with back story you wouldn’t guess