The Secret Christmas Library

by Jenny Colgan

398 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 1, 2026

About the author

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including 'The Little Shop of Happy Ever After' and 'Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery', which are also published by Sphere.' Meet Me at the Cupcake Café' won the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, as was 'Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams', which won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013.

For more about Jenny, visit her website and her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter.

Jenny Colgan has also been published under the name Jenny T. Colgan.

Reviews

[Cleo's Cosy Corner]

I just finished The Secret Christmas Library and I loved it! If you want something cozy, romantic, with a bit of mystery and that classic Christmasy vibe, this is it.

Mirren is the book-loving, kind and curious heroine, who finds herself in a crumbling Scottish castle trying to track down a super rare book that might save the place. There’s a treasure hunt feel, with puzzles and hidden clues, and then Theo shows up and stirs things up. Throw in snow, closed-in weather, quirky characters, and you’ve got a setting that feels like a warm blanket.