Sleepless in Staffordshire

Written by Celeste Bradley

Narrated by Jessica Osbourne

Haven Holiday Book 1 - This funny, heartwarming historical holiday romance - Grief-stricken widower Lord Matthias Waterford, master of Havensbeck Manor, sends messages in a bottle to his lost wife and child. He throws them into the river by night, never knowing they are being found and read by spirited vicar’s ward Bernadette Goodrich! A Christmas Ball brings the two together in a plot by a mischievous little brother and an interfering butler! By turns heartfelt and hilarious, Sleepless in Staffordshire is a charming Regency romance take on the romantic Nora Ephron film "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Characters spring to life with Jessica Osbourne's skilled narration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: 8 Story Rabbit
• Release date: Oct 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664928404

Celeste Bradley

Celeste Bradley is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of more than 20 Regency romance novels and has twice been nominated for the Rita Award by the Romance Writers of America. Before becoming a writer in 1999, Celeste was an artist who specialized in pottery and ceramic sculpture. Although originally from the South, Celeste now resides in New Mexico. "It is one of the last habitats of the Free-Range Human." She is very fond of food that someone else cooks, animals of all sorts, painting, jewelry making, reading, and grandbabies.