THE TINSEL TRAVELERS SERIES – BOOK ONE

A Belgium
Chocolate
Christmas

Some Christmas trips should coexist with a warning label…

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Secrets, chocolate
and Christmas markets.
set in Belgium

🍫 SETTING
Christmas Markets of Brussels & Bruges

✉️ HEART OF THE STORY
Letters from a mother that change everything

🕯️ THEMES
Friendship, family secrets, forgiveness, and starting over

Every year, the Tinsel Travelers gather for a Christmas market trip somewhere in Europe. This year: Belgium. But Mara wasn’t supposed to be going — still raw from losing her mother Stella, the last thing she wanted was fairy lights and glühwein.

Her friends — Donna, Jo-Jo, Kat, Sandra, and Lucy — had other ideas. You don’t leave one of your own behind.

“With each letter Mara reads, Stella reveals another truth — and Mara’s whole life begins to look like something she no longer recognises.”

Amidst the twinkling lights of Brussels and Bruges, warm chocolate walks and meandering Christmas markets, Mara grapples with betrayal, forgiveness, and the question of who she really is. And it turns out visiting Belgium wasn’t just about the chocolate after all.

READERS OF THESE AUTHORS WILL FEEL RIGHT AT HOME

Viola Shipman · Jenny Colgan · Rachel Hanna · Mary Kay Andrews

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A NOTE FROM STEENA

Want to explore this book in person?

Wandering through Christmas markets in Europe is one of my truly happy places — the mulled wine, the handmade crafts, the smell of warm chocolate drifting through cobblestone streets. I love it so much I started hosting Reader Trips to these markets, and the Tinsel Travelers were born from those real friendships formed along the way.

This story is set in Belgium — specifically Brussels and Bruges, my favourite chocolate town. Come join me as we explore the Belgium markets together in an upcoming reader tour (look under the Reader Tours tab on the menu) I hope it makes you want to book a ticket.

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Pack your bags for Belgium.

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