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 Includes an exclusive introduction from the author

The international #1 bestselling author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks is back with his most epic story yet.

What if the person you needed most, turned up when you least expected them?

Maggie hasn't told this story in years. More than two decades ago, she fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs and he didn't judge her for the way her belly swelled under her jumper. They had the perfect first kiss. Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.

Now, as Maggie sits by the Christmas tree in her gallery telling her story, surrounded by the photographs that made her famous - the photographs Bryce never saw - her new gallery assistant asks her a question. If she had one wish, what would she wish for this Christmas?

Maggie always thought she knew the answer to that question. But before she can say 'I'd go back to that winter with Bryce', she stops herself. It is all she has ever wanted but suddenly here, on this dark night under the twinkling stars, there is something else she wants. She wants to find her baby.

A heart-wrenching and uplifting story about discovery and loss, The Wish is a reminder that time with those precious to us is the greatest gift of all.

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Praise for Nicholas Sparks:

'This one won't leave a dry eye' Daily Mirror

'A fiercely romantic and touching tale' Heat

'An A-grade romantic read' OK!

'Pulls at the heartstrings' Sunday Times

'An absorbing page-turner' Daily Mail©2021 Willow Holdings Inc Clean & Wholesome Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Winter Christmas Feel-Good Tear-jerking Heartfelt Adoption

Critic reviews

Nicholas Sparks weaves a poignant take about love, loss and the decisions that change our lives forever
Nicholas Sparks is back with his most uplifting love story yet
This is a moving and inspirational story reminding us that time is the most precious gift of all
Heart-wrenching and compelling
Have tissues at the ready ... a Christmas read packed with emotion and sentiment
When Nicholas The Notebook Sparks publishes his first Christmas novel, you know it's going to be special ... A real Christmas cracker
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I enjoyed the book but sadly I had figured out the big twist when reading the description of the book so it didn't land like some of the authors previous work

Good but lacking a real twist

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Loved this book, captivating story of love loss and everything in between. Narration was excellent and drew me into the story

Sad it ended

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well read, great story, sad yet beautiful at the same time found it hard to turn it off.

beautiful

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I absolutely love this!! Beautiful story and read beautifully by all. Nicholas Sparks can get me crying over and over.

In bits 😪

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My very first Nicolas Spark book and oh my what a book. Loved every second of it. Beautifully read had me hooked from the first page and so many tears shed. Beautiful

Beautiful

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