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This Christmas

By: Leeanne Slade
Narrated by: Claudia Jessie, Tom Bateman
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From the #1 bestselling author Leeanne Slade, get into the festive spirit with a comedy about rings, reunions and reconciliations.

This Christmas is a special one for Kitty and Leo: not only is it their first since becoming an official couple, but it’s the first in their brand new home. After a whirlwind summer together, they are planning to spend the Christmas period curled up in front of the open fire, exchanging gifts and making new traditions.

But when not one, but two sets of in-laws but two sets of in-laws unexpectedly arrive on Christmas morning, they are forced to host Kitty’s Mum and her aggressively frisky cat, Kitty’s Dad and his Scrooge-like attitude, and Leo’s Mum and her treasured family heirloom: a diamond ring she wants Leo to give to Kitty. Kitty and Leo thought they had this Christmas all figured out. . . It might be time to think again.

For listeners who fell in love with Kitty and Leo in THE REBOUND, and for those meeting them for the first time, get ready to swoon - and laugh - under the mistletoe.

Featuring an original theme song written by by Shelly McErlaine, with lyrics by Leeanne Slade, performed by Hey Ho.

©2025 Leeanne Slade (P)2025 Audible Ltd. Family Life Genre Fiction Holidays Romantic Comedy
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Truly enjoyable easy to listen to story, that has great characters. I would think this would make a beautiful movie. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Excellent

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Same great writing, same easy-to-listen-to storyline, but with the new “Leo” narrator they made it sound like kitty started dating a 50 year old English teacher. Still good! Download it!

Everything except Leo’s new voice

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It took me 3.5 hours to get used to Leo’s voice (and still think I would’ve preferred Claudia Jesse’s voice throughout, sorry Tom!).
I highly recommend using the release of this book as an excuse to go back and re-listen to The Rebound first, as there are lovely little nods and threads back to the original.
Laugh out loud funny moments continue in this book and the characters continue to be heartwarming and so relatable.

A beautiful epilogue to a beautiful love story.

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Kitty’s mum is my fav character in this book, reminding me of Bridget jones’ mum. Took me a while to get use to Leo’s new voice… but glad I listened till the end.

Bridget Jones esk

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It was so lovely to see the continuation of Kitty and Leo's story and them tackle new challenges together and see a glimpse into their future. Also loved getting Leo's perspective. A great listen

Fantastic follow up story

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Claudia Jesse and Tom Bateman could read the phone book and I’d listen. Luckily for me it’s a sequel to The Rebound and thankfully not as heartwrenching! Kitty and Leo deserve their second chance that they earned, and it was funny (though stressful) to see them hold their first Christmas with both sets of parents and all their parental pressure. I loved that we got more on how Leo and Kitty have landed on their [spoiler] backstories and let’s just say I’m so glad the author didn’t pull and Abby Jimenez ‘miracle’ bc I detest those plot twists. This book instead acknowledged that some lives will be different and not cookie cutter picket fence. Thank you Leeanne for this Christmas treat, if you ever feel like another Kitty and Leo adventure I wouldn’t be unhappy ;)

Loved it

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