About the Book
Seven people, four days and a snowy Christmas on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning…
‘Escaping into Milly’s world is always a joy and Let The Bells Ring Out is Christmas perfection!’ JILL MANSELL
The Yorkshire Belle is a glamorous steam train all decked out for an escapist festive getaway. It is not supposed to be where a group of people, all trying to get to their destinations for the holidays, will spend their Christmas.
Seven people, each with their own hopes and dreams, secrets and sorrows, board the train as strangers, but as the snow keeps falling and they realise they are going nowhere fast, they are forced to slow down and embrace the present.
This Christmas on board the Yorkshire Belle, will the friendships they make change their lives forever?
Title: Let the Bells Ring Out
Author: Milly Johnson
Published By: Simon & Schuster
Publication Day: 23rd October 2025
Links: UK: Amazon
Our Review
If ever seven people were destined to meet it was these seven characters from Let the Bells Ring Out. All strangers apart from one couple, they were all thrown together and snowed in on the most amazing luxury train called the Yorkshire Belle. I don't think that the characters expected to get to know each other so well but then they did end up spending the whole of christmas together with a kitchen and bar stocked up full of festive goodies and luxurious rooms. I can think of much worse places to get snowed in and I think we could all do with switchng off from the outside world every now and then and give ourselves a bit of a reset which is exactly what these characters were able to do. I honestly didn't want this book to end. I'm contemplating taking a journey on the Northern Belle which this train was based on because the author made everything sound so tempting and I felt like I was there in the thick of it with these amazing characters.
I've said it before because Milly is my favourite author but she doesn't just write a story she creates a wonderful world jam packed with so much going on while expertly weaving the character's storylines and intertwining them in parts and always with a bit of Milly magic sprinkled on top.
This story was filled with the joys of Christmas along with secrets, heartache, heartbreak, love and friendships made for life. This was the sister book of I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day and features radio DJ Brian Cosgrove who added to the atmosphere on board the train. I dread to think what some of these characters lives would have been like had they not met. It was a wonderful whirlwind from beginning to end. I loved every Christmassy page of it.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 22 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poet, a professional joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Her 22nd novel 'Same Time Next Week' out 27th Feb 2025 is about five women all negotiating big changes in their lives. Will coming together in a friendship group at the new Ray's Diner help them overcome what fate throws at them? Full of blueberry pie and cookies (don't blame me if you start craving them)
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