Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somebody Else’s Boy | - | Jo Bartlett | Buy |
| 2 | The Gift of Christmas Yet to Come | 2014 | Jo Bartlett | Buy |
| 3 | Christmas in the Bay | 2016 | Jo Bartlett | Buy |
Jo Bartlett set her St Nicholas Bay series in a fictional coastal village with a name that practically guarantees a Christmas connection. The Gift of Christmas Yet to Come (2014) was one of Bartlett’s earliest published novels and helped establish the cozy, community-driven style she would become known for. Christmas in the Bay (2016) returned to the same setting with a new holiday story.
Somebody Else’s Boy rounds out the trilogy, expanding the village’s cast of characters beyond the festive season. The series gives readers a small seaside community where everyone knows everyone, gossip travels fast, and romantic misunderstandings have a way of resolving themselves by the final chapter. For those who discovered Bartlett through her later Cornish books, the St Nicholas Bay novels offer a look at where her career started.