BEST-SELLING Black Country author Miranda Dickinson has released a new Christmas novella.

Miranda, author of Sunday Times bestsellers including Fairytale of New York and Take a Look at Me Now, has today (Thursday October 19) published her first-ever completely festive story Christmas in St Ives – which is available as an ebook.

She said: “Everyone thinks I write Christmas books because my novels have often been published around that time, but this is the very first time I’ve published a Christmas story and I’m over the moon with it.

“I’ve packed my love of St Ives, Cornwall and Christmas into this story, with a huge dose of love, laughter and more than a touch of sparkle.”

The novella also serves as a prequel to Miranda’s next novel Somewhere Beyond the Sea which will be out in June 2018.

Readers will be able to meet the main characters from the forthcoming book – eight months before it is released - and as an extra Christmas treat the first chapter of Somewhere Beyond the Sea is also included at the end of the novella.

Christmas in St Ives is available to buy as an ebook from Amazon, priced £1.89.