A Knight Before Christmas

Author: Stout, Cara

Reading age: from c 12 years

Published on 6 November 2025 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Penguin Books Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Fairytale in Progress' series.

Paperback | 400 pages
130 x 198 x 28 | 278g

Just like Romeo, he’s falling for Juliet.

Juliet Ripley doesn’t believe in love. She’s witnessed more than her fair share of tragic endings and has sworn off the cursed thing for good. But when Beeloved, the dating app her overbearing mum runs, needs a PR boost, she agrees to help create a reality dating show.

Garrick Walton keeps love at arm’s length but when asked to take part in the dating series as the shows Knight in Shining Armour he can’t say no. Flirting is his forte and the theme park his family runs could use some good press after the charity fraud fiasco.

Except it’s not the contestants that have caught his eyes, it’s the brutally honest producer, Juliet, he’s really drawn to.

The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny their feelings.

Will they risk it all for their own happily-ever-after??A Knight Before Christmas is a fluffy, cosy, happily-ever-after YA rom-com novel set at Fairytale Gardens, a small-town theme park.