Today I am so excited to share with you my review of this fantastic, festive read from Mandy Baggot. Thank you to Aria fiction for inviting me to Goethe tour and for my copy of the book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
Emily Parker is set to have the worst Christmas ever!
Her flatmate's moved out, she's closed her heart to love and she's been put in charge of the school original Christmas show – with zero musical ability.
Disgraced superstar, Ray Stone is in desperate need of a quick PR turnaround. Waking up from a drunken stupor to a class of ten-year-olds snapping pics and Emily looking at him was not what he had in mind.
Ray needs Emily's help to delete the photos, and she needs his with the show. As they learn to work together they may just open their hearts to more than a second chance...
My Review
This is an absolutely brilliant read that I loved from start to finish and is perfect for getting into the festive spirit.
Emily Parker is dreading Christmas. She doesn't feel festive at all. She is now living alone after her flatmate moved out. And she is definitely not looking for love either. It is while she is at work as a teacher and has it thrust on her that she needs to be in charge of the Christmas production, she truly feels like this is the worst Christmas ever.
Singing superstar Ray Stone is not having a good time either. He feels his life is in major need of a turn around after being snapped again while in a drunken stupor. And things are not helped by his ex partner selling stories that paint Ray in a very bad light.
Ray feels like life can't get any worse after walking up in a school shed after trying to help out an injured hedgehog.
Emily finds Ray in the shed and the two strike up a conversation, this leads Ray comes to Emily's help to fix her broken heating system.
It is while he is helping Emily that she feels she could help him too by inviting him to stay in her spare room and help him get the press of his back. In return Emily asks him to help her write the school production so that she doesn't fail. It is not long before the pair begin to enjoy spending time in each others company and there is even a spark of romance. Could they both be what each other needed, and will they have a second chance of finding romance?
This is such a cosy and feel good read. Perfect for perking up these grey days that we are now having.
I really loved getting to know both of the characters. Emily is very quiet and closed off to love after events from her past and is does not want to let anyone else in. It is great to see her blossom and grow in confidence as you read through the book. Ray is a very complex character who does not want the fame he has found all he wants to do is write songs. It is great to see him soften his rough edges and see him in a different light as you go through the book. There are also some great supporting characters that help them both along the way.
I really liked the setting for this book and it seems to fit in so well with it being the festive season. I also really enjoy the writing style of Mandy Baggot as they are so easy to read and be transported to wherever the book is set.
Many Baggot has done it again with this smashing read and I am already looking forward to reading what comes next.
Purchase Links
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Published by Aria on 12th September 2019
About the Author
Mandy Baggot is an international bestselling and award-winning romance writer. The winner of the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK's Festival of Romance, her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award in 2016. Mandy's books have so far been translated into German, Italian, Czech and Hungarian. Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu, white wine, country music and handbags. Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1's Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor. Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two daughters.
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