Today I am excited to share with you my review of this fun and festive new release from Jane Linfoot. Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to join the tour, and thank you to One More Chapter for my copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
Christmas in a Cornish castle? Sign Ivy Starforth up! Hired to kit out the holiday rental as the world’s most Instagramable festive dreamland, there’s only one thing standing in the way of her hefty paycheque – the lord of the manor.
Bill Markham could give Scrooge a run for his money but Ivy is firmly #TeamChristmas…even if her handsome host seems to be doing everything he can to sabotage her staging. Maybe she shouldn’t have stumbled in on him starkers in the hot tub?
As the temperature outside cools, things inside the castle heat up. It’s been a long time since Ivy allowed herself to give in to temptation…surely one little kiss under the mistletoe won’t hurt?
My Review
I am a big fan of all of the books written by Jane Linfoot and I could not wait to get started on this new release. Once I got started I was so drawn into the story and did not want to put it down.
Ivy Starforth works as a window designer for a department store in London. She is good at her job and loves what she does. This is why she has been hired by her friend Libby to turn the Cornish Castle she has rented for the Christmas period in the perfect festive setting for all of her Instagram pictures and to show she is going to have the perfect Christmas.
Christmas is a difficult time for Ivy after having an accident the year before which changed her life forever. Ivy is determined that by helping others and giving them the best Christmas they could possibly have imagined, she will stop having the flashbacks and this will help her forget what happened.
What Ivy had not planned for on her arrival in Cornwall was to bump into the nearly naked, gorgeous Bill in the hot tub.
Bill is the owner of the castle and someone that knows Ivy from the past that now feels like a lifetime ago, and one person that Ivy never forgot.
Ivy is shocked to find just how under prepared Bill is for their arrival with nothing ready and the castle looking sad and not ready for Christmas at all. Ivy sets about making arrangements to get the castle ready for all of the visitors that Libby has invited, much to they annoyance of the very grumpy Bill.
Bill has decided, rather begrudgingly that Ivy is right and with some help from the Silver surfers they set about setting the castle up to look like perfect Christmas setting.
With the two of them working together sparks of romance appear between them, but with them both having some much happen in their pasts are either of them ready to let each other in and fall in love. Who knows maybe the magic of Christmas will help them along their way.
I really enjoyed the writing style of this book it flows well. The descriptions within the book sound amazing and the perfect place to spend Christmas with the ones you love.
The character of Ivy in this book is great to get to know. You slowly learn about what happened to her over the last few years and find out why she never removes her hat. Ivy grows in confidence as the book moves forward and its great to see her finally letting people in.
You also get to know Libby and her four children, all of which are obsessed with technology. Libby is determined to make this Christmas perfect but how will this impact her family.
Fliss is a mum of two young children. She finds parenting hard especially as she is comparing her life to Libby's who always seems to have everything under control. Fliss also is thinking that her beloved husband is having an affair.
Miranda is the mother of Libby and Fliss and has decided to arrive at the castle early. She is not alone either as she has her new man Ambie, he's her latest romance but with her track record he won't be around for long.
There are a great bunch of supporting characters within the book who also help to bring Christmas to life in Cornwall.
I adored this book from star to finish. The book is full of fun and romance and will keep you absorbed right up to the last page.
A perfect Christmas read.
Ivy Starforth works as a window designer for a department store in London. She is good at her job and loves what she does. This is why she has been hired by her friend Libby to turn the Cornish Castle she has rented for the Christmas period in the perfect festive setting for all of her Instagram pictures and to show she is going to have the perfect Christmas.
Christmas is a difficult time for Ivy after having an accident the year before which changed her life forever. Ivy is determined that by helping others and giving them the best Christmas they could possibly have imagined, she will stop having the flashbacks and this will help her forget what happened.
What Ivy had not planned for on her arrival in Cornwall was to bump into the nearly naked, gorgeous Bill in the hot tub.
Bill is the owner of the castle and someone that knows Ivy from the past that now feels like a lifetime ago, and one person that Ivy never forgot.
Ivy is shocked to find just how under prepared Bill is for their arrival with nothing ready and the castle looking sad and not ready for Christmas at all. Ivy sets about making arrangements to get the castle ready for all of the visitors that Libby has invited, much to they annoyance of the very grumpy Bill.
Bill has decided, rather begrudgingly that Ivy is right and with some help from the Silver surfers they set about setting the castle up to look like perfect Christmas setting.
With the two of them working together sparks of romance appear between them, but with them both having some much happen in their pasts are either of them ready to let each other in and fall in love. Who knows maybe the magic of Christmas will help them along their way.
I really enjoyed the writing style of this book it flows well. The descriptions within the book sound amazing and the perfect place to spend Christmas with the ones you love.
The character of Ivy in this book is great to get to know. You slowly learn about what happened to her over the last few years and find out why she never removes her hat. Ivy grows in confidence as the book moves forward and its great to see her finally letting people in.
You also get to know Libby and her four children, all of which are obsessed with technology. Libby is determined to make this Christmas perfect but how will this impact her family.
Fliss is a mum of two young children. She finds parenting hard especially as she is comparing her life to Libby's who always seems to have everything under control. Fliss also is thinking that her beloved husband is having an affair.
Miranda is the mother of Libby and Fliss and has decided to arrive at the castle early. She is not alone either as she has her new man Ambie, he's her latest romance but with her track record he won't be around for long.
There are a great bunch of supporting characters within the book who also help to bring Christmas to life in Cornwall.
I adored this book from star to finish. The book is full of fun and romance and will keep you absorbed right up to the last page.
A perfect Christmas read.
Published by One More Chapter on the 19th October 2019
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About the Author
Jane Linfoot is a best selling author, who lives in a cottage on a Derbyshire hillside with her family and their pets. Although she loves seeing cow noses over the garden wall, she’s happy she can walk to a supermarket.
Jane grew up in North Yorkshire where she spent a lot of her childhood avoiding horizontal gales blowing off the sea and wrote her first book by accident. While she loves to write feel good books that let readers escape, she’s always surprised to hear her stories make people laugh, admits to (occasionally) crying as she writes, and credits her characters for creating their own story lines.
Jane’s garden would be less brambly if she wasn’t on Facebook and Twitter so often. On days when she wants to be really scared, she rides a tandem.
Her recent stand alone novels are all set in and around the (imaginary) seaside village of St Aidan in Cornwall. They are: Ivy’s Cornish Christmas, Edie’s Browne’s Cottage by the Sea, The Little Cornish Kitchen. Her four book Little Wedding Shop series are standalone stories, also set in St Aidan. They are: The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea, Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop, Summer at the Little Wedding Shop and Christmas Promises at the Little Wedding Shop. They are all published by the Harper Impulse and One More Chapter imprints of Harper Collins.
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1 comment:
Thank you so much for reading A Cosy Christmas in Cornwall and for this wonderful review. I love what you've chosen to highlight and pick out, you've expressed the feel of the book perfectly for your followers with what you say! And I'm so thrilled you enjoyed Ivy's story so much. Huge hugs for being part of this epic tour, I'm so grateful for your help and support in spreading the word, big love, Jane xxx
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