Today I am pleased to share with you my review of this wonderful, festive and heart warming read from Rosie Green. Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting to join the tour and for my copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
When Jess Thornton’s dad was lost at sea, the family coped in different ways, alone in their grief. Now, her mum seems to be going off the rails and her sister, Isla, who moved to France, is now back and determined to get their old family home on the market. But the last thing Jess wants this Christmas is for renovations to start on the house. It’s sure to stir up all sorts of memories she’s desperate to avoid. And to make things worse, Isla appears to have hired the most obnoxious builder in the world to do the work. Jess could ignore the fact that women seem to be putty in his hands. But what she finds harder to ignore is the frisson she gets every time she squeezes past him in the mess that is now their beloved old home! Can the family finally start talking and find a way to move on from the past this Christmas?
My Review
I was so excited to be given the opportunity to read and review this book as I am a fan of Rosie Green and I could not wait to get started on this festive treat.
Since the disappearance at sea of her father, Jess Thorton has put her life hold. She has found it hard to deal with the situation and grieve for the loss of him. She is not the only member of her family be suffering. Her Mother is convinced that she still sees him wherever she goes, this often causes her to go running after complete strangers at random times when they go out.
Isla, Jess's sister is also back in their home town for a visit. She has a successful business in Paris with her partner and she is always boasting of her success. However Jess believes all is not what it seems.
With her sister back and her mum looking like she is going off the rails, Jess has enough on her plate without finding out that her sister has employed a builder to update what was their family home.
Jess is furious when she finds out after meeting the handsome Seb, at the Moondance cottage. For the first time in years though Jess feels a spark of attraction to the builder could her heart be about to be broken though as Seb has some secrets like the rest of them.
With all the secrets they are all keeping from each other and the hurt they are all still feeling this could certainly be a Christmas they will all never forget especially as there are a few surprises in store for them all.
I absolutely loved this book from start to finish.
It has a fabulous storyline that will keep you absorbed from beginning to end.
I loved getting to know all of the characters within the book. Jess is still hurting after the disappearance of her father and still feels like she cannot grieve as he could still be alive. She has shut herself away from life as she deals with this but as you read the book she slowly begins to come out of herself and try and enjoy life again.
Isla is keeping lots of her secrets back from her family but the are all shocked when they all come spilling out.
There are plenty of twists and turns in the book that will really surprise you and may have you shedding a tear too.
This is a fantastic and heart warming read that will stay with you long after you have finished reading it.
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About the Author
Rosie has been scribbling stories ever since she was little.
Back then, they were rip-roaring adventure tales with a young heroine in perilous danger of falling off a cliff or being tied up by 'the baddies'.
Thankfully, Rosie has moved on somewhat, and now much prefers to write romantic comedies that melt your heart and make you smile, with really not much perilous danger involved at all - unless you count the heroine losing her heart in love.
Rosie's brand new series of novellas is centred around life in a village cafe. The latest, 'Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at the Little Duck Pond Cafe', is out now.
Watch out for 'A Winter Wedding at the Little Duck Pond Cafe', which will be published Christmas 2019.
Rosie is also writing a full-length, standalone book for Christmas 2019, entitled 'Snowflakes over Moondance Cottage'.
Follow Rosie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988
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