I love a festive read and what better way to start a Saturday morning than with a nice festive review as part of the blog blitz for A Kiss in the Snow.
My Review
I am loving the Little Duck Pond Cafe books and in this story we spend time with Carrie and enjoy a pre Christmas break when she decides she needs to get away for a few days. This is one of my favourite books from the series so far, it was brimming with love, kindness and hope, the story just ran away with me as I was so keen to keep reading.
Carrie is a wonderful character who isn’t used to being the centre of attention being the quieter twin and I loved getting to know her and her handsome house guest . I found myself laughing and cringing as I read and my heart broke a little as well. I love a cute picture perfect village and this story painted a wonderful village life with its little shop that sold everything. I was quickly consumed by village life and the friendships that Carrie struck up with the locals and just wanted to keep reading. A wonderful festive read, brimming with positivity, kindness, traditions and snow!
Book Blurb
After a cruel twist of fate sends her hurtling into a black hole of despair, Carrie is absolutely dreading the festive season – especially with sister, Krystle, being even more demanding of her time and energy than usual. But then friend Maddy offers Carrie a lifeline: the chance to get away from it all in a holiday cottage in the gorgeous little village of Silverbells. Deciding that a few weeks of tranquillity – reading, baking and going for long walks in the countryside – might just restore her mood, Carrie is quick to take up the offer. But on arriving, it very soon becomes clear that this break is going to be anything but peaceful!
An unwelcome houseguest proves unsettling enough – especially one who whistles loudly first thing in the morning and is far too cheerful for his own good – but finding herself drawn into the spooky mystery of her missing neighbour means there really isn’t much time for personal reflection. And then love comes knocking, and Carrie is forced to decide exactly where her heart lies.
Will this festive season be the disaster Carrie predicted? Or will Santa be good to her and deliver her heart’s desire? One thing’s for sure – this will be a Christmas Carrie will never, ever forget…
Available to purchase here
Meet 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.
Her series of novellas is centred around life in a village cafe. The latest, ‘Lucy’s Great Escape’, is out now.
Rosie will be revisiting the Little Duck Pond Café with a beautiful story of love and friendship at Christmas time, entitled A Kiss in the Snow, out in October 2020.
Follow Rosie on Twitter – https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988
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Thanks for visiting Love the Smell of a Book today and I hope you have a great day!
Daisy & Kel x
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