The Post Box at the North Pole by Jaimie Admans @be_the_spark #FestiveRead #ContemporaryFiction #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Book Review, Christmas, Contemporary, Festive, Fiction, Romance by Cathy

Author: Jaimie Admans

Published: November 2021 by HQ Digital

Category: Christmas, Festive, Contemporary Fiction

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Sasha Hansley hates Christmas. As a child, it was her favourite time of year, but ever since the tragic death of her mother, it has completely lost its magic.

But when she gets an unexpected phone call from her eccentric estranged father, she’s forced to dust off her snow boots.

For years, ever since her mother died, Sasha has wanted to recapture the love of Christmas she experienced as a child by spending the holiday with her father, but every year he’s having adventures in some far flung destination and uses it as an excuse not to come home. She was expecting another such joyless festive season, compounded by the fact she just lost her job, when she has an unexpected phone call from her father.

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25Nov2021

#PublicationDayPush ~ Snow-Kissed Proposals by @JenniAuthor and @ElisabethHobbes #FestiveShorts #HistoricalRomance @rararesources

Posted in Book Review, Festive, Historical Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Victorian by Cathy

Welcome to the publication day push for Snow-Kissed Proposals, courtesy of Rachel’s Random Resources.

My Thoughts

The Christmas Runaway

The Christmas Runaway finds Fiona MacKay lost in the Scottish Highlands, soaked through by the relentless drizzle and wearing uncomfortable new ankle boots. She had acted impulsively, running away from what she considered an unbearable suituation at home, deciding to visit her friend Mhairi in the hopes of making her father see sense. Her maid, Emily, and luggage were waiting at the train station, and now here was this unkempt stranger offering to take her to her destination. She should have listened to Emily and stayed the night in Aberdeen but she’d been too stubborn.

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28Oct2021

#ThrowbackThursday ~ Snowflakes On Christmas Street by Ivy Pembroke #ContemporaryFiction #Romance

Posted in Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Feel Good Fiction, Festive, Romance, Throwback Thursday by Cathy

‘Take a trip to the most charming street in town.’

This is a lovely story published 4 years ago.

My Thoughts

Bill Hammersley has lived on Christmas Street for ever. Bill remembers fondly when it was a friendly street and people knew and understood each other and he doesn’t like the way things have changed. But things have changed and now there’s little to no interaction or sense of community between the neighbours. Bill has become more and more stubborn and solitary, with no visitors apart from Jack.

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11Dec2020

The Journey of Joseph Winter: A Christmas Fairy Tale by @JAnthonywrites #Fantasy #FeelGood #Fiction #FridayReads

Posted in Book Review, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Feel Good Fiction, Festive by Cathy

Author: John Anthony

Published: November 2014

Category: Fantasy, Feel Good Fiction, Festive, Book Review

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Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake.

When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a trek that defies logic. Traveling far from his quaint home in St. Paul into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic, the journey takes him in search of the one man who may be able to help him find peace—Santa Claus.

Geraldine and her husband Tom were having a family Christmas with their children and grandchildren. It’s the Christmas Geraldine had been looking forward to for a long time. She was going to tell everyone about her younger brother, Joseph.

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13Nov2020

Belle, Book and Christmas Candle (The Witches of Castle Clair Book 1) by @Sharon_Booth1 #BookReview #FridayReads

Posted in Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Festive, Magic, Romance, Witches by Cathy

Author: Sharon Booth

Published: December 2018 by Green Ginger Publishing

Category: Festive, Romance, Magic, Witches, Book Review

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Do you believe in magic?

Sky St Clair doesn’t, and growing up in Castle Clair, a small town renowned for its mystical past and magical legends, she never felt she belonged.

Sky got away from Castle Clair as soon as she could, but when a run of bad luck leaves her homeless and jobless, she has little choice but to accept her sister Star’s invitation to return home for the festive season.

It’s over three years since Sky St Clair left the pretty town of Castle Clair, the ancestral home of her family. She is returning reluctantly, forced to swallow her pride and stay with her two sisters, after losing her job, boyfriend and home in one fell swoop. She loves Star and Celeste, of course she does, it was just…the legend and the family business. She just didn’t—couldn’t—believe in all that magic stuff despite the family legacy.

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29Oct2020

#ThrowbackThursday ~ Christmas at the Gin Shack by Catherine Miller ‘Gingle bells, gingle bells, gingle all the way…’ #Contemporary #FestiveFiction

Posted in Book Review, Christmas, Contemporary Fiction, Feel Good Fiction, Festive, Throwback Thursday by Cathy

Welcome to another Throwback Thursday with a festive read from 2017.

My Thoughts

I hadn’t realised this was a sequel so I had a quick recap of the first book which gave me enough background to become involved with the characters and the story, without actually having read the previous book.

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24Jan2020

The Garden On Sparrow Street by Tilly Tennant ~ Contemporary Festive #Romance @TillyTenWriter @bookouture #FridayReads

Posted in Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, Festive, Romance by Cathy

Author: Tilly Tennant

Published: October 2019 by Bookouture

Category: Contemporary Fiction, Festive, Romance, Book Review

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As the cold winter nights draw in, escape to the sleepy town of Wrenwick, where the streets sparkle with snow and a lonely young widow is about to find that true love really can strike twice…

As Christmas cheer fills Sparrow Street with excitement, grieving widow Nina is having a hard time. December is always a difficult month to face without her beloved husband Gray, the days feel long and bleak, and to cap it all, she’s just lost her job.