Month: December 2017

Review: The Beachside Christmas by Karen Clarke

Posted December 7, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Beachside Christmas by Karen Clarke

The Beachside Christmas by Karen Clarke Published by Bookouture on September 26th 2017 Genres: Chick-lit, Christmas, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance Pages: 314 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Snow is falling and there’s romance in the air. Curl up for a cosy Christmas by the fire at Seaview Cottage…When thirty-year-old Lily Ambrose’s latest relationship ends in disaster, she remembers happy childhood holidays in the seaside town of Shipley and decides it’s the perfect place for a fresh start. But when Lily arrives, the town’s spirits are as low as her own: the local celebrity due to turn on the Christmas lights has gone on a cruise instead. Keen to prove herself, she calls in a favour and secures gorgeous reality star Ollie. Lily’s neighbours are initially thrilled, but Ollie is as uncontrollable as he is good-looking. He can’t remember the town’s name, calls the Christmas decorations tacky, and manages to offend everyone. And whilst handsome but stubborn cameraman Craig tries to help, even he can’t stop Ollie’s madcap plans to stage a romance with Lily… Will Lily be able […]

Review: Christmas at Hope Cottage by Lily Graham

Posted December 5, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Christmas at Hope Cottage by Lily Graham

Christmas at Hope Cottage by Lily Graham Published by Bookouture on October 18th 2017 Genres: Chick-lit, Christmas, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance Pages: 250 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads In the little village of Whistling, with its butterscotch cottages and rolling green hills, snow is beginning to fall. Christmas is coming, and Emma Halloway is on her way home. When twenty-eight-year-old food writer Emma Halloway gets dumped then knocked off her bike, she’s broken in more ways than one, and returns to her family’s cosy cottage in the Yorkshire Dales. Emma hasn’t been back in some time, running from her crazy relatives and her childhood sweetheart, Jack Allen. Emma’s grandmother is determined to bake her back to health and happiness, as the Halloways have done for generations. Surrounded by old friends and warm cinnamon buns, Emma starts to believe in her family’s special talents for healing again. But then in walks Jack with his sparkling hazel eyes, stirring up the family feud between them.  As the twinkly lights are strung between the streetlamps, Emma remembers just why she fell for Jack in […]

Review: 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant

Posted December 1, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant

36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant Published by Hot Key Books on October 19th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 288 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Two random strangers. Thirty-six questions to make them fall in love. Hildy and Paul each have their own reasons for taking part in the psychology study (in Paul’s case it is the $40, in Hildy’s the reasons are significantly more complex). The study poses the simple question: Can love be engineered between two random strangers? Hildy and Paul must ask each other 36 questions, ranging from “What is your most terrible memory?” to “When did you last sing to yourself?” By the time Hildy and Paul have made it to the end of the questionnaire, they’ve laughed and cried and lied and thrown things and run away and come back again. They’ve also each discovered the painful secret the other was trying so hard to hide. But have they fallen in love? 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You is a cute little read, […]