Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Lucy Coleman's Snowflakes over Holly Cove. I am delighted to be able to bring you this festive romance. I also have a great International Giveaway- details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.
As the snowflakes start to fall, Holly Cove welcomes a new
tenant to the beautiful old cottage on the beach...
For lifestyle magazine journalist Tia Armstrong,
relationships, as well as Christmas, have lost all their magic. Yet Tia is up
against a Christmas deadline for her latest article 'Love is, actually, all
around...'
So, Tia heads to Holly Cove where the restorative sea air
and rugged stranger, Nic, slowly but surely start mending her broken heart.
Tia didn't expect a white Christmas, and she certainly never
dared dream that all her Christmas wishes might just come true...
Set in Caswell Bay on the stunningly beautiful Gower Coast,
the cottage nestles amid the limestone cliffs and the woodlands, where the
emotions run as turbulently as the wind-swept sea.
As cosy as a marshmallow-topped mug of cocoa, fall in love
with a heart-warming festive story from the bestselling author of The French
Adventure.
My Thoughts
I was quickly drawn into this heart-warming story with all its emphasis on family, friendship and evaluating what is important in life. Both Tia and Nic have been through life changing events which are not easily or quickly recovered from. They both are trying to decide just what they want from life and I found them both to be engaging and sympathetic characters.
Holly Cove is beautifully evoked. You can visualise the little, close-knit community and beautiful scenery. Some of the locals made me smile and Olwen turns out to be the mother hen of the village, looking out for everyone. I liked the way different stages of relationships were shown through Tia's journalism as she interviewed different couples. Loss and grief are in the mix as well but the overall momentum in the story is of hope and moving forward away from the past, and making new memories to sit alongside the old ones.
In short: Finding love and friendship in unexpected places.
About the Author
From interior designer to author, Linn B. Halton - who also
writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman - says ‘it’s been a fantastic
journey!’
Linn is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels
and is excited to be writing for both Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus) and Harper
Impulse (Harper Collins); she’s represented by Sara Keane of the Keane Kataria
Literary Agency.
When she’s not writing, or spending time with the family,
she’s either upcycling furniture or working in the garden.
Linn won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in
Romantic Fiction award; her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival
of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards.
Living in Coed Duon in the Welsh Valleys with her ‘rock’,
Lawrence, and gorgeous Bengal cat Ziggy, she freely admits she’s an eternal
romantic.
Linn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and
writes feel-good, uplifting novels about life, love and relationships.
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Giveaway ( International)
To win a signed paperback of A Cottage in the Country and a
rustic wooden heart decoration (Open Internationally) just follow the link below and good luck!
*Terms and Conditions –Worldwide entries welcome. Please enter using the Rafflecopter box
below. The winner will be selected at
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and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right
to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the
competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with
third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed
to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after
which time I will delete the data. I am
not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
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Thank you so much for being on the tour and for your lovely review - much appreciated! Have a great weekend! Lx
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