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A Sky Full of Stars by Fay Keenan #Review #PublicationDay

  Here we are on the outskirts of Bristol for a visit to the countryside with Fay Keenan . A Sky Full of Stars is published today by Boldwood Books on March 18th. Charlotte James prefers having her head in the stars to having her feet on the ground. Moving around for her job as an astronomical archivist gives Charlotte plenty of opportunity to avoid putting down roots. When she accepts a post in the idyllic Somerset village of Lower Brambleton to archive an old observatory before its demolition, all that is on her mind is a chance to preserve the treasures of this remarkable place and another summer without having to settle down. Tristan Ashcombe is managing the development of Observatory Field and as far as he’s concerned, the sooner the observatory is razed to the ground the better. The building holds complicated memories for him and his family, memories he’s ready to put behind him. But as Charlotte’s work begins to unravel mysteries from a complex past, she realises t...

The Boardwalk by the Sea - Autumn Antics by Georgina Troy ** Blog Tour Review**

Today we have the second standalone novel in Georgina Troy's Boardwalk by the Sea Series, Autumn Antics. There is also the chance to enter an International Giveaway to win an Autumn Antics Tote Bag and Locket. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.



Being a part-time hand model can be tricky, especially when you have to deal with prima donnas like Megan Knight, a reality star whose meteoric rise has surprised everyone. Bella is happiest running her tiny antique business from the front room of her cottage on the boardwalk. To ensure she has enough income coming in, she also rents out two of her bedrooms and is hiding a secret crush on one of her lodgers. His name is Jack and he also happens to be her best friend Sacha’s brother.


If life wasn’t complicated enough, her world-travelling mother appears on her doorstep on the same evening that Jack’s ex-fiancée arrives on the boardwalk determined to win him back. Bella has a lot of thinking to do and soon discovers that not all gems sparkle.
 

My Thoughts
There are some great characters in this story and I am sure any one of them could be the subject of a follow up book. You cannot help but like Bella who seems to work so hard and is such a good friend to everyone. The setting on Jersey is glorious and there is such an autumnal feel to the story. This light-hearted read feels just right for those October evenings.

    Friendship plays a large part in the story and it is interesting to see how Megan, the high maintenance reality star, lets her guard down once she is on the island. The driving force beneath the story is the relationship between Bella and Jack- a real will they, won't they situation. I hope that we find out more about Bella's mother in any subsequent books in the series. I am sure that she has several stories still to tell!

In short: romance and friendship in a beautiful island setting. 
 
About the Author


Georgina Troy is a pseudonym of author Deborah Carr. She recently signed with HarperCollins' romance imprint HarperImpulse to write an historical romance to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War. The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr will be published in e-book format on 12 October 2018 and in paperback on 27 December 2018.


Georgina was a finalist in the Contemporary Romance Category of the Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2016 (RoNAs) with A Jersey Kiss and a finalist in the Joan Hessayon Award for new writers 2015. Her first four-book series, The Jersey Scene and books 1 and 2 of her second series, The Boardwalk by the Sea are available.

She also writes thrillers as Ella Drummond and lives on the island of Jersey with her husband and three rescue dogs and is 1/3 of The Blonde Plotters.

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Book links: Amazon UK   |  Amazon US  

Thanks to Deborah Carr and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

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To win an Autumn Antics Locket and Tote Bag (Open Internationally) just follow the link below and good luck!

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  1. Thanks very much for taking part in the blog tour for #AutumnAntics and for your wonderful review. Georgina

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