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Maddy's Christmas Wedding by Rosie Green #LittleDuckPondCafeBook37#review

  Here we are at Book 37 in the Little Duck Pond Cafe series! Maddie's Christmas Wedding is the latest novella by Rosie Green.   With the wedding of the year approaching, excitement is running high at the café! But there's just one problem. Maddy is grappling with a secret. Could it derail all of hers and Jack's glorious plans for their big day? Will there actually be a wedding?   My Thoughts In this latest festive story, we are taken out of Sunnybrook, in fact, out of the country and taken for a wintry stay in Lapland. It is Maddy's hen party gathering so some of the Little Duck Pond characters are along too. The story continues on from the earlier Cosy Nights and Snowball Fights . The setting is idyllic and so different to life at home. Everything shimmers and shines in the snow and the temperatures are extreme. Maddy should be having the time of her life but she finds that she has a lot on her mind and a heartbreaking decision to make.     With the men le...

It's a Wonderful Night by Jaimie Admans Blog Tour Review & Giveaway **


 It's a truly festive stop on the blog today for Jaimie Admans' It's a Wonderful Night. There is also a great Giveaway for you to win ( UK only). Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.


One night will change their lives forever…



Georgia Bailey is closing up her little charity shop in Oakbarrow when she gets a mysterious late night call from a stranger, threatening to jump off the town’s bridge.

Something about the man’s voice is faintly familiar but all she can do is stay on the line and, after talking for hours and losing sense of time passing, coax him back from the edge.

The next morning, Georgia walks to work, buys a festive latte from Leo (who she’s had a crush on for months!) at the local coffee shop, and is shocked when she suddenly recognizes the voice from last night…



A heartwarming festive love story that reminds us that even in the darkest of times, hope is always just around the corner!


My Thoughts
Although at its heart, It's a Wonderful Night is a great festive romance, there are some serious issues behind the story. Mental health, suicidal feelings, depression, town centre decline and its effects on a community are all intrinsic to the story. It makes for a read with a bit of bite and relevance.

I loved the link to the film, It's a Wonderful Life and all the echoes of the small- town story. It is a perfect heart-warming story. Georgia has a heart of gold and manages to get herself into an embarrassing situation as she tries to protect Leo from finding out that it was her who spoke to him on the telephone when he was at his lowest ebb. It has a real feeling of resurgence and hope, just right for this time of the year. It certainly passed my test of a good read- I turned right back to the beginning and wanted to read it again.

In short: Love and friendship blossom even in the direst of circumstances.   
About the Author

Jaimie is a 32-year-old English-sounding Welsh girl with an
awkward-to-spell name. She lives in South Wales and enjoys writing, gardening, watching horror movies, and drinking tea, although she’s seriously considering marrying her coffee machine. She loves autumn and winter, and singing songs from musicals despite the fact she’s got the voice of a dying hyena. She hates spiders, hot weather, and cheese & onion crisps. She spends far too much time on Twitter and owns too many pairs of boots.


She will never have time to read all the books she wants to read.

She is the author of chick-lit romantic comedies The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters, The Little Wedding Island, It’s a Wonderful Night, and Kismetology, and she has also written young-adult romantic comedies Afterlife Academy, Not Pretty Enough, and North Pole Reform School.

You can follow Jaimie here: Website  |  TwitterFacebook

Book links: Amazon UK   |  Amazon US  |  Kobo  |  Goodreads

Thanks to Jaimie and Jenny of Neverland Blog Tours for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.  

Giveaway (UK only)




It's a Wonderful Night Goodie bag, includes:

*It's a Wonderful Night notebook
*It's a Wonderful Night fridge magnet
*A signed postcard of the cover
*A copy of It's a Wonderful Life on DVD because this is the inspiration behind the story.
*An invisible spine Paris notebook because it's where Georgia wants to go more than anywhere in the world.
*A light-up Christmas tree pen, because who doesn't need a light-up Christmas tree pen at this time of year?!

To win, just follow the link below and good luck! 
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