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Love Home on the Road Home by Margaret Amatt #Review #GlenbriarBook15

We are returning to the beautiful Scottish Highlands for Margaret Amatt's  fifteenth in her Glenbriar  Series:Love Match on the Road Home. This latest novel was published on 3rd October by Leannan Press   After tennis star Georgie Porter retires at just thirty-one, she buys a campervan and returns to her hometown of Glenbriar, hoping to make amends for the hurts she caused to a former sweetheart. But instead of finding the man whose heart she broke many years ago, she comes face to face with his younger brother, Kerr. Easy-going and quietly loyal, high school teacher Kerr Halley has strong opinions about Georgie Porter – and there are rules about interacting with your brother’s ex, no matter how long ago she split with him. Especially when Kerr has always secretly carried a torch for her. When they’re thrown together to fundraise for a local sports project, old grudges begin to thaw, and Kerr’s true feelings come to light. As Georgie rediscovers the charm of small...

The Cocktail Bar by Isabella May #BookBirthdayBlitz #Review #Giveaway


Welcome to the 1st Birthday Blitz to celebrate Isabella May's The Cocktail Bar. I thoroughly enjoyed Isabella's Costa del Churros  and Oh! What a Pavlova so I am delighted that you have the chance to win a signed copy of Oh! What a Pavlova. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.
 
Rock star, River Jackson, is back in his hometown of Glastonbury to open a cocktail bar… and the locals aren’t impressed.


Seductive Georgina is proving too hot to handle; band mate, Angelic Alice, is messing with his heart and his head; his mum is a hippie-dippy liability; his school friends have resorted to violence – oh, and his band manager, Lennie, AND the media are on his trail.


But River is armed with a magical Mexican elixir which will change the lives of the Three Chosen Ones. Once the Mexican wave of joy takes a hold of the town, he’s glad he didn’t lose his proverbial bottle.


Pity he hasn’t taken better care of the real one.


My Thoughts
The Cocktail Bar is Isabella's second novel and predates Costa del Churros. I found it interesting therefore to realise that Georgina, who features in Costa del Churros is a major part of The Cocktail Bar. I certainly found out a lot more about her past. It is always fun when characters turn up in subsequent books. The Cocktail Bar has a varied cast of characters. This seems to be a hallmark of Isabella's- bright and vividly drawn characters who all interact and at times, cause mayhem. 

     I enjoyed the setting for this novel, at Glastonbury, which fitted in nicely with the slightly mystical hints that hung over the story. With themes of new chances and starting over, it proves to be an enjoyable read. River and Alice both return to their roots and reappraise what their lives are all about. It is lively writing and at times, funny. I found it to be an entertaining read with an heart-warming message on how goodness will spread, once it is let loose.

In short: A lively mix of humour and romance with a splash of good intentions and a tiny pinch of bitterness.

 
About the Author 


Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalucia, Spain with her
husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the sea and the mountains. Having grown up on Glastonbury’s ley lines however, she’s unable to completely shake off her spiritual inner child, and is a Law of Attraction fanatic.

Cake, cocktail, and travel obsessed, she also loves nothing more than to (quietly) break life’s ‘rules’.


You can follow Isabella here: Website| Twitter| Facebook | Instagram

Book link: Amazon UK

Thanks to Isabella May, Crooked Cats Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
Giveaway (International)

Win a signed copy of Oh! What A Pavlova (Open Internationally). To enter, just follow the link below and good luck!

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