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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...
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Magnolia House by Angela Barton #Review

Today, I am delighted to welcome Angela Barton and her novel, Magnolia House , to the blog to celebrate its publication. 
 

Rowan Forrester has it all – the happy marriage, the adorable dog, the good friends, the promising business and even the dream home after she and her husband Tom win a stunning but slightly dilapidated Georgian townhouse in London at auction.

But in the blink of an eye, Rowan’s picture-perfect life comes crashing down around her and she is faced with the prospect of having to start again.

To make ends meet she begins a search for housemates, and in doing so opens the door to new friends and new beginnings. But could she be opening the door to new heartbreak too?


 My Thoughts

This is an entertaining novel which has a huge dollop of romance but which also covers the themes of trying to start again. It looks at the different lifestyles which people have these days and has a definite London feel to the whole story. Rowan's life is turned upside down and her attempts to rebuild her life forms the largest part of the story. 

    This introduces a cast of interesting characters who you sense all have their own stories to tell. Magnolia House turns out to be a character in its own right and I loved being able to visualise what it looked like. There are some sad and poignant aspects to the story but in all, I loved following the characters' stories and wondering where their lives would lead them next.

In short: A story about second chances.


 
About the Author



Angela Barton was born in London and grew up in Nottingham. She is married with three grown up children and adorable four-year-old twin granddaughters. Angela is passionate about writing both contemporary and historical fiction and loves time spent researching facts for her novels. Having signed publishing contracts for three of her completed novels with Choc Lit’s new imprint, Ruby Fiction, Angela is excited to be working alongside such a lovely team. 

Angela and her husband, Paul, recently moved to France and planted a lavender field. She’s looking forward to spending more time writing in the beautiful Charente countryside working from her new writing room, a beautiful shepherd hut. Angela is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and Nottingham Writers’ Studio.

 You can follow Angela here: Website  |  Facebook   |  Twitter 
  
Book links: Amazon UK   |  Arlette's Story 

Thanks to Angela Barton, Choc Lit and Rachel of Rachel's Random Reads for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

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