I am delighted to be on the blog tour to celebrate Holly Martin's The Little Village of Happiness.
Fall head-over-heels in love with the beautiful new novel from bestselling author Holly Martin and let The Little Village of Happiness warm your heart and make your spirits soar.
Willow
McKay needs a fresh start. Her recent break-up may not have left her
heartbroken but it’s certainly wounded her pride. Desperate to escape
the whispers and stares of her town’s gossips, an advert offering homes
in a picturesque village in the grounds of a majestic castle on the
Cornish coast sounds like just what she needs. Without thinking twice
Willow applies for a cottage and packs up her life for the village of
Happiness.
But
when Willow arrives she finds a crumbling ruin and ramshackle cottages,
nothing like the pretty picture the advert had boasted. It seems
Happiness was too good to be true. That is until she meets the
incredibly handsome estate manager Andrew Harrington…
His
passion for restoring the village to its former glory is contagious and
soon they are working together to bring happiness back to Happiness.
And as sparks fly between them Willow can feel herself falling. But
Andrew is holding something back.
Can
Willow risk her heart again? And will they succeed in transforming the
old village to its original beauty before it’s too late?
Get
swept away to the sun-kissed Cornish coast with this gorgeous love
story, perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Miranda Dickinson and Lucy
Diamond.
My Thoughts
From the start, I was captivated by the setting for The Little Village of Happiness. Not that this village starts off by being picture postcard perfect- far from it. Willow is a likeable and relatable character who is looking to escape for a while and to make a fresh start. There are some great little humorous scenes as she settles into village life and meets the locals.
As a foil for Willow, Andrew is a great character with some surprising secrets. Without going into details, his condition is dealt with sensitively and it is clear that Holly has carried out quite a lot of research to get it right. You get to see differing reactions from different people which leads to some interesting thoughts on acceptance and communication.
Seeing how the villagers react to newcomers arriving and how a
community is encouraged to develop gives you an insight into the
potential this book has for further stories. I am delighted that it will be more than a
standalone novel, with Book 2 planned already.
In short: The sea sparkles and the sun shines in this feelgood romance.
About the Author
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She
studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel
receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The
moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for
fifteen years’ service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit
her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later,
she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the
development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped
the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and
an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and
many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and
she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for
the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the
Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won
the Carina Valentine’s competition at the Festival of Romance 2013 with her
novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and
Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance 2014. She is the
bestselling author of 18 books.
Thanks to Holly Martin for a copy of the book and a place on the tour,
Check out the rest of the tour!
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