Today I am welcoming Jane Linfoot's A Cosy Christmas in
Cornwall to the blog. I also have a great giveaway for you to enter. Details on
how to enter are at the foot of this post.
A December to remember…
Christmas in a Cornish castle? Sign Ivy Starforth up! Hired
to kit out the holiday rental as the world’s most Instagramable festive
dreamland, there’s only one thing standing in the way of her hefty paycheque –
the lord of the manor.
Bill Markham could give Scrooge a run for his money but Ivy
is firmly #TeamChristmas…even if her handsome host seems to be doing everything
he can to sabotage her staging. Maybe she shouldn’t have stumbled in on him
starkers in the hot tub?
As the temperature outside cools, things inside the castle
heat up. It’s been a long time since Ivy allowed herself to give in to
temptation…surely one little kiss under the mistletoe won’t hurt?
My Thoughts
This book is brimful of Christmas and just perfect for holiday reading. I enjoyed the mix of traditional Christmas with the social media/ Instagram world which seemed to dictate a lot of the holidays. Ivy is a likeable character with some human insecurities and a kind side to her which makes you root for her. There is a lot of humour in this story especially with the children who don't always get the perfect Christmas they are being given.
For me, the star of the show was always Mervyn the dog. He gives the whole proceedings a 'paws on the floor' down to earth quality and lots of humour as well. I appreciated the way that even the most unappealing and unsympathetic characters were shown to have their own issues to work through. Families come in all shapes and sizes and as the story continues, the sense of belonging increases.
In short: A castleful of Chrstmas joy- brilliant!
About the Author
Jane Linfoot is a best selling author, who lives in a
cottage on a Derbyshire hillside with her family and their pets. Although she
loves seeing cow noses over the garden wall, she’s happy she can walk to a
supermarket.
Jane grew up in North Yorkshire where she spent a lot of her
childhood avoiding horizontal gales blowing off the sea and wrote her first
book by accident. While she loves to write feel good books that let readers
escape, she’s always surprised to hear her stories make people laugh, admits to
(occasionally) crying as she writes, and credits her characters for creating
their own story lines.
Jane’s garden would be less brambly if she wasn’t on
Facebook and Twitter so often. On days when she wants to be really scared, she
rides a tandem.
Her recent stand alone novels are all set in and around the
(imaginary) seaside village of St Aidan in Cornwall. They are: Ivy’s Cornish
Christmas, Edie’s Browne’s Cottage by the Sea, The Little Cornish Kitchen. Her
four book Little Wedding Shop series are standalone stories, also set in St
Aidan. They are: The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea, Christmas at the Little
Wedding Shop, Summer at the Little Wedding Shop and Christmas Promises at the
Little Wedding Shop. They are all published by the Harper Impulse and One More
Chapter imprints of Harper Collins.
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Giveaway (International)
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Thank you so much for reading A Cosy Christmas in Cornwall and for writing this lovely review. I'm thrilled you enjoyed spending Christmas time with Ivy and her crew at the castle, and loved what you picked up on to highlight. I LOVE what you say about Merwyn - paws on the floor is such a great way to describe him, I'm so delighted with that!! Huge hugs for taking part in this epic blog tour, for spreading the word to your followers so well, I'm so grateful for all your support. Big love, Jane xx
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