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Death at the Village Christmas Fair by Debbie Young #Review #CotswoldCuriosityShopMysteriesBook3 #PublicationDay

  I am delighted to feature this cozy crime novel, Death at the Village Christmas Fair  by Debbie Young . It is published today by Boldwood Books on August 16th.   It’s been a busy year for Alice Carroll, with her Curiosity Shop opening for business, and not one but two murders shaking things up in her quaint Cotswold village. She’s looking forward to her first countryside Christmas, complete with traditional Christmas Fair and Santa Run. But her hopes for innocent festive fun are thwarted when one of the Santa Runners steals something from her mum's knitting stall. His festive outfit makes him hard to spot, until he's found fatally injured outside the village hall with the stolen item. Despite what the police say, Alice suspects there's more to his murder than meets the eye. She's determined to solve the mystery - including why, once more, a stranger thought something from her Curiosity Shop was worth killing for. With the help of her charming neighbour Rob...

Thirty by Christina Bradley #Review


 I am absolutely delighted to be taking part in the celebrations for Christina Bradley's debut novel, Thirty, which is available as an eBook or in paperback.

Thirty days till she turns thirty... Just thirty dates to find The One...



Bella Edwards is a hot mess.



Days away from turning thirty, single, struggling to reconcile where she is with where she imagined she'd be by this point in her life, Bella has come to believe her entire future happiness is based on meeting 'The One'.



After an unfortunate encounter with a fortune teller, where it seems Bella's single fate is sealed, she hops on a plane from London to New York to seek the wisdom of her best friend who, in turn, presents Bella with a challenge: thirty dates in thirty days before Bella turns thirty.



Challenge accepted, Bella embarks on a crazy road trip across America to San Francisco, with one clear objective: to find 'The One' and prove the fortune teller wrong. What ensues is a raucous adventure of dating, love, and - most importantly - self-discovery.



Fresh, funny and witty, Thirty shines an honest, often awkward, often hilarious, but ultimately wonderfully fresh light on what it truly means to be single, when everyone else seemingly has it all.

My Thoughts

Well this is one of those reads which I delighted in. Full of humour and wit, the characters popped out of the pages. It is a complete delight. If you decide to read it, be prepared for the fact that you won't want to put it down. You'll be stuck there right to the end! With a fast pace and a great format, it stands out as one not to be missed.

    You find yourself totally buying into Bella's challenge to go on 30 dates in 30 dates in an attempt to track down 'The One' before she reaches 30. Not all the dates go according to plan and some have a few surprises but along the way, Bella realises a few things about what she wants from life- and what she doesn't. You don't have to be Bella's age to enjoy the message behind this story. Being single, when everyone around you seems to be off on their own way, applies to people of all ages. If you want a genuinely laugh out loud read, pick this up.

In short: great holiday reading

 
About the Author 




Christina Bradley started her career as an actress, living and working in British Columbia, Canada. This was when her love for storytelling first began. It wasn’t until she moved back to London some years later, that her love affair with writing, finally took hold. Single at that time and fairly new to her thirties, she began reflecting on what this ‘coming of age’ meant, and the process of reconciling where you are, with where you'd always imagined you'd be. Christina observed this wasn’t something she was experiencing alone, it was a much larger conversation (and basically an epidemic) amongst most of her single friends – everyone seemed to be in a blind-panic about turning thirty, and still searching for The One.


Thirty was written in response.



Alongside her writing, Christina is the founder of the Communication Campus, helping individuals, brands and businesses communicate their message and their stories in front of live audiences. Christina, lives by the sea and is currently writing her next novel.

You can follow Christina here:  TwitterAmazon Author Page

Book links: Amazon UK   |  Amazon US

Thanks to Christina Bradley, and Alara Delfosse of Headline Publishing for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.



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