There is Magic Under the Mistletoe today on the blog and I am delighted to be taking part on the first day of the blog tour. I have a great Giveaway for you to enter, Details are at the foot of this post.
Christmas and romance are in the air...
It's December 23rd and while everyone else is rushing home
for the holidays, workaholic Leesa Oliver is dreading switching on her
out-of-office for the festive season. And it seems her equally driven boss,
Cary Anderson, isn't relishing spending Christmas at his family's country
estate either.
So together, they draft an unexpected Christmas contract:
They'll spend half of the holidays with each other's families, pretending to be
a couple. Leesa knows the insufferably good-looking Cary will make her Christmas
more bearable, but what happens after the last of the mince pies have been
eaten...?
Leesa signed off on a sensible business agreement, but
somewhere, amongst the fairy lights and carols something seems to have
changed... It seems there might just be some magic under the mistletoe this
Christmas!
My Thoughts
This novel covers a whole year so you get to see Leesa and Cary at not just one Christmas but two. I enjoyed the humour of the story in the opening chapters on the flight home when you begin to glimpse their true characters and to see what sort of people they actually are. They both have past lives which are impacting on them and explain why they are so determinedly self sufficient.
Of all the characters in the story, I loved Cressida and her estranged husband, Matthew. These are the sort of people who you feel see more than they let on and who understand what is happening beneath the surface. This novel looks at relationships and having a second chance, at what constitutes a family and how we can experience loss and yet move on. I loved the festive sections and could absolutely visualise the beautiful mansion house, all dressed for Christmas.
In short: Characters with hidden depths and lots of sparkling snow!
About the Author
From interior designer to author, Linn B. Halton - who also
writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman - says ‘it’s been a fantastic
journey!’
Linn is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels
and is excited to be writing for both Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus) and Harper
Impulse (Harper Collins); she’s represented by Sara Keane of the Keane Kataria
Literary Agency.
When she’s not writing, or spending time with the family,
she’s either upcycling furniture or working in the garden.
Linn won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic
Fiction award; her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival of
Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards.
Living in Coed Duon in the Welsh Valleys with her ‘rock’,
Lawrence, and gorgeous Bengal cat Ziggy, she freely admits she’s an eternal
romantic.
Linn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and
the Society of Authors. She writes feel-good, uplifting novels about life, love
and relationships. relationships.
Catch up with the rest of the tour!
Giveaway (UK only)
To win a Signed paperback copy of Snowflakes
over Holly Cove and Christmas Pamper Pack. (UK only) just follow the link below and good luck!
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Thank you SO much for being on the tour and taking the time to read and review! And what a lovely review... thrilled you enjoyed it. xx
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