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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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The Perfect Fit By Mary Jayne Baker #Review #Giveaway


The festive reading season continues with today's novel, The Perfect Fit by Mary Jane Baker. It is the second book in her Love in the Dales series and there is the chance to win signed copies of both books today. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post. 
 
Escape to the frost-sparkling Yorkshire Dales for some festive fun under the mistletoe! A saucy comedy-romance with more than a sprinkle of Christmas spice – this will lift your spirits and your excitement level!


It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for costume shop owner Becky Finn. Leaving London to move back home to the twinkly rural village of Egglethwaite, she plans to build a new life for herself with fiancé, Cole.


Keen to raise funds for the struggling village hall she loved as a child, Becky finds herself at the head of a colourful group aiming to revive the Egglethwaite Christmas pantomime. But when that festive feeling sets in, she discovers there's more to panto than innuendo and slapped thighs.


Falling in love was not in the script! But as opening night grows closer, she starts to wonder if the panto will ever make it to the stage and, with handsome co-star Marcus on the scene, if she has chosen her right leading man...


The perfect stocking-filler gift!

 'A wonderful book with a great story and a sparky, unusual voice. I loved it!' KATIE FFORDE 


My Thoughts

I read this as a standalone and didn't feel that I was missing out by not having read the first. The community of Egglethwaite is brought together to stage a village pantomime which is a great source of humour. Through the 'amdram' shenanigans, there are some genuinely funny moments and you learn quite a bit about the characters. They can all see what Becky doesn't as regards her relationship with Cole and I must say at times, she was infuriatingly unaware of what was right in front of her nose!

    In addition to the romance at the centre, you also get to learn more about different couples and their solutions to childlessness. Adoption is centre stage at one pint as you get to follow a couple through the process. This did give the characters added depth and lives outside the pantomime setting. I thoroughly enjoyed this entertaining romance. It captures the 'nudge nudge wink wink' world of the village panto and together with the eccentricities of the villagers, it is full of heart.

In short:  An entertaining romcom- 'Oh no it isn't...Oh yes it is...!'

About the Author


Mary Jayne Baker grew up in rural West Yorkshire, right in the heart of Brontë country... and she's still there. After graduating from Durham University with a degree in English Literature, she dallied with living in cities including London, Nottingham and Cambridge, but eventually came back with her own romantic hero in tow to her beloved Dales, where she first started telling stories about heroines with flaws and the men who love them. More information can be found about Mary Jayne on her website at www.maryjaynebaker.co.uk.

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Book links: Amazon UK   |  Amazon US   |  Apple Books 

Thanks to Mary Jane Baker, Mirror Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 


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Giveaway (UK only)

To win signed copies of both books in the Love in the Dales series (Open to UK Only) just follow the link below and good luck!

  A Bicycle Made for Two and The Perfect Fit


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