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The Widow's Vow by Rachel Brimble #Review #PublicationDay

  Today's historical fiction takes us to Victorian England and Bath. Published by Boldwood  today on December 16th, A Widow's Vow is the first in the Ladies of Carson Street saga series by Rachel Brimble.   From grieving widow... 1851. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath the only things she has left of him. And now the debt collectors will come calling. To a new life as a madam. Forced to leave everything she knows behind, Louisa finds more painful betrayals waiting for her in the house in Bath. Left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has nothing to turn to but her old way of life. But this time, she'll do it on her own terms – by turning her home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she's determined to spare the girls she sa...
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The First Time I Saw You by Emma Cooper #Review

Today I am delighted to be featuring Emma Cooper's The First Time I Saw Your Face on the blog. 

 Lost: Six-foot-two Irish man who answers to the name Samuel McLaughlin.  Has weak shins and enjoys show tunes. If found, please return to Sophie Williams.

Before Sophie met Samuel she saw the world in grey. Before Samuel met Sophie, he never believed in love at first sight.
When they first meet, something tells them they are meant to be.  But fate has other ideas. 

Now they have lost each other and can't see a way back. But they've already changed each other's lives in more ways than they ever expected...

From the author of The Songs of Us comes a love story that will ‘break your heart but put it back together again’, (Katie Fforde). Fans of Jojo Moyes and Lucy Dillon will love The First Time I Saw You by Emma Cooper.

                                                                                     My Thoughts
 This was an emotional read which certainly swept me along with the story. The main characters are such a contrast at the beginning but you come to see that they have a lot of similarities in their insecurities. I was certainly surprised at the turn that the story took but it was all good for all that. Families play a large part in the story and there are some interesting scenes between the various siblings. My favourite part had to be Samuel's family's reaction to Sophie, particularly his father. 

     Both Sophie and Samuels' lives go through tremendous changes as the story develops. By the end, there is a hopeful theme and a heart-warming tone but it is an emotional read until the very last page. Nevertheless, there are some lighter parts and laughs along the way. In all, this is a lovely romance with some striking visual scenes. 

 In short: Getting back to basics- friends and family values.

                                                                               About the Author

 Emma Cooper is a former teaching assistant, who lives in Shropshire with her partner and four children. She spends her spare time writing novels, drinking wine and watching box-sets with her partner of twenty-four years, who still makes her smile every day. Emma has always wanted to be a writer - ever since childhood, she’s been inventing characters (her favourite being her imaginary friend ‘Boot’) and is thrilled that she now gets to use this imagination to bring to life all of her creations. 

Find her on Twitter at @ItsEmmacooper@ and on Instagram at @itsemmacooper


Book links: Amazon UK

Thanks to Emma Cooper and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

 
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