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  Fancy taking a leisurely boat ride along a beautiful Warwickshire canal? Floating Solo by Shelley Wilson was published by Hillfield Publishing on November 5th. Are you single? Have you lost your confidence when it comes to travelling? Would you welcome a few weeks away to find that missing spark? Climb aboard the Creaky Cauldron for an adventure like no other! Budding entrepreneur Kat Sinclair wants to grow her quirky solo narrowboat holiday enterprise but faces rejection at every turn. Until a Hollywood film crew gets in touch with the potential to change her business, dreams, and love life forever. 'Enemies to lovers' 'Small town romance'   My Thoughts   You can't help but fall under the spell of life on the canals when you read this story. Kat has big dreams for her business but seems to lack confidence to put it into action. Her Floating Solo holidays are very successful for her clients and many use the experience to sort out their thoughts and plan their ...

Five Wakes and a Wrdding by Karen Ross #Review

Welcome to today's post which features Karen Ross' novel, Five Wakes and a Wedding. 


Undertaker Nina Sherwood is full of good advice. For example, never wear lip gloss when youā€™re scattering ashes.


Nina is your average 30-year-old with a steady job, a nice home ā€“ and dead bodies in her basement. As an undertaker, she often prefers the company of the dead to the living ā€“ theyā€™re obliging, good listeners and take secrets to the grave.



Nina is on a one-woman mission to persuade her peers that passing on is just another part of life. But the residents of Primrose Hill are adamant that a funeral parlour is the last thing they needā€¦ and they will stop at nothing to close down her dearly beloved shop.



When Ninaā€™s ā€˜big breakā€™ funeral turns out to be a prank, it seems like itā€™s the final nail in the coffin for her new business. That is, until a (tall, dark and) mysterious investor shows up out of the blue, and she decides to take a leap of faith.

Because, after all, itā€™s her funeralā€¦

The perfect antidote to all those books about weddings, this book will make you laugh until you cry, perfect for fans of Zara Stoneleyā€™s Bridesmaids, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The Good Place.



                                                                                     My Thoughts

There is quite a different feel about this romcom- probably because it is set around an Undertakers! There are plenty of light moments and amusing characters who appear and Nina's characters is so down to earth. She is genuinely funny and I enjoyed her attitude to life and death, seeing her business as a form of social work. She is empathetic towards her clients and you can see how approachable she is. In this 'RomCom Noir', you get to see the effect that the funeral business can have on a community. Not everybody welcomes it.

    Despite its subject matter, this has an uplifting mood with a quick pace and amusing moments. It is an enjoyable read which is upbeat and does make you think a little.  There is also a good portion of romance to add to the mix and a little jeopardy thrown in.

In short: Light and shade.


                                                                              About the Author


As a former journalist, broadcaster and advertising copywriter, Karen Ross has followed a fairly traditional path into writing fiction.   Five Wakes and a Wedding is her fourth book, and like its predecessors, the novel has two common threads:  the setting is Londonā€™s Primrose Hill ā€“ Karenā€™s own neighbourhood ā€“ and one of the characters is a dog . . . this time heā€™s called Chopper and heā€™s almost the same size as a Shetland Pony.


Karen has been self-employed for many years, and continues to work as a marketing consultant, in the absence of an offer to manage Tottenham Hotspur.  By way of credentials, her other ā€˜jobā€™ is trading profitably on the worldā€™s first football stockmarket, a platform called Football Index, where you buy and sell players with real money.

You can follow Karen here: Twitter   |  Website

Boook link: Amazon UK    |  Amazon US

Thanks to Karen Ross and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.  



 

 


 
 

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