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A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas #Review #Dunbar HotelBook1

  I am delighted to introduce a new WW2 saga by Maisie Thomas. A New Home at the Wartime Hotel was published by Boldwood Books on 27th March. The first in a nostalgic and heart-warming WWII saga series by bestselling author Maisie Thomas, that readers of Ellie Dean and Lesley Eames will love. Manchester, 1941 Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband, Bill Dunbar, isn’t reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war, she's hopeful that their financial worries are over... until the bailiffs turn up! With Bill away fighting, it’s up to Kitty to turn things around for her family, or risk ruin. Lily worked as a chambermaid at Dunbar’s before the war. She met Daniel there, but their relationship was complicated by class differences and the disapproval of Daniel’s mother. Now Lily is pregnant –and with Daniel away at sea, she is all alone. When tragedy strikes, will Kitty and Dunbar’s come to her rescue? Beatriceis in her forti...
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The Cornish Cream Tea Wedding by Cressida McLaughlin #Review

 

 I am thrilled to be able to feature Cressida McLaughlin's latest novel in her Cornish Cream Tea series, The Cornish Cream Tea Wedding. It was published in paperback on 27th May by Harper Collins. 

The perfect summer read from the number one bestselling author of The Canal Boat Cafe.

Love is in the Cornish summer air…

 

Wedding planner Ellie Moon is dreaming up the most beautiful bespoke wedding for Charlie and Daniel, owners of Cornwall’s favourite cream tea bus. Even though her own life has been turned upside down and she’s had to rent out her charming Cornish cottage with its climbing roses and lavender beds, Ellie is determined to give them a day to remember.

Her new tenant, handsome mechanic Jago, keeps popping up around the picture-postcard seaside village of Porthgolow. When they’re thrown together in the effort to help his elderly father get a spring back in his step, she discovers that he is full of surprises. Can romance bloom and give Ellie the fresh start she’s been wishing for?


 My Thoughts

I have loved every one of the Cornish Cream Tea series but this one felt like a real staging post in the series. Having followed Charlie's story and her romance with Daniel, this book focuses on the preparations for their wedding. Enter the wedding planner, Ellie, and a new set of characters to follow! I liked how the new characters were interwoven with the familiar faces. Ellie turned out to be a likeable yet complicated character who was dead set on improving her wedding planning business and utterly focused on helping couples arrive at the wedding of their dreams. Suffice it to say, in this case, there were some major hurdles, not all of them under Ellie's control. 

    Jago is the mirror image of Ellie as he tends to let life drift by. Ellie struggles with her role as his landlady as she desperately misses her cottage and the garden. Through her actions around the cottage and her attempts to help his father overcome his isolation, you see that she has in fact got a heart of gold. Brimful of romance and set on the beautiful Cornish coast, this has all the ingredients which made the series so loved by its readers. This one will not let you down.

In short: Can Ellie make dreams come true? 

About the Author


Cressy was born in South East London surrounded by books and with a cat named after Lawrence of Arabia. She studied English at the University of East Anglia and now lives in Norwich with her husband David.

When she isn’t writing, Cressy spends her spare time reading, returning to London or exploring the beautiful Norfolk coastline.

You can follow Cressida here: Twitter |  Website   |  Instagram                                                            |  Facebook 

Book link: Amazon UK

Thanks to Cressida McLaughlin, Harper Collins and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.  


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