I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour to celebrate yet another return to Jewel Island.
Escape to the
breathtaking Cornish Coast this winter, where the ocean sparkles in the
moonlight and romance crackles like an open fire. This gorgeous new love story
by Holly Martin, bestselling author of Sunlight Over Crystal Sands, is the
perfect treat to warm your heart this Christmas.
Artist Zoey Flynn hadn’t planned to spend her favourite
holiday on the shores of Jewel Island, but when her fiancé breaks off their
engagement before their Christmas Eve wedding, this Cornish paradise is just
the distraction she needs.
With a cosy cottage to call home for a month and a stall at
the island’s famous Christmas market to sell her paintings, Zoey quickly puts
her heartbreak behind her. Love is the last thing on her mind. That is until
the handsome Kit Lewis crosses her path…
Their connection is instant, but Zoey has a secret. And the
deeper she and Kit fall for one another, the harder it is to hide. Kit knows
Zoey is holding something back and if she won’t tell him the truth she could
lose him forever.
Is keeping a promise from the past worth sacrificing a
future with the man she loves? Or might Kit be the one person she can trust?
Love, laughter and long-hidden secrets are waiting for you
on stunning Jewel Island. For fans of Jill Mansell, Sarah Morgan and Sue
Moorcroft, this is the perfect tale to curl up with this Christmas.
My Thoughts
This is just the book to get you in the mood for Christmas when
you are ready to start a bit of festive reading. The setting on Jewel Island sparkles
in the snow as all the Christmassy ingredients that you can hope for are there.
This story focusses on Zoey and her friends in the Christmas Market with all
its wonderful potential for festive touches- mulled wine, delicious pastries,
Christmas crafts. When she meets Kit, there is an instant chemistry so you know
that the romance quotient is going to be pretty high!
Holly Martin has created some lovely characters in this series, so it is good to meet up with them again. You could read the story as a standalone but I would recommend you take a look at some of the others. Sylvia, of course, features in a lovely little cameo role and always seem to be two steps ahead of everyone else. There are some surprising twists in the story and a secret from the past which threatens to part Zoey and Kit. If you are looking for a warm and uplifting festive read- look no further!
In short: snow, sparkles and romance!
About the Author
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She
studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel
receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The
moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for
fifteen years’ service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit
her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later,
she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the
development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped
the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and
an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and
many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and
she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for
the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the
Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won
the Carina Valentine’s competition at the Festival of Romance 2013 with her
novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and
Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance 2014. She is the
bestselling author of 18 books.
Thanks to Holly Martin for a copy of the book and a place on the tour,
Check out the rest of the tour!
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