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The Disgraced Knight's Redemption by Ella Matthews #Review TheKnightsMissionsSeriesBook3

    The Disgraced Knight's Redemption, the third in Ella Matthews' series, The Knight's Missions, was published by Harlequin Historicals on October 23rd.    A disgraced warrior… Torn between duty and desire! Sir Tristan must win back his honor. His orders from King Edward are simple: seek out the leader of Pwll Du Castle—the unmarried Lady Catrin—and demand she leaves. As Tristan is renowned for his lethal charm and handsome looks, how can she resist? But when the beautiful Welshwoman comes under siege from her covetous neighbor, Tristan finds himself fighting for her! Yet, is it a losing battle? For securing the castle and fulfilling his knightly duty will mean letting Catrin go…  My Thoughts This medieval romance can easily be read as a standalone. You are taken to medieval Wales where Sir Tristan has been tasked by the King to remove Lady Catrin from her position in charge of Pwll Du Castle. You sense from the start his loyalty to his fellow Knights and...

A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton #Review

Today I have a wonderful festive read on the blog by Rachel Burton: A Bookshop Christmas which was published by Aria on 2nd September.


A Snowstorm. A stranger. A Spark. It should be the perfect start to the perfect love story. 

But real life is far messier and more complicated than in the pages of the books in Megan Taylor’s family bookshop –the last few years have left this young widow in no doubt of that. Moving back home to York should have been a fresh start, but all it did was allow her to retreat from the world. 

When prize-winning author Xander Stone rams his supermarket trolley into her ankles and then trashes her taste in books, Megan is abruptly awoken from her self-imposed hibernation. It’s time to start living again, and she’s going to start by putting this arrogant, superior –admittedly sexy –stranger in his place. 

Just as she is beginning to enjoy life again, the worst happens and Megan begins to wonder if she should have stayed hidden away. Because it turns out that falling in love again is about more than just meeting under the mistletoe...


 My Thoughts

I must admit, this book had me at the title. What could be more inviting than a bookshop - at Christmas? It did not disappoint. Set in York, I could absolutely visualise the whole scene. I really felt as though I had visited the shop! Megan is at a crossroads in that she is sensing that change is coming to waken her from the cocoon she has created for herself back at her parents' bookshop, following her husband's death. Xander's appearance in her life certainly stirs up some memories for her. He is a complicated character, she discovers. In some ways, they both have issues from their past which they need to face up to before they can move on.

    The cast of secondary characters are a delight. Each one a distinct personality. Their Regency Christmas added some humour to the story, with their attempts at cooking Regency dishes and learning the dances. The Die Hard Club sounded brilliant with its lack of pomposity and determination to read for enjoyment. There turns out to be one or two surprises for these romance lovers. In all, it has so much to recommend it as a festive read - lively characters, a bit of a mystery, the joy of reading and a glorious setting- not to mention a huge dollop of romance.

In short: a super festive read

About the Author


Rachel Burton has been making up stories for as long as she can remember and always dreamed of being a writer until life somehow got in the way. After reading for a degree in Classics and another in English Literature she accidentally fell into a career in law, but eventually managed to write her first book on her lunch breaks. Now she writes from a small bedroom looking out over hydrangeas, lavender bushes and rambling roses, in a little house in Yorkshire that she shares with her husband and their three cats. She loves words, Shakespeare, tea, The Beatles, dresses with pockets and very tall romantic heroes (not necessarily in that order).

 Find her on Instagram as @RachelBWriter or follow her blog at rachelburtonwrites.com

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Thanks to Rachel Burton, and Amy Watson of Head of Zeus  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
 
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