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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...

The Wedding Dress by Dani Atkins #Review

 

How lovely to be featuring Dani Atkins' The Wedding Dress on the blog today. It was published on February 3rd in paperback by Aria

From bestselling author Dani Atkins, a new collection of three irresistible love stories, all linked by one very special dress.

Suzanne is engaged to be married to the man of her dreams – except the lead up to her wedding is beginning to feel more like a nightmare. Can Suzanne uncover the truth about her fiancé ahead of her big day?

Bella's life was on track until the day of the hen party when everything changed. Now she must find the strength to rebuild her future – and decide who she wants to spend it with.

Mandy's grandmother has fallen in love but her family don't approve. For her grandmother's dreams to come true, Mandy has a secret wedding to plan, and a very special dress to find.


These are the three strangers whose stories are about to be woven together by one perfect wedding dress.


Praise for Dani Atkins:

'Emotionally intelligent, absorbingly rich... Atkins is a brilliant writer who has created wonderful characters' Daily Mail

'Genuinely moving... Every character is immaculately thought out. Once you start reading it, you won't stop' Heat

'What a gorgeously emotional and heart-warming read this is' LoveReading

'A gorgeous story with a perfect ending' Faith Hogan

'A captivating story which packs an emotional punch' Heidi Swain

 My Thoughts

 I loved the structure of this romance novel, with its three different stories all linked by a very special wedding dress. This means that you meet a wide range of characters who span the generations. As you read Suzanne's story, you notice the red flags which she seems to be oblivious to. Bella's story was a more emotional story and you really felt for her as she faced some life-changing circumstances. Mandy finds herself stuck between generations as her parents and grandmother have issues to unravel. I loved her relationship with her grandmother and how she came to understand what was important in her life, with openness and honesty to the fore.

     The writing is fluent and you happily go from story to story, looking out all the time for how the wedding dress might appear. It shows relationships which develop and love affairs which wither or thrive. With its three -story format, there some natural pauses in the book. If I had a favourite of the three, it would be Bella's story as her character had such courage yet at the same time, felt believable and I was never quite sure where her future lay.

In short: three stories add up to a delightful read.

About the Author


Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut FRACTURED (published as THEN AND ALWAYS in North America) has been translated into seventeen languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK.

Dani is the author of five other bestselling novels (THE STORY OF US, OUR SONG, THIS LOVE, WHILE I WAS SLEEPING and A MILLION A DREAMS) and PERFECT STRANGERS, a standalone eBook novella. In 2018, THIS LOVE won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award at the RNA awards in London.

Dani lives in a small village in Hertfordshire with her husband, one Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.

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Book link: Amazon UK

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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