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A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse by Kate Eastham #Review

  I am delighted to introduce a new series by Kate Eastham. A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse was published by Boldwood Books on 7th March. Call the Midwife meets All Creatures Great and Small in this first of a heart-warming series about a country nurse and midwife. July, 1936 After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street, Lara Flynn is desperate to start afresh and leave painful memories behind her. She takes on a new job as a district nurse and midwife at a country practice, in the remote Lancashire village of Ingleside. But instead of the friendly rural idyll she pictures, Lara finds she must cycle vast distances to visit locals who harbour an innate suspicion of a newcomer from the city ā€“ as well as dealing with unpredictable livestock, an erratic senior doctor and often challenging medical cases. She also rubs up against handsome local vet, Leo, when she helps to deliver a calf! With time, Lara learns that healing is a two-way s...

From Provence with Love by Alison Roberts #Review #AYearInFranceBook2

 

Welcome to the south of France with Alison Roberts' From Provence With Love. The second in her novels about the Gilchrist sisters was published by Boldwood Books on February 25th.


A lifechanging encounter, a whirlwind affair... an unexpected consequence

Laura Gilchrist has always made sensible choices. But a trip to Provence to sell an inherited stone house leads her face to face with Noah Dufour. Her wild, irresistibly attractive real estate agent. And within an instant sheā€™s bewitched. Without a second thought, she decides sheā€™s going to accept his offer to ride on the back of his motorbike and see the beauty of the South of France though his eyes. Sheā€™s never acted on impulse before, but Noah makes her feel spontaneous and free ā€“ and a little bit excited.

Weeks later, with the memories of their passionate fling refusing to fade, Laura waits for her life to return to normal. But she canā€™t shake the feeling something has changed. And then her instincts are confirmed by the sight of two blue lines. Their connection was a whirlwind; perfect yet brief. But Noah has become a chink in her buttoned up armour and she knows her news is going to blindside him. Now she must return to Provence to find out whether they can both take a leap of faith based on one brief yet perfect holiday romanceā€¦

I read this as a standalone but it is in fact the second book about the Gilchrist sisters. The first featured the middle sister, Ellie. She is an important part oft this story but the plot surrounds Laura, the oldest sister and her undeniable attraxtion to a frenchman, Noah. Both are strong characters who are determined to keep a strict control pn their feekings. The reasons for this are discovered as the story develops.

    The setting in Provence sounds idyllic and such a contrast to the colder conditions at home in Scotland.  As Laura and Noah travel in the area of Provence, you can almost smell the lavender and see the rolling hills laid out.  Family is everything to Laura and she has a strond bond with her mother and younger sisters, forged through their childhoods and life  in earlier years. She has unresolved feelings around rejection  and has countered these with her strict timetable got her life, her iron organisation of her time and burying of her emotions. Lauras's career has been her saviour and her total focus. You do feel that it is in France that she feels able to step outside her facde and embark on a journey to test out who she really is as a person.  Well worth a read, you will find interesting characters, pure romance and sizzling chemistry.

In short: Can love find a way?

About the Author

Alison Roberts is the author of over one hundred romance novels, joining Boldwood to write ā€˜wish you were hereā€™ fiction set in the South of France.

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Twitter: @RobertsAli54060

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Thanks to Jane Lark, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

Look out for the rest of the tour!
 

 



 

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