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The Cotswold Christmas Bookshop by Jill Steeples #Review

I am delighted to feature another novel by Jill Steeples set in the Cotswolds. The Cotswold Christmas Bookshop, a   festive story , was published on August 31st by Boldwood Books. Isla Stewart has a glittering publishing career in London, but when she’s unexpectedly made redundant, she faces an uncertain future. Licking her wounds, Isla heads home to the Cotswolds. Keeping her devastating redundancy a secret from her proud parents, she seeks refuge at Finch’s, the enchanting bookshop she worked in as a teenager. With the owners struggling with their health, Isla steps in to manage the shop hoping to convince them that the business has a future. Isla likes nothing more than chatting to people about books, but her safe haven is soon disturbed when she comes face-to-face with her first love, Charlie Brace, made worse by the arrival of Guy Madley, the incredibly handsome property consultant who has advice for owners Jon and Miriam. As Christmas approaches, Isla has decisions...
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Rosie's Garden of New Beginnings by Linda Corbett #Review

 

Rosie's Garden of New Beginning is a delightful romance by Linda Corbett. It was published by Cavy House Press on October 24th.

Rosie Steadman needs a new start. It’s over a year since her husband died, and there must be more to life than her job in retail. When she spots an advert to rent a garden, it feels like the perfect project.

Media celebrity Connor Forbes is currently lying low in his brother’s flat after a public break-up and, with job prospects drying up, finding someone to look after the overgrown garden is the least of his problems.

For both Rosie and Connor, it’s a strictly business arrangement. But can they keep it that way?

As Rosie gets to know the man beneath the tarnished image, she finds it harder to resist his charms, but she’s been hurt before and Connor has a reputation – can this really be a second chance at love?


 My Thoughts

 Rosie is looking for a change and to find what she is interested in doing. You sense that in the past she has given in to others. Her decision to take over a garden and to create something beautiful from the mess it was in proves to be important for her. Connor is similarly at a crossroads in his life and is not sure what he can do next. Having fallen out with his co-star, he has to decide where his talents lie. It is a shock to him that people he regarded as friends put their jobs before friendships. and he feels shut out of his old life. 

    In many ways, Rosie teaches Connor to open up his feelings and to look at the world around him. She shows him how he has been treating his new neighbours with disdain and that he needs to pay more attention to other people. With second chance at love very much on the agenda, this is a warm and uplifting story with characters who you can take to. 

In short: new beginnings 

 

About the Author

 

Linda writes contemporary romantic fiction, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. In 2020 she was the recipient of the Katie Fforde Bursary, and her debut novel, Love You From A-Z, was a contender for the RNA’s Joan Hessayon Award.

For many years Linda wrote a regular column for a disability magazine, illustrating the humorous aspects of life with a complex disability. She is also a member of Shine – the charity that supports individuals and families living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and three permanently hungry guinea pigs, and when she’s not writing she can usually be found reading, crafting, cuddling guinea pigs or pottering in the garden.

 

You can follow linda here: Facebook  |  Twitter   |  Instagram  

Book links: Amazon UK  |  Amazon US

Thanks to Linda Corbett, Cavy House Press and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

Check out the rest of the tour!


 

 

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