Snowflakes over Holly Cove - Lucy Coleman (Blog Tour & Giveaway)

Date of Reading: 23/10/2018

Author: Lucy Coleman

Publisher: Aria

Year: 2018

Rating: 4/5

(This review is part of the blog tour organised by Rachel's Random Resources)

About the book:

As the snowflakes start to fall, the village of Holly Cove welcomes a new tenant to the beautiful old cottage on the beach...

For lifestyle magazine journalist Tia Armstrong, relationships, as well as Christmas, have lost all their magic. Yet Tia is up against a Christmas deadline for her latest article 'Love is, actually, all around'...

So Tia heads to Holly Cove where the restorative sea air, and rugged stranger Nic, slowly but surely start mending her broken heart.

Tia didn't expect a white Christmas, and she certainly never dared dream that all her Christmas wishes might just come true...

Set in Caswell Bay on the stunningly rugged Gower Coast, the cottage nestles amid the limestone cliffs and the woodlands; the emotions run as turbulently as the wind-swept sea.

As cosy as a marshmallow-topped cup of cocoa, fall in love with a heart-warming festive story from the bestselling author of The French Adventure.

My Review:

       This book had been an unexpected pleasure. Instead of the Christmas story I have imagined, this turned out to be salty sun filled tale looking toward the warmth of Christmas and of new beginnings. Not a light-hearted romance but a poignant story of loss, heartbreak and slow mending of broken family bonds. Every word leaps out of the page and we are slowly lured into the tale until we are glued to the kindle till we reach the end. 

        For me, it had been a rather slow read as every page demanded to be savoured with due diligence and I enjoyed each moment of reading. It was soothing and comforting at best and Tia's life felt so alive. Her punctual and meticulous life made me ashamed of my exercise schedule and I have already made a decision to order my life a bit starting with taking some fitness measures. 

       The mystery surrounding Nic and Max kept the book alive throughout and the thriving community especially the presence of Olwen in the house was a welcome addition. Altogether a delightful tale of love, family and friendship that is a perfect addition to the Christmas shelf.

Meet the author:

From interior designer to an author, Linn B. Halton - who also writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman - says ‘it’s been a fantastic journey!’

Linn is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels and is excited to be writing for both Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus) and Harper Impulse (Harper Collins); she’s represented by Sara Keane of the Keane Kataria Literary Agency. When she’s not writing or spending time with the family, she’s either upcycling furniture or working in the garden.

Linn won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic Fiction award; her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards.

Living in Coed Duon in the Welsh Valleys with her ‘rock’, Lawrence, and gorgeous Bengal cat Ziggy, she freely admits she’s an eternal romantic.

Linn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and writes feel-good, uplifting novels about life, love and relationships.

Social Media Links :

https://www.facebook.com/LinnBHaltonAuthor/

https://twitter.com/LucyColemanAuthhttps://twitter.com/LinnBHalton

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