This is a very enjoyable Christmassy novella, I loved the quirky characters, the polite conversation and the fabulous setting in 1930s Australia. Troupes ❤️ eccentric characters ❤️ best friends ❤️ family traditions ❤️ stolen gems ❤️ Russian dolls ❤️ dastardly deeds ❤️ Christmas parties Alexandria has a history of finding dead bodies or stolen items.… Continue reading Christmas At Thornton Park by Ellen Read
Category: Christmas Reads
Mistletoe and Gluhwein by Toya Richardson
My Review. The magic of Christmas has arrived! We meet Bethany and Asher as they meet at the German Christmas markets. Both are there on research trips for their various enterprises. Love at first sight is what happens as the two are instantly drawn to another. Their relationship is pretty cute as they enjoy everything… Continue reading Mistletoe and Gluhwein by Toya Richardson
Release Day – Fir Real This Time
Fir Real This Time by Claire Shaw #FREEONKINDLEUNLIMITED When Neveah Whitmore inherits her grandparents’ Christmas tree farm in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, she expects cosy nostalgia, mulled wine, and mistletoe magic. What she gets instead is a crumbling farmhouse, collapsing barns, a grumpy farm manager who speaks in sighs, and a goat called… Continue reading Release Day – Fir Real This Time
What Happened One Christmas – it had a birthday!
This story had been around for a long time hovering on the edges of my mind. I wanted something that would celebrate the Christmas period with all the things we love. So many people come to Anglesey for their holidays, including me before we eventually settled here. Tina is the main character and the story… Continue reading What Happened One Christmas – it had a birthday!
Reblogged – WhatNornsReads – November 2024 Book Reviews From Our Book Club
These are the books we at Norns Triad Publications read this month. I read Dead of the Night by CS Dixon. Ceekee The Mermaid Cop, and The Oil Change. Initially, the cover for Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor attracted me and having read the review, I will perhaps read it too. Book Club Reads This… Continue reading Reblogged – WhatNornsReads – November 2024 Book Reviews From Our Book Club
Back on the Shelf
Four years ago I made the big decision to withdraw all of my ten book and rewrite them. For a long time I had nothing to show. Now I’ve eight completed stories. From the ashes of one, came three books and two spins off. My clairvoyant, Cassidy Newbold, featured in The Killer on the Heath… Continue reading Back on the Shelf
Christmas in July
I’d not heard of this until last year when I was told that it really was a ‘thing’. I looked it up and expats who live on the other side of the world, wanted a more traditional Christmas. As 25th of December is the height of their summer, they celebrated in July, today, the 25th.… Continue reading Christmas in July
My Review of All’s Fair in Love and Christmas by Jennifer Nice
This is book three of a Christmas trilogy, and another quick read. Wendy is the sister of Glen, who we met in the last book, and Jeff, who inherited the family him from their father. Wendy works in this city and it is here she meet James, when they have to organise an event together.… Continue reading My Review of All’s Fair in Love and Christmas by Jennifer Nice
Karen’s Chat about Imagination
I am an eclectic person. If I see something and it catches my imagination, I want to do it. Since I retired, it’s become more noticeably. My go to place was YouTube where I’d spend hours researching it. I then collected everything I needed and it gave me a lot of enjoyment to make what… Continue reading Karen’s Chat about Imagination
My Review of That’s it in a Nutcracker by Jennifer Nice
This is another quick read, so after reading the first of the trilogy, I went onto this one. Beth and Glen were minor characters in Merry Christmas Eve Eve, now this is their story. Beth runs the local bakery/cafe and makes delicious cakes which she delivers to the local manor house for their events. Glen’s… Continue reading My Review of That’s it in a Nutcracker by Jennifer Nice