Book Review - Sunlight Over Crystal Sands by Holly Martin - Blog Tour

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Title: Sunlight Over Crystal Sands

Author: Holly Martin

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Self Published

Publication Date: 16th June 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

Love is in the air on the sun kissed sands of the Cornish coast, where the sea sparkles and romance sizzles on golden beaches. This stunning new novel by Holly Martin, bestselling author of Ice Creams at Emerald Cove, is guaranteed to steal your heart this summer.

Lyra Thomas has dreamed of living on Jewel Island ever since she first visited its breathtaking shores. And now her dream has come true – she has her own little cottage and a brand new job. But when Lyra sets out for a bike ride to explore her new home, a mishap has her crash-landing at the feet of the very handsome Nix Sanchez.

A true gentleman, Nix comes to Lyra’s rescue. His face is so familiar and yet they are strangers. But the more they talk, Lyra feels as though she has known Nix forever. What follows is the most magical night of Lyra’s life… until the spell is broken when the next morning she finds Nix has gone.

Feeling foolish Lyra vows to be more careful with her heart from now on. She’ll pretend Nix never existed. But destiny has other ideas and in a perfect twist of fate Lyra will discover that Nix Sanchez is impossible to forget…

Escape to sundrenched Jewel Island this summer where love, laughter and the thrill of adventure await. This gorgeous, romantic, feel-good read is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Jill Mansell and Sue Moorcroft.

Ah, this was just the book I needed to regenerate some mojo! It had me firmly within its grip from the first few pages and I enjoyed every last word of it. 

How I love this Jewel Island series, each book has been simply wonderful escapism so far and this one is no exception. 

There is even some wildlife feature quite early on that I've never really seen or thought about before in books, and I do kind of wish we had seen more from this particular animal as I felt so calm and intrigued while Lyra and Nix was watching it. 

Lyra and Nix - I loved them both almost instantly, and could feel there was some sort of rather special connection between them.  Well until the following day at least when it went a tad wrong, only for a coincidence to bring them back into each others orbits rather quickly. 

Just everything about this book made me smile, had me wanting to read the next pages as fast as I could.  The Lyra / Nix storyline is fantastic, and although you sort of know how it may end up, the journey to get there is so much fun, and knowing the Holly Martin has a habit of writing great romantic gestures I had to see what she came up with this time.  And it didn't disappoint, plus had me completely falling for Nix myself. 

And Jewel Island is just a stunning setting, and as Lyra and Nix are working at the Sapphire Bay hotel, we get to catch up with Clover, Skye and Aria, their other halves, and of course the hotels resident romance expert who always makes me laugh. 

It's a another gem in Holly Martin's crown of jewel (island), as the queen of fantastic romantic stories! 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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