Wednesday 14 October 2020

Book Review - Christmas at Aunt Elsie's by Emily Harvale

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Title: Christmas at Aunt Elsie's
Author: Emily Harvale
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Author supplied copy
Publisher: Crescent Gate Publishing
Publication Date: 30th September 2020
Rating: 4 Stars

A distant relative. A blizzard. A Christmas of surprises.

Lottie Short isn’t looking forward to Christmas. Her boyfriend has dumped her and she’s also lost her job. Lottie and her beloved spaniel, Merry, are facing the festive season – and a bleak future, alone.

But a Christmas card and round-robin letter give Lottie hope. And as the first snowflakes fall, she’s on her way to the tiny seaside village of Seahorse Harbour to visit her distant aunt. She’ll stay in a cosy B&B and get some bracing, sea air. That might lift her spirits.

What she doesn’t plan for is a blizzard, her aunt taking a fall, or the dramas unfolding all around her. But at least there’s a warm welcome at Aunt Elsie’s cottage … and a roaring log fire in the village pub.

That’s not all that might bring a rosy glow to Lottie’s cheeks. Asher Bryant, the local vet is pretty hot, and Lottie also hits it off with another visitor to Seahorse Harbour. This festive season might be better than she hoped.

And when Lottie gets more than one surprise this Christmas, perhaps she and Merry won’t be spending the New Year on their own.

This is book 2 in my series of standalone novels set in the tiny, seaside village of Seahorse Harbour.

I don't know how Emily Harvale keeps doing it but once again she has packed far more into this book than you would imagine possible. 

There is plenty of recap about the previous Seahorse Harbour book, so if you haven't read that, or can't remember it, you are given all the key info from that. 

Then there is Lottie and her story, and just how she its into Aunt Elsie's family.  There are definitely surprises in store for her once she gets to Seaside Harbour, and there is non stop action on every page. 

There is drama galore, there is gossip, secrets, family and friends to be discovered and even a new love. Not to mention a few four legged friends, and some questionable decisions. 

Although this is set at Christmas, I do believe its the sort of book that could easily be read at any time of the year, its a lovely festive backdrop but not overtly Christmassy in content! 

It was lovely to be back amongst Seahorse Harbour and I can't wait to read the next book in the series, and find out who the focal character will be. 

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

1 comment:

  1. Oohhhh! This is seems like an interesting book. I can't wait for the next one!

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