Book Review - Mistletoe at Moonstone Lake by Holly Martin

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Title: Mistletoe at Moonstone Lake

Author: Holly Martin

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Self published

Publication Date: 6th October 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

Escape to the breathtaking Cornish Coast this winter, where the ocean sparkles in the moonlight and romance crackles like an open fire. This gorgeous new love story by million selling author Holly Martin is the perfect treat to warm your heart this Christmas.

Artist Zoey Flynn hadn’t planned to spend her favourite holiday on the shores of Jewel Island, but when her fiancé breaks off their engagement before their Christmas Eve wedding, this Cornish paradise is just the distraction she needs.

With a cosy cottage to call home for a month and a stall at the island’s famous Christmas market to sell her paintings, Zoey quickly puts her heartbreak behind her. Love is the last thing on her mind. That is until the handsome Kit Lewis crosses her path…

Their connection is instant, but Zoey has a secret. And the deeper she and Kit fall for one another, the harder it is to hide. Kit knows Zoey is holding something back and if she won’t tell him the truth she could lose him forever.

Is keeping a promise from the past worth sacrificing a future with the man she loves? Or might Kit be the one person she can trust?

Love, laughter and long-hidden secrets are waiting for you on stunning Jewel Island. For fans of Jill Mansell, Sarah Morgan and Sue Moorcroft, this is the perfect tale to curl up with this Christmas.

No one quite does a Christmas book like Holly Martin.  I've read quite a few festive books so far this year but this is definitely the first one that has made me feel Christmassy in September. 

I would love to be on Jewel Island, at that Christmas market, taking part in all the fabulous planned activities, it all felt so so real. 

And I fell for Zoey and Kit within moments of their first interactions, a rather memorable meet cute that may just have gone viral! And then all through the first day of them getting to know each other there are so many potentially awkward moments that just endeared me to Kit even more. 

And then there is the deeper secret that Zoey is hiding, and although I sort of guessed it, there were other elements to it that took me completely by surprise. 

Set in the run up to Christmas, literally the last week or so to go, this has a couple that has a clear instant connection, but whether they will let it be more than friendship is another matter. 

All the regulars from the series so far put in small cameo appearances to keep fans happy, but it can easily be read as a standalone story.  I do though sort of wish that Sylvia would get her own book, she is one of the best side characters about, I love her so much! 

This has everything from scalding hot mulled wine, to gorgeous paintings, a snowball fight, Christmas cookies, some awful Pictionary playing, romance, and so much more in between.  It is another enchanting and wonderful romance from the pen of Holly Martin, and this is a series that is going from strength to strength.  I love it so much. 

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