Wednesday 29 January 2014

Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber



On valentines day a book shop owner Anne. Marie and some of her window friends meet and decide to make list for themselves if twenty wishes things they had always dreamed of wanted to do but never did. Anne is recently window and never felt alone but after she stays to write the list her life begins to change forever.....
Anne decides she would like to help out at the local school as a lunch buddy that's where she meets Ellen who is a very bright but lacked social skills , Ellen lived with her grandmother who had custody as her mother is addicted to drugs more than her daughter .Anne and Ellen becomes friends but one night her grandmother calls and asked Anne to look after while she is in hospital as if she went back into care she would lose her again. Anne takes Ellen in to her home it take a while for both of them settle but should become to peas in a pod .
Anne teaches Ellen to knit from teaches she started as stated on her twenty wishes and Ellen teaches Anne that she can love again...
I love reading Debbie Macomber books as I always fall into the stories and never find hard to read her books.

Friday 24 January 2014

summer Daydreams by Carole matthews


This is the second book By Carole Matthews and I hooked from the first page like calling Mrs Christmas I found it hard to put this book down.

In this book we meet Nell McNamara how is happy in life she is with Olly her patter of ten years and they lovely daughter Petal. Nell's life is Olly and Petal she works happily in the local Chip shop but the shop days are number as sales are down till Nell thinks that it needs a makeover to solve its problems and she jumps at the chance. 
While working in the makeover on the shop she realises that she dreams of a better life for family and decide that her life path should be design school. Her dear old boss gives her the money to go to design school , but working and family life takes its toll after a few weeks she asked to leave the course as she can't met the demands, but support from family and friends Nell designs her one luxury bags!!!!!!!
Her bags her are a hit and fly off the shelves but life for Nell is not plain sailing she has some troubles on the way from her designs being poached to fraud tv sells programme but will Nell finally get her life her family deserves well then you will have to read the book to the end I promise you will not be disappointed and I look forward to my next read from Carole Matthews!!

Summer Daydreams

Friday 17 January 2014

A Mothers's Gift by Debbie Macomber

This lovely book is based on to single mothers with sons who decide its time to find a father.

The book is split into to story's .

The first story involves Dori and her son who wants a father and writes a list to find a new one . So when fate pushes her into Gavin Parker's way she not sure if he is a prince or a frog , she and Gavin make arrangement as Gavin's daughter wants him to find a wife so she can finally have a mother she dreams off, but just as Dori falls in love Gavin and his daughter , Gavin digs his heels in saying she has broken the arrangement by falling in love with him . At the start of this story you feel that Dori is holding back but by the end it Gavin the one holding back will she get her prince in the end.

The second story involves Carol and midwife with a teenage son who was hurt by an early marriage but fate is on her side and her sons best friends dad Peter comes into her life, Carol has trust issues from the past can Peter meltthat ice heart that has protected her for many years....

I love to read Debbie's has the story are so easy to fall into look forward to many more by this author .

Saturday 4 January 2014

Wish Upon a Star by Trisha Ashley

I saved the best till last for my christmas books, Trisha Ashley is one of my top authors that I count the days down till they next book is out ( sad I know ) and I was not disappointed .
The best thing about Trisha 's books that from the first book I read 12 days of Christmas all the characters she writes connect in her books even if they are from Sticklepond, Middlemoss or Neatslake you always feel like you are pooping to see old friends when reading her books.

Wish upon a star introduces  Cally Weston a single mum who's world is her little girl called Stella, who was born with heart condition , Stella gets sick cally's world starts to fall apart but then she moves in with her Ma in Sticklpond and sells her flat to fund a life saving trip to the states. As well as being a full time single parent Cally is a cake baker/maker and writes her own column for a magazine so she is baking cakes every day.
Sticklepond pond welcomes them with open arms and is soon on the case to rise the money to send Stella to Boston to mend her heart, and if not Cally's life is not busy enough for Cally she meets Jugo in a cake shop !!! they both connect as if they have know each other for ever but does Cally have time to fall in love has her life is full to the rim but before she knows she fallen in love with him will they all get they happy end you will have to read the book to find out but Trisha as not  left any of her christmas magic out of writing this book.