Christmas Ever After By Sarah Morgan

Well my first Christmas book of the year had to be one of my favourite authors and boy I was not disappointed.

In this book the third from the Puffin Island series, but can be read on its own and you will want to enjoy the other two stories from the series.

This Christmas tale we meet with Sky, who for so long has been in a nonstarter relationship with Richard the perfect candidate for her parents. Which is why she thought she was in love with him, but they worlds are so far apart. Sky is not like her parents but is always trying to get their approval with her life as she was a disappointment choosing Art school over being a lawyer…

Art is Sky passion had been since a little girl full of imitation to fuel that passion and dreams. Far from what her parents would have liked, which is why she was dreading going back for Christmas, but for now she needed to think about her jewellery collection that was showing tonight. Sky was proud as punch that Richard took time out to fly over to support her for the weekend to be her for her meant a lot. But seeing him work the room him seemed more than happy to network than support her when she needs it. In a blink of an eye she catches a  slight of Alex and her world comes crashing down that’s all she needs tonight someone that hates her and what she stands for , but her best friends Brittany and Emily would have made him come has they could not. She would tell him that he didn’t need to be here long he show up and she will report that back, but before she could talk to him, Richard steps onto the stage in front of her and starts to make a speak thanking everyone for coming . Then her worst nightmare Richard proposes to her in front of everyone and the press!!!!!

If Richard really know her one bit that she would not want this public viewing to her question and her answer, so they go to a back room to discusses her answer he is waiting for the answer he wants to hearing and blocking out everything Sky is telling him and in that moment Sky realized that she was not in love Richard and never was and she only stayed with him to please her parents. But Richard is not walking away from her that easy and they have a heated row and in a split second Sky is hitting her head very hard on something, the man that states that she is the love of his life just walks over her when she need his help.

Knowing something is not right , Alex the knight in shining armour goes to investigate , as the girls would have his head on a chopping board if he walked away plus he is not sort of man. Sky insists that she does not need to go to hospital, but Alec tells her that is to stay with him so he can keep an eye on her head as she will not get checked out.

Why was he taking care of her? He hated her? Alec only puts up with her for the circles of friend’s that are both in. But he is here giving up his bed, siting Holding her hair while she is being sick!!!!! And even seeing her naked in the shower……

After a day and still feeling unsteady and refusing to go to hospital, Alec calls his doctor friend and was told that she must not been alone for the next couple days and if she gets worse straight to the hospital, so he is taking her to his parents for an earlier Christmas as they will be working on the big day. Sky was finding very hard to dislike this man more and more, he was there when she needed him and was seeing a different side to the badass guy she knew. Sky didn’t know what to expect when she arrived at Alec parents for their Christmas, as they were totally different to her parents as Christmas was just another business network opportunity to them not the joy of spending time with family and friends . On arrival Alec parents got hold of the wrong end of the stick!!!! And celebrating Alec bring a girl home to meet them after coming through a bad marriage but Alec went out of his way to tell them that they were friends, but something had happened he was letting his guard down and seeing Sky live her life and they land up in bed and having the best sex ever they both ever had…

It was decided that it was a onetime thing, but the spark  was still there and Alec insisted that she cancel her hotel for the night and stay with him just one more night as it was just sex right!! But Alec had booked a surprise for her the London eye which was on her wish list that’s means that all the times they have been together he didn’t hate her he listened to her, that night something changed in the both of them. Sky had to face up to her life and head come for a family Christmas with her parents and the fall out over Richard. Alec had a plan B while not spend Christmas with her real family and friends on Puffin Island.

Will she face the music or spend Christmas with her friends and have the best sex ever with a man that she didn’t even really like or does she, where that’s where you need to grab a copy and find out for yourself and enjoy every minute of this delightful tale.

Thank you again Sarah Morgan for a wonderful journey of a Christmas tale and look forward to the new book.

 

 

Pride and Prejuice By Katie Oliver

First I would Like to say a big thank you to Katie Oliver for going out of you way to send me a copy across the waters to me xxx

Omg if you love Bridget Jones and Becky Bloomwood, then you will love Natalie Dashwood!!!

From the first page this story has me hooked and was very addictive, you won’t want to put it down.

Natalie Dashwood is a shopaholic a woman after my own heart, but Natalie own a department stored grow up and into the family business. So her childhood was playing dress up with designer clothes..

We meet her when she is having a nightmare of the day or even week, she is helping out at the store for Christmas as its the busiest time of year for the store, But Natalie customer skills are a bit lacks. So when a young gentlemen comes to her counting wanting to buy a gift, she decides to take a call to your boyfriend while serving him, this puts the customer back up and becomes picky and into then puts up her back as she just wants to talk to her boyfriend. That was not the end of her nightmare day she was to attend an event while her so called boyfriend tells the all and the press that he is remarry his ex-wife, this presses her over the edge she can’t make a scene so she drinks, then decides that her ex needs a wash in her wine !!!  Then a hunk of a guy steps in the way and takes the full force of the wine, she is drunk and upset not a good combination for any man, but the stranger offer to take her home and sleep off the wine...But Natalie is not in the mood for sleeping and offers herself to the stranger, He was a gent and turned her down and makes sure she get home safely. So one bad day turns into a start of a bad week for Natalie walking into a board meeting with one thumping headache for the wine the night with minuets from being late, but her grandfather called the meeting and she adores him even thou she will be bored to death she there for her grandfather. With seconds of turning up she realizes that the man talking at the end of the table is the man she throws herself at last night!!!!

Rhys Gordon was brought into save the family business, and then a second wave hits her.... Rhys was her young picky customer that out her back up from then on she just wanted to hide, but it was time for Natalie to grow up and be an adult. Her grandfather tells her that she will have to get along with Rhys as he is here to try and save the company and that she will have to tighten her belt on spending!!!

They are thrown together to save the company, Rhys brought the best and the worst out in Natalie and before she had to start in her new job role she had spending day planned with her sister on the company money and when Rhys finds out he cuts credit to every card she owns and it was time for her to go cold turkey on the spending and live on a budget........

Natalie is in the zone her business head comes out to play and starts to warm to Rhys, she may have lost her way but is now trying to live on budget, so when her breaks down she borrows cash from the petty cash to pay the recovery man and is spotted taking the money by one of her late fathers good friends but hopes her secret is save and she will pay the money back as soon as possible. Ian who she thought was a good family friend uses this against her to meet him for drinks after work and then used it to blackmail her over her late father’s death and the mistakes that he made that lead him to take his own life...

Will Natalie go along with the situation or save  her new life and tell Rhys who she is falling in love with that she is being blackmailed and it could bring down all they hard work and destroy what they have built up in the business and in them.

I highly recommend that you get a copy and read this wonderful tale you won’t be disappointed.

I can now say that I am Katie Oliver fan and look forward to reading more...

All I Want by Jill Shalvis

Another five star read from the delightful author and must be added to everyone's read lists.

In this story we meet Zoe who hasn't had a date in a while, So her sister and friend decide to set her up on a blind date to get some action. Darcy tells her to throw caution to the wind and live her life.. When she arrives thinking the man before her is her date she goes in for a kiss, turns out to be her brothers friend that she offered a spare one too for a while. Zoe finds it highly embarrassing, but Parker seems delighted by her move. as her date was a no show she takes Parker home to show him where to lay his head and house rules . From the moment they arrive Oreo Zoe's rescue dog seems taken by Parker which annoyance to Zoe has Oreo hates men !!!!!!!!
Parker is on medical leave that's what he told his boss but has other reasons to be in town, Parker has obtained information that a man he has been chasing for along time is hiding out here.
Zoe is finding is it had have Parker around, she hasn't had to live with a man for sometime which has turned to stubbornness and takes it to heart when he offers help fixing up the house. Zoe has been the grown up to young siblings most of her life  as her parents suck so she is finding it hard to let anymore get close to her. Zoe has never meet a man that could get under her skin so much , so quick. She likes Parker but decides that he is not sticking around and decides to go on another Blind date that is a no show !!!!!
Zoe cant fight it any more and lets Parker in, but he made her no promises, stating no wishing, no worrying and no wasting time. Spending time with Zoe was changing Parker more than he wanted, he even took two kitten in that needed a home even thou he was not sticking around which he tried to tell himself, but was Zoe breaking that workaholic wall that he built around himself making him want more in this life.

That's where I leave you to grab your own copy and find out for yourself, I promise you wont be disappointed.

A Parcel For Anna Browne by Miranda Dickson

I have a list of my all-time favourite authors and this wonderful lady is on that list, when I knew her new book had been finished and of too the printers. I sat on my hands like a small child waiting for Christmas day!!!!!! And boy it was worth the wait another fabulous story that I got lost in…..

We meet Anna Browne, a Cornish girl that moved to the big city of London. She has been unstable most of her life, so living in London she just blends in with the London folk and that suited Anna just fine.

Anna works for the Daily Messenger, a national newspaper on the reception desk and again she just blends in. Till one day she receives a parcel at her desk she never receives gifts and a smile comes across her face.  Anna decides to save the parcel till she gets home to the annoyance of her work colleagues. When home she setups for the night so everything she needed to do was done; now she can take great care when opening her parcel and take time with it. Anna discovers she has been sent a beautiful scarf something she would not normally wear and surprise the way the scarf makes her feel. The next day Anna wears her new gift arrives to work earlier something new and arranges for her desk as today is swop job week and she felt different and liked the feeling of trying something new and people were starting to notice her more and felt like she didn’t need to hide in the corner anymore where she wouldn’t be seen. Then she received another parcel a few days later from her mystery sender and this time she was sent a beautiful owl broach which gave her an extra boast of confidence and people were seeing the change in her, also she was getting extra attention from Ben McArea while on job swop shadowing while he working as a reporter for the newspaper, so Ben took her to Anna first interview and was shocked when the client would only talk to her. This put Anna out of her comfort zone but the gifts has given the confidence to pull through the interview without a hitch and now she was sitting having coffee with Ben outside work!!!!!

Another gift arrives in an old record and for a place for it to be plated and heard, Anna really wants to know is sending theses lovely gifts so she can thanks them for want they have done. Few days later another gist arrives in a beautiful pair of shoes, she wears on her date with Ben to a Jazz club which she enjoys his company, the conversation and the dancing and felt at ease talking about her gifts that she has received and how they have made her feel , Anna starts to believe that more be more dates Ben until he publishes an article on her and the gifts and thus sends her world upside down and draws out her mother that she has not spoken too or seen in five years…..

So will Anna relationship her mother grow stronger after all this time, will she trust Ben every again and the most important who sent the gifts, so go get a copy of this fabulous story and find out you will not be disappointed.

Another wonderful story from the lovely Miranda, I will count down the days to your next book.