Twenty-five-year-old Lily King is wondering when her life is going to start. She adores working at the much-loved Castle Teashop, surrounded by familiar faces and delicious cakes. But she’s stuck in a rut. She’s just been dumped by her boyfriend and her dream job seems to be slipping through her fingers.
When her best friend Emily Campbell needs urgent help to organise her enchanting Christmas wedding, Lily realises it’s finally her moment to shine and reach for the opportunities she’s been wishing for. Can she pull off the biggest celebration Castle Cove has ever seen or will something - or someone - make things more complicated than she imagined?
Rebellious and handsome photographer Josh Havellin-Scott has always felt like an outsider, especially next to his perfect older brother, who is about to get married. At the last minute, Josh finds himself roped into plans for the Big Day, the very last thing he wants to do, until he is meets creative and quirky Lily King…
When Lily and Josh are thrown together, it’s clear they couldn’t be more different. But they begin to realise that opposites can attract – and sometimes when you’re not looking for love, it comes and finds you when you least expect it. With some festive magic, will they manage to work together and save the day?
And could they discover a winter romance of their very own along the way?
An utterly scrumptious festive romance about the importance of being true to yourself, following your dreams and opening your heart to second chances. Perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Milly Johnson and Debbie Macomber.
I love this time of the year in the book publishing calendar. Schools have gone back to school and the Christmas titles start to appear ready for review. This was one of the first Christmas titles I have read this year and it was a great one to start with.
I had previously visited Castle Cove and its Castle Teashop back in May this year, when I read Donna's first book Summer at the Castle Cafe and fell in love with Castle Cove. This time the book is set in the Teashop at the Castle and we are introduced to Lily, who is asked to plan the imminent wedding of her friend, who is stuck overseas, but is due to have the perfect Christmas wedding. In steps the groom's handsome brother, Josh, to help and the connection between the two of them, although frosty to start, soon heats up.
I really enjoyed this book. It was great to return to Castle Cove. It sounds like a beautiful setting for a Christmas wedding and although this is a big storyline within the book, there is also other storylines within the book too. Lily wants to become a chef and although working in both the Café and also the Castle's restaurant she really wants to work in the kitchen alongside the chef and does her upmost to get a trial and a job. The storyline shows off Lily's dreams and her journey to achieve them, but also shows her vulnerable side as she deals with her insecurities following her mothers departure when she was just a young child. Coupled with this is Josh who has stepped away from what his family wanted him to do and train as doctor and he travels the world taking photographs which he displays and sells in galleries across the world, but his mother is not impressed and continues to try to persuade him to retrain. Josh tries to encourage Lily to conquer her fears and evolve.
It is a really great book and I urge my blog readers to pick up this book - it is set around Christmas but is definitely a Christmassy read. It can be read at any time and truly enjoyed. I really hope that Donna has more books planned that are set in Castle Cove as I would love to learn more about its' residents - especially Tom the postman!
Thank you to Donna and to Bookouture for inviting me to take part in the blog blitz in return for an honest review.
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