BlogTour - Christmas Kisses on Hollywell Hill by Jackie Ladbury

Christmas is coming and actress, Kirsty Castille, is having a crisis of faith. All around her actors are bagging interesting roles in Christmas pantos while she’s stuck as Nag the pantomime horse. By a stroke of luck, she lands the lead role in a well-known musical and can finally wave goodbye to the cast in the seasonal production of Snow White and the Seven Christmas Puddings.

Things get even better when she bonds with handsome chef, Jake Levy, over a piece of squid at her local supermarket. Sadly, romance is the last thing on Jake's mind. He has a Christmas deadline, an ex-wife to mourn and lots of emotional baggage to drag around – and he certainly wouldn’t fall for someone like Kirsty who craves the limelight: been there, done that.

A misunderstanding leads Jake to offer Kirsty a job in his new restaurant and she is savvy enough to realise that she will have to take the job offer if she wants to see more of him.

Her charm offensive appears to work, but while he’s cooking up a storm she’s secretly sparkling under the spotlight – until keeping a low profile becomes impossible. The fallout is catastrophic, but as they say in Luvvie Land, the show must go on, even if Kirsty wonders if she's taken her last curtain call and ruined her chance for love.

Read on and immerse yourself in this delightful winter romance as the snow starts to fall and Christmas day comes ever nearer.

This gorgeous love story is loosely set in St Albans only half an hour away from London, where chef Jake relocates having lost everything that was dear to him. Enter actress, Kirsty Castille, who lives mostly in a world of her own until she meets Jake and realises she'd quite like to share the real world with him. If only he thought the same, things would be wonderful.

I was expecting a festive read, full of pantomime humour and festive cheer and although this is set in Winter, it does not have the usual Christmassy feel and I really enjoyed this read as an alternative, but great, winter read.

The author, Jackie Ladbury, has written a great story. I really enjoyed visiting Hollywell Hill, the location sounded beautiful and Kirsty Castille is a fantastic character. She has a great sense of humour which kept popping up throughout the book and had me chuckling at many times (which wasn't perfect as have a terrible cough which made laughing not advisable!)

There is a great romantic story throughout the book as the title suggests, which is between Kirsty and Jake. Their initial meeting is a really beautiful moment and I enjoyed watching their friendship turn to romance but will she get her happy ever after ending?

Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and to the publishers for sending me a copy of the book in return an honest review.