Christmas at Holly Tree Cottage by Eliza Scott

 

ABOUT THE BOOK -

It’s Christmas time in Lytell Stangdale!

When Romy Stainthorpe sees Holly Tree Cottage staring back at her from the pages of a magazine, she’s sure it’s a sign. The quaint property is situated in Lytell Stangdale, a village in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors. Her time there is steeped in happy memories of carefree days with the moorland wind blowing through her hair. And not just that, it’s where she had her first kiss and where she first fell in love.

It was her perfect place, where she felt most at home. Until her family’s hasty departure years twenty-one years earlier. Since that day, Romy has never been back, but the cottage has regularly crept into her thoughts. And now it’s available to rent for the festive season…

Could it be the perfect getaway Romy needs to get her life back on track, not to mention escape her friends’ well-meaning attempts at matchmaking since her divorce from Russ?

Local farmer, Finn Tindall is struggling to navigate the first Christmas since his ex-wife took herself and their sons to live in the US. He’s thrown himself into his work at Castlegate Farm and rarely ventures out, unable to face the pitying glances thrown his way. His only company is his loyal black Labrador Ted.

Convinced that fate is talking to her, Romy heads back to a snowy LytellStangdale. Once there, she’s thrilled to see the village is looking Christmas card-pretty and has embraced the festive period. The only place where there’s no Christmas cheer is Finn’s heart.

It doesn’t take long before Romy and Finn’s paths cross, setting long-hidden emotions stirring once more. Suddenly Christmas doesn’t seem so gloomy after all.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR -

Eliza J Scott lives in North Yorkshire with her family and has wanted to be a writer as far back as she can remember. She is inspired by her beautiful surroundings and loves to write heartwarming stories based on romance and friendship with a generous dollop of community spirit and a hint of humor. She has written and self-published ten novels and has been an Amazon UK Kindle bestseller.

When she’s not writing, Eliza can usually be found with her nose in a book or working in her garden doing a spot of plot wrangling (of the writing variety), and battling against the weeds. The weeds, unfortunately, are currently winning but Eliza is undeterred. Roses are amongst her favorite flowers and she doesn’t need much of an excuse to visit a plant center where a new rose always seems to mysteriously find its way onto her trolley much to her husband’s astonishment.

Eliza also enjoys having a catch-up with friends over tea and cake, as well as bracing walks in the countryside, rounded off by a visit to a teashop – for yet more tea and cake!

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Amazon author page: Eliza J Scott - UK or  Eliza J Scott - US

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MY THOUGHTS -

Another nice “feel good” Christmas book for your holiday reading.

Starts out slow for me and took me quite a ways to really get into it. But after that I did really start enjoying it.

I really liked Romy. She just felt like the kind of person that I would’ve liked in real life and could’ve been friends with. Finn, on the other hand, it’s not that I didn’t like him, I just couldn’t really get a feel for him for the longest time. I do have to admit it was fun reading about his heart doing flip-flops! Lol

"Conscious that his mouth was hanging open as his brain did all it could to process the latest unexpected scenario to have knocked him off-kilter, all Finn could do was blink, as thoughts continue to fly wildly around his mind."

My favorite part of the book were the conversations. I could totally hear the accents in my mind. I loved it! AND… a very nice ending.

This one is good if you are looking for a nice, easy, quick, sweet Christmas read - this might be the one.

I voluntarily posted this review after receiving a copy of this book from Rachel's Random Resources -  Thank You!!