Fay and Danny are madly in love and it's all Fay's ever dreamed of. But she left everything - including the delightful cake shop she used to run - to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat The Dreamcatcher. And as she soon finds out, making delicious cakes on the water isn't always smooth sailing!
Then Fay gets a call from her friends, a call that sends her back to her friends and the Cake Shop in the Garden. It will be hard being away from Danny but their relationship is strong enough to survive . . . isn't it?
Fay soon falls happily back in love with her passion for baking - especially now she's on dry land again! - and starts to wonder if she ever should have left. With Christmas around the corner, Fay is determined that her friends will have a very merry time, but does that mean even more time away from Danny?
What could be more exciting than a new Carole Matthews book?
How about a new Carole Matthews Christmas book?
Even better………..
A new Carole Matthews Christmas book that reunites us with
our much loved characters from one of favourite books of hers The Cakes Shop in
the Garden!
Fay and Danny have been living the dream onboard The
Dreamcatcher but Fay is starting to miss the cake shop and her friends but she
doesn’t want to leave Danny whilst he is enjoying his new life on the canal
living a spontaneous life.
The decision is made for her when she gets a desperate call
from Lija that means Fay has to return and it isn’t long before she feels
content back in the life she knows so well but can her relationship still
survive?
I wholeheartedly enjoyed this book and I couldn’t wait to
return home from work to steal another chapter to see what lay ahead for Fay.
It was wonderful to be reunited with the fowl mouth Lija and the loveable “
Stinky Stan “ even if they were facing some difficult times and clearly missed
Fay. We have a new character, Rainbow, who I was a little struck by when she
first appears in the book and thought she was going to grate on me but her
kind, positive and upbeat manor soon won me around.
This book could easily be read at any time of year as it
only brushes on Christmas and isn’t overly festive which was a slight
disappointment as I always get my hopes up for a real magical read when picking
up a Christmas themed novel but luckily the storyline still kept me hooked all
the way through so it didn’t put me off reading.
Although this could be read as a standalone I would urge you
to read The Cake Shop in the Garden first as the connection you build with the
characters in the first book then transfers in to this book and you know the
background of each characters.
Carole Matthews fans will not be disappointed with this book
she has brought back much loved characters and thrown an extra spoonful of
romance and friendship in to make this I wonderful enjoyable light read that
will hooked.
The wonderful team over at Sphere have provided a signed copy for one of you lucky followers to
win as part of my spot on the blog tour.
This giveaway is open to the UK and Ireland only ( publishers request )
GOOD LUCK!
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Hi Rea, Thank you for a lovely review which I'm so glad that you shared as I will now read The Cake Shop in the garden first! I love Carole Matthew's books and this sounds another cracker! I wont enter your generous giveaway, thank you, as my youngest daughter has kindly bought me a copy today! I hope that you're well and that yourself and your hubby are settling into your new home. Take care and thank you again Rea xxxx
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