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Today, we're joining once again with Rachel's Random Resources to feature the third book in The Book Lovers series from author Victoria Connelly. If you've been following along the tour, you know we met Sam and Callie in book one, Polly and Jago in book two, and now, it's Byrony's turn. She may be the sibling that runs the Children's Bookshop in the family, but that doesn't mean she's exempt from heartache...or from those that broke her heart returning out of the blue. But I digress...time to meet today's book infused title properly. Please welcome, today's ebook of choice and blog tour guest...
The Book Lovers series, Book 3
by
Victoria Connelly
About the book...
Ben Stratton and Bryony Nightingale. Everybody thought they’d be together forever. But, when Ben leaves the small market town of Castle Clare to travel the world, Bryony is heartbroken, seeing his departure as the ultimate betrayal.
Throwing herself into her work running the much-loved children’s bookshop, Bryony determines to forget Ben and to start dating again. But Ben doesn’t make it easy for her, sending her postcards filled with his love and posting her foreign editions of all the great romantic novels from the countries he’s travelling through.
Then, after six long years, the unexpected happens and Ben returns, determined to win Bryony back. But will she forgive him and does he have the courage to tell her the truth about why he left her?
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Six years ago, he walked away.
Six years ago, her heart broke into a million pieces.
Six years ago, truths weren't spoken and heart's weren't bared.
They say time heals all wounds...and yet, does it?
Could YOU forgive the one you hold dear for walking away?
Could YOU start again where you left off all that time ago?
Would you even want to?
Oh so many questions and yet, only so many epages to explore them!
I actually had a harder time getting into this one initially...and I can tell you precisely why. In a word, BEN. In a few more words...I was totally with Byrony on the exasperation of her family welcoming the little troll back into the fold with nary a care for how she would feel. What of the broken heart they helped pick up the pieces of over the years? What of her desires or lack thereof now? I get that they are just that kind of family and he was an honorary member, but my word! I was beside myself with wanting to smack the man upside the head for how he left things...and no, the added news of her lack of response to his writing while they were apart, made not a bit of difference. I too could only see that if he truly loved her, he would have kept writing, or hey, novel idea, visited for crying out loud! (*silent scream*) That being said...
When all was said and done, she had her moment of payback, sadly it wasn't what it should have been because other events took a piece of his heart already, but it is what it is. No, I'm not saying it was right of her, but I can't say I wouldn't have supported her regardless. Anywho...suffice it to say that the baker sticks with the flour he knows and Ben....MIGHT...just have his day. Side note...Flo and her nephew actually have a bit of a big story line here too! The nasty piece of work that is known as Mitch, certainly deserves all our loathing and more, but with a little help from Byrony, and a lot of heart from the effervescent Flo, things turn out as right as they can in the end.
To sum, another great add to this series, even if the fella is still someone I'm not a huge fan of...and a definite build up to the next installment where Josh may just finally meet his heart's desire that doesn't have pages to turn!
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About the author...
Victoria Connelly is the bestselling author of The Rose Girls and The Book Lovers series.
With over one million sales, her books have been translated into a dozen languages. The first, Flights of Angels, was made into a film in Germany. Victoria flew to Berlin to see it being made and even played a cameo role in it.
A Weekend with Mr Darcy, the first in her popular Austen Addicts series about fans of Jane Austen has sold over 100,000 copies. She is also the author of several romantic comedies including The Runaway Actress which was nominated for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Best Romantic Comedy of the Year.
Victoria was brought up in Norfolk, England before moving to Yorkshire where she got married in a medieval castle. After 11 years in London, she moved to rural Suffolk where she lives in a Georgian cottage with her artist husband, a Springer spaniel and her ex-battery hens.
She's written about her experience of country life in three volumes of autobiography: Escape to Mulberry Cottage, A Year at Mulberry Cottage and Summer at Mulberry Cottage.
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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today and be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun!
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