Just hear those sleigh bells 🔔 jingling, ring ting tingaling too...
Come on its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with...
... okay, so maybe not, after all it's 100°+ where I'm at, but the dream was nice for a moment right?
Let's keep that wintry wonderland dream alive as we welcome today's blog tour guest via Rachel's Random Resources, author Kiley Dunbar and her latest release...
The Gingerbread Christmas Village
by
Kiley Dunbar
About the book...
Everyone deserves a Christmas treat...
The annual Wheaton gingerbread exhibit (a model village made of gingerbread) and grotto has been an important part of the sleepy Cotswold hamlet’s Christmas celebrations for decades.
For years the gingerbread exhibition drew visitors from across the region and each year the model town grew more elaborate and ambitious but recently, interest has been dwindling. The gingerbread grotto needs to be rehomed or close forever.
Sixty-four-year-old Margi, the event’s founder, has had enough of village life (and its total lack of eligible men) and is planning to sell up and head to Birmingham to live closer to her niece.
She has lost her spark and her Christmas spirit and decides this will be her last gingerbread village, but despairs when she finds her only support is her old friend, Izzy, her niece Lucy from Birmingham, and Fern, the shy young farmer’s daughter. Oh, and Patrick, the gorgeous, reliable school caretaker.
As if this wasn’t enough, Lucy is determined to get her out dating again and persuades her to try some online dating apps but Margi’s had her heart broken too many times and wonders if she has just missed her chance.
Can they save the Gingerbread Grotto and can Margi get her old spark and her Christmas spirit back?
A cosy, totally feelgood seasonal read that will have you smiling. The perfect read to snuggle up and have you feeling festive! Fans of Jenny Colgan and Trisha Ashley will love this book.
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I'm sorry. Gingerbread fan or not, seeing a village made of it, the scope of which is alluded to in this story.... sounds amazing! I've never actually made the holiday treat, nor created anything with it, but this book definitely put a bee in my bonnet, or a sprig of holly in my bouquet!
Margi was a gem. Grant it, she and her cohorts are a generation or so older than the typical ones chosen for most tales, but that just made them even lovelier to me. They had life, spirit, and wisdom to share, while still making mistakes just like the rest of us because guess what? That game is not exclusive to younger gens. All those missteps take a toll at any age, and poor Margi is really feeling it. The disappointment, the unfortunate decisions, the let downs, all lend a hand in depleting her holiday spirit. The final straw? Losing her typical venue... but not to worry; miracles can happen, even in an every day setting, and especially during the holidays... and Margi's gonna need all the spirit she can get!
A great story with a cast full of dreamers, and do gooders, you can't help but love. You'll root for the proverbial underdogs, and cheer with zeal as connections are made or repaired at heart. The perfect addition to your get-me-in-the-holiday-spirit reading list!
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About the author...
Kiley Dunbar writes heart-warming, escapist, romantic fiction set in beautiful places, with One Winter's Night being shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2021.
Kiley's five novels include: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (May 2021), One Winter's Night (September 2020), Summer at the Highland Coral Beach (2020), Christmas at Frozen Falls (2019) and One Summer's Night (2019).
'Kiley Dunbar Author Book Page' on Facebook
website and newsletter: http://www.kileydunbar.co.uk/
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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!
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
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