By: Cass Grafton
Many thanks to Love Books Tours for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour!
About the Book
Fate may have brought them together, but secrets seem destined to keep them apart…
An accident and a lost passport mean Gemma’s six-month sabbatical to go travelling is not off to a strong start. She heads to Polkerran Point to stay at her aunt’s while her new passport is processed and to find temporary work in the meantime.
Enter musician Matt. Newly moved into a secluded, renovated mill – complete with a recording studio – Matt is preparing for his band’s big reunion tour. Focused on writing new music for the album, he needs a live-in housekeeper.
Even as sparks fly, Gemma can sense Matt’s keeping secrets and with her role ending once Christmas is over, will there be anything to keep her in Polkerran?
My Review
While this is book three in the series, this can be read as a stand alone. I didn’t know that this was a series when I signed up for the book tour. I didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything as I was reading the book. In fact, if I didn’t know that it as part of a series ahead of reading it, I wouldn’t have known as I was reading it.
Grafton sets these atmosphere beautifully. I was able to picture the scenes and everything that was included in them. There was some focus on food (which I love) and I could envision it all and I wanted nothing more than to smell the delicious goodness too. There were a lot of great characters in the book as well. Anna had to be one of my favs.
Matt is the tortured musician. Gemma is the person that wants to help everyone. It did feel a little slow burn, and that it took a while for Matt to even see past himself to see that Gemma was more than just a housekeeper. The ending was nice, though maybe a touch rushed.
Overall, a good book.
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About the Author
Cass began her writing life in Regency England, enlisted Jane Austen’s help to time-travel between then and the present day and is now happily ensconced in 21st century Cornwall. Well, in her imagination and soul; her heart and physical presence reside in northern England with her ever-patient husband and Tig and Tag, their cute but exceptionally demanding moggies.
A bit of a nomad, Cass has called three countries home, as well as six different English counties, but her aspiration is to one day reunite with her beloved West Country. In the meantime, she writes feel-good contemporary romances set in Cornwall and, in doing so, manages to live there vicariously through her characters and settings.
An Ambassador for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation, Cass is also a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Jane Austen Society UK and the Society of Authors
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