September | 2024 | Chapter and Cake

Today it is my stop on the blog tour for Rebecca Raisin’s latest novel, Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel.

Turn a tumbledown Paris hotel into a perfect boutique, bookish retreat, and have it open for Christmas? What could possibly go wrong?

When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it immediately. All she wants is to move on and forget her disaster of a marriage ever happened.
But selling it proves impossible, so she has only one option: to make it gorgeous and open by Christmas… when her funds will almost certainly run out.

She’s not counting on the grumpy American bar-owner next door, Noah, coming and interfering at every moment though. Nor is she expecting to find a mysterious room – which holds the key to a one-hundred-year-old secret – about a woman who chose love against the odds.

One thing’s for sure… as the fairy lights twinkle all over the city of lights and the first snowflakes start to fall… this will be a Christmas in Paris to remember.

A totally gorgeous, escapist romantic comedy, with an unforgettable mystery! A perfect festive read for fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Morgan to curl up with this winter.

Yes we are still in September, and yes this is my second festive novel review this month – sorry not sorry!

Rebecca Raisin takes us to the city of love for her latest novel, Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel. Romance author Anais finds herself lumbered with an unloved hotel, after losing everything else in her divorce from her cheating husband Francois-Xavier. Her marriage breakdown, a hotel that needs a lot of work in order to become sellable and a looming deadline with her Editor can only equal one thing: severe romance writers block! Anais finds that all of her written characters meet a deadly end which is not exactly what anyone expects in a successful romance novel! With the help of her cousin Manon, Anais finds herself renovating her hotel with a very limited budget whilst trying to get over her broken heart.

Noah is Anais American next door neighbour. He owns a bar, and their first meeting ensures that Anais is well aware that he is an interfering know it all! So we have a slightly geeky, very attractive know-it-all neighbour and a heartbroken hotelier – you can see where this is going! Throw in a full blown literary mystery within the hotel and you have the ingredients for a cozy novel with some heartbreak, slow burning love, a project and some mystery. Add in the bookish element that this novel has lashings of and you’ve got a lovely festive novel!

I am more than happy to recommend this novel to you all – its the perfect way to get yourself into the festive spirit as Christmas edges ever closer!

Thank you to Rebecca Raisin, Boldwood Books and Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour, and for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

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Rebecca Raisin writes heartwarming romance from her home in sunny Perth, Australia. Her heroines tend to be on the quirky side and her books are usually set in exotic locations so her readers can armchair travel any day of the week.

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Today I am very happy to help kick off the fabulous blog tour for Camilla Isley’s latest novel, This is Not a Holiday Romance.

Two sworn enemies, snowed in over Christmas with chemistry that will melt the ice!

Nina Thompson has one Christmas wish: to avoid her brother’s obnoxiously handsome best friend, Tristan, like the plague. From the moment he humiliated her as a teenager to their escalating revenge schemes, Nina and Tristan’s relationship can only be defined as an all-out prank war! And there is yet to be a winner.

But it just so happens the ghost of Christmas present has other ideas. When Tristan unexpectedly crashes her family’s Christmas, Nina’s dreams of a peaceful holiday vanish faster than Santa up a chimney. Determined to end their rivalry for good, she braces herself for one last prank-filled showdown.

But when they find themselves snowed in, with no way of avoiding each other amongst the holiday festivities, they discover their heated exchanges have been masking a different kind of sizzle. Caught in a snow globe of holiday romance, they decide to let their fiery chemistry burn bright—but this is absolutely and unequivocally nothing more than a secret fling destined to melt with the snow, this is not a forever romance…

Firstly I have to apologise…I appreciate that it is only the beginning of September and here I am talking about festive novels! But back to school is in full swing, which means Christmas is coming! Sorry – I am one of those people that starts counting down to Christmas as summer comes to an end!

This is Not a Holiday Romance is a great way to kick off the festive novel season! Camilla Isley really knows how to write an enemies to lovers book, and she proves it yet again with her latest novel.

Nina Thompson despises her brothers best friend. He humiliated her once, many years ago, and since then they have spent every opportunity pulling pranks on one another and generally going for revenge!

Tristan finds himself spending Christmas with his best friend Dylan’s family…and his sister Nina. They have had a long running feud although he’s a little unsure how it really started. What he does know is that she gets under his skin like no one else could. But she’s his best friends sister, and he owes Dylan a lot – some lines should not be crossed.

This is such a great, light hearted Christmas based enemies to lovers novel. If you are ready to immerse yourself in some relationship pettiness, some fiery moments between two people who are clearly hot for each other, and the inevitable falling in love then this novel is for you. Throw in some festive spirit and you’ve got yourself a great first read of the Christmas season! So if you can’t wait any longer, and like me, you have decided that the build up to Christmas starts now, then go grab yourself a copy of this novel! It is literally out today!

Thank you to Camilla Isley, Boldwood Books and Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour, and for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

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