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A book with supernatural creatures Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice 7. I wanted to be transported to Yorkshire and Kate Hewitt came through with this romantic story. The stars are Claire Lindell and Noah Bradford. While driving in a blinding snowstorm she skids off the road and becomes stuck in a snow bank. Now she has to wa This is a light Christmas story that can be read in under an hour.
Now she has to walk to the cottage and she is not wearing appropriate clothing. Skinny jeans and fashion heeled boots.
Not the stuff you need in Yorkshire. During this bitterly cold walk she overhears Noah Bradford talking to one of his sheep. She asks if she can help. Of course she does, and you know what will happen next. She ends up at his cottage and is offered dry clothing. Tall, gorgeous eyes and a ripped boy.
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All guys are like this in romances, right? Claire is a needy girl to be sure. Have you ever watched How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? Remember the character Michelle who tells a guy she loves him in the first date and calls about 15 times in a day? Noah is not in a relationship and closes himself off from the world. Claire is trying to do the same but they hit it off and fall in love. And plan a life together. If you want a quick read with the Christmas theme and a setting in England them this book and setting is perfect for you.
Oct 22, Val rated it really liked it Shelves: This was just the story I was looking for and hadn't found. A Yorkshire Christmas is an adorable and sweet story about two people who had been through bad situations and in finding each other, find the way to let go of their baggage and connect.
The fact that's it's all set in a snowy town around Christmas time just made this story even better. I enjoyed the main characters Noah, Claire and Molly and how in spite of the short time, I believed their connection. Stories about a couple falling for This was just the story I was looking for and hadn't found. Stories about a couple falling for the other after a short time are usually a turn off for me when done wrong but Kate Hewitt did it right. I fell in love with her writing, the setting, the characters, their love and now I'm looking forward to reading more from her. I liked so much these characters that I wanted to see more of them together.
Wish it could've been a full-length book instead of a novella, but luckily it didn't end abruptly like most novellas do and I was not left unsatisfied.
This really is a tale of lost souls finding each other through fate, circumstances or meant to be Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Claire, our main character, seemed interesting to me and I liked the idea of her story. Below us, the green and blue disc of the Earth. Therein lies the problem. Blame the Mistletoe Two people who were married and divorced by two selfish siblings meet at Christmas time when said siblings take all the children to Mexico for the holidays. Stories about a couple falling for This was just the story I was looking for and hadn't found.
This is part of a series written by various authors but can be read as a stand-alone. I didn't check the other books and I didn't have a problem. This story ended very abruptly. I didn't realize that Kindle included a "bonus" story by the same author. This was just too short - very little character development and no real sense of conflict. Also there was sooooo much angst! Claire who was so flat and dull that I forgot her name and had to look it up even though I just finished the book a few minutes before writing my review actually thinks to herself early on in the book, "okay, enough with the self pity.
Noah was no better. They both thought to themselves that they were no good for the other person. It got to be quite tedious. What a great little Christmas romance! I read this in one sitting and it left me with a smile on my face: Noah and Claire meet in the middle of a snow storm when her car drove into a snow bank and she runs across him walking toward her Christmas vacation cottage.
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Claire is running from a horrible breakup and Noah is sort of a recluse on his sheep farm. They end up spending Christmas together with a little push from view spoiler [Noah's daughter who unexpectedly comes to stay with him during th What a great little Christmas romance! They end up spending Christmas together with a little push from view spoiler [Noah's daughter who unexpectedly comes to stay with him during the holiday hide spoiler ]. ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley This was a rather short novel and pretty predicable, but I liked the lightness of it.
That's what Christmas books are for. May 31, Charlie rated it it was ok Shelves: OMG where do I even start with this? I only read this book because it is set in Yorkshire but now i'm just angry. It was just wrong, wrong, wrong! There is no excuse on Gods green Earth for a Yorkshire man to refer to a road as a Highway!
Its a motorway not a h OMG where do I even start with this? Its a motorway not a highway. The M62 only runs to Leeds 3. Red Squirrels do not abound in York 4. York is in Yorkshire but it is not the Dales. Terrible Parenting on both sides 6. Wimpy h who nearly had an affair with a married man 7. View all 10 comments.
Nov 26, Grace rated it it was ok. Dec 15, Johanna rated it liked it Shelves: A truly cheesy Christmas read - kinda like The Holiday without the LA part - what more do you want for this time of year! Nov 04, Kathy Davie rated it really liked it Shelves: The couple focus is on Claire Lindell and Noah Bradshaw.
My Take This was a cute, short, as it took just over an hour to read sweet romance with a conflicted couple, and I liked the twist on how Hewitt had them meet. I did prefer Noah to Claire. Noah is an honorable guy with a lot of baggage, and Claire's arrival provides the catalyst for changes. Now, Claire…she's got issues too.
Most of them caused by her cold, "perfect" family. She's so desperate for a caring love that she deludes herself into grasping anyone. However, I did appreciate Claire's approach with Molly, as it is so honest. The annoying part is how easily desperate she is. Yeah, it is an insta-love, but Hewitt does set up a good premise for it. It'll make you want your own cottage for Christmas…provided that sweet sheep farmer is next door, lol.
It was cute how distressed Noah was about getting through the Christmas holiday. He was so focused on his daughter and wanting her to open up to him. I despise Dani and her parents they sound just like Claire's parents! Actually, I despise any parent who refuses to acknowledge their child's issues. Nothing says you can't love your child no matter what, but don't blind yourself to their problems.
You're not helping them. I am confused about that "grandfather". Was he Noah's grandfather, and he died five years ago? Or was he Noah's father — Molly's grandfather…who died last year? No, wait, five years ago…? Hmm, Hewitt has some consistency issues between Noah's father's death and if Mark has one daughter, ahem, or two. I am rather worried that an eleven-year-old knows what a rubber is. Hewitt did a sweet epilogue, although I wouldn't mind revisiting them to see how they're doing.
The Story Fed up with her superficial and wealthy family, Claire decides to avoid the "perfect" Christmas with her family and hole up at her godmother's cottage in Yorkshire — and lick her wounds from a near disastrous romantic decision. After her car skids into a snow bank, Claire may have accidentally found her perfect Christmas — and the family and love she's craved — when she offers Noah Bradford of Ayesgill Farm help to push the back end of one of his sheep out of the icy mud, even if she's going to ruin a brand new pair of Prada boots during the rescue.
Melanie Lindell is her perfect, icy mother.
Abby is her sister and married to the perfect Andrew ; they have two perfect children: Skylar and Andrew "Drew Drew" Junior. Noah Bradford is a struggling sheep farmer with a past. Jake is his Border collie. Ayesgill Farm has been in his family for three generations. His father died last year or five years ago of early Alzheimer's. David is his estranged brother. Dani is Noah's selfish ex. Molly is his eight-year-old daughter. Mark is the jerk; Brianna and Emma Claire's student are his daughter s. The Cover and Title The cover has a white background which sets off the close-up of Noah and Claire at the top and the cozy winter setting of Ledstow village at the bottom.
In between in red is the author's name writ large with the title in script below it. The title is the setting, A Yorkshire Christmas. This review was originally posted on Between My Lines Are you looking for Christmas cheese and cheer? Well welcome to the wonderful world of Christmas books.
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They are as fun as any Hallmark Christmas movie, and ideal for jumping into the festive zone. But it does exactly what it should do. It introduces you to two interesting characters, a fabulous English setting in the Yorkshire dales and sprinkles some Christmas spirit. It's fun, it's sparkly and perfect for a lovely cosy read. Claire is escaping from her New York lifestyle and she has some very definite plans for Christmas. Which to be honest, don't sound too bad to me. Minus the essay marking. Father and daughter are not well-acquainted. So queue lots of awkwardness but in a very uplifting way.
And yes I hated Noah a bit, but when I heard his story, I jumped back on his side. This accounts for the vastly different estimates for the length of coastline in Orkney and how, the longer I am on Papay, the more there is to discover. I am thrilled and daunted.
They say that what you think you wanted is likely not, in fact, to be what you want. But the things I experience keep dragging me in. There are moments that thrill and glow: I am free-falling but grabbing these things as I plunge. Maybe this is what happens. Alternatively, if you wish to purchase any other books, please visit the online Telegraph Bookshop or call It was covered in a tumble of passion flowers. It was large and leaky, and I had lived in its dormitories since I was six. A post shared by Rebecca chrisjing60 on Jul 27, at 1: Whenever I stood on the balcony and looked out over the school, I would be reminded of standing on the deck of a ship.
As the 27 of us from the Northern Provinces gathered with our suitcases and trunks, knapsacks, dolls and slingshots, between the ship and the land ran many strands of red string. I followed the big children up the gangplank holding my string. The red string was a goodbye tradition.
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We children on deck held one end, and our mothers and fathers on the cobbled quayside held the other. Each child had his or her own string. The Gable parents held three strings, one for each of their daughters. Then I felt my whole self joggle and shake, my legs, my arms, my teeth.
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Underneath us the brown water churned, a terrible smell of fish and sludge rose, and the ship shuddered out of the harbour. I watched her and Father shrink. I felt the red thread in my fingers pull, pull, pull until it snapped and went slack. First you must imagine the sky, blue and cloudless if that helps, or else the luminously black spread of night. Next — and this is the important bit — you must imagine yourself inside it, floating beside me. Below us, the green and blue disc of the Earth. Down there is the Caribbean, though not the bits you might have seen in a brochure.
We are beyond the aquamarine waters, with their slow manatees and graceful sea turtles, and beyond the beaches littered with sweet almonds.