Today I'm absolutely delighted to be able to welcome author Laura Briggs to my blog! She's kindly taken the time out of her schedule to write up a guest post for my blog about her novel A Wedding in Cornwall - and I couldn't be more thrilled!
A Wedding in Cornwall
Laura Briggs
Rating: 5 stars
Amazon UK (Currently free!)
Synopsis:
It's the career move of a lifetime, and Julianne can't believe it's hers: a position as an event planner at a country house in Cornwall, England, beginning with the wedding of a celebrity! If her old firm's senior planner back in the States hadn't fallen suddenly sick with chick pox, Julianne would never have found herself chosen for a life in one of England's most beautiful coastal counties, surrounded by rugged shores, quaint cottages, elegant gardens and a house to die for.
But life in Cornwall isn't exactly as Julianne imagined it. Her first bride-to-be is a resentful, petted snob, the groom is immature and bored, and the Cornish staff of Cliffs House has a difficult time believing that an event planner from a mid-level position can handle a wedding this big. And then there's a personal matter -- the handsome, sometimes charming, sometimes standoffish gardener Matthew Rose. He and Julianne have a strangely complicated relationship somewhere between friendship and attraction. But with a secret in his past, and a scheming bridesmaid plotting to have Matthew all to herself, will Julianne find a way to untangle her feelings and the problems of planning a perfect Cornish wedding?
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Thanks so much to Stacey for letting me share about my Cornish-themed romance books with all her lovely readers!
When I first penned the romantic novella titled A Wedding in Cornwall about a year ago, I imagined a quiet little coastal village, and a determined young American wedding planner taking up residence there as a fish out of water. Add to that a gorgeous Cornish manor house, a celebrity wedding to plan, and a handsome, Poldark-esque gardener, and I had created a story I was more than happy to revisit a few months later for the holiday sequel.
For this follow-up book, I had to imagine the same Cornish village at the most magical time of the year — Christmastime. Fans wanted to know what happened to Julianne and Matt (more of them than I'd ever imagined, actually), and so the second book needed not only to give them a chance to fall completely in love, but to do so surrounded by beautifully-decorated Christmas trees and tasty holiday biscuits from Dinah’s kitchen.
That was just the beginning, though. What started as a simple wedding story and its sequel has become a series of now seven short romantic reads, all featuring the same plucky heroine and her adventures in a fictional Cornish village. I’ve very much enjoyed learning more about the real Cornwall with each new installment, everything from the counties’ winter weather patterns to the nature of ‘the Lizard’ landscape (which Julianne wants to explore with Matt), to the traditional dance and music celebration known as ‘Troyls’, and the scrumptious sounding meat pies referred to as ‘oggies’.
Imagine my surprise, though, whenever a reader tells me the series keeps getting better with each new installment! Well, I’m awfully glad they feel that way, since I’m not quite ready to tell these characters goodbye either, it would seem. Not for a few more stories yet, I hope, as long as readers are eager to see what Julianne, Matt, and the rest of their friends are up to next.
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About the Author:
Laura Briggs is the author of several chick lit and romance stories. She has a fondness for vintage style dresses (especially ones with polka dots), and admires novelty scarf designs as well. Her favourite Jane Austen novel is Sense and Sensibility, and she enjoys reading everything from women’s fiction to modern day mystery novels. She loves spending time with family, caring for her pets, going to movies and plays, trying new restaurants, and dreams of traveling around the UK and Europe someday.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaperDollWrites
Website: http://paperdollwrites.blogspot.com/
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Review:
What a lovely introduction to the world that belongs to Julianne. Get ready to dive into a story full of romance, humour and drama! It's a very short but sweet novel which is a great start to the rest of the series - it gives you an outlook on how each character is going to act and what they are like.
The story follows Julianne on her journey across the pond to start a new job as an event planner in the beautiful setting of Cornwall - and although we don't get to hear a lot about the location, the descriptions we do get are written beautifully and you can truly imagine the story as though you are there at Julianne's side.
As this is the first book of the series, I think it shows us that the rest of the series are going to be just as intriguing and I cannot wait to read the rest! It's such an easy read that is light-hearted and enjoyable.
This was my first time reading a story by Laura and I honestly can't wait to read the others in the series. I love Laura's writing style - it'll make you laugh out loud in parts, just what you want from a chick lit novel! And straight from the start I was hooked into the story - afterwards wishing that I was an event planner for an incredible place just like Cliffs House.
Thank you to Laura Briggs for a chance to read this novel in return of an honest review.
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