Dec 10 A Very English Christmas by Jane Porter

   

 

A Very English Christmas by Jane Porter

Parts I like best are the hand me down mothers sweater as I have one from my mother that she made for me and never finished. So much food to explore and so many crafts and treats, can't decide which I want to do first to make new traditions. Love chivalry, romance, travel, honesty, mistakes, laughing and hugs.

This story starts out with Catriona who's been in England at university acquiring a few degrees. She is determined to go back to the US to sell her grandmother's houses. But first she needs a job. She gets one rather quickly as her friend Sarah saw an ad at the hospital where she works. Cat takes on the job of a childminder, there are two girls and a father who is writing his medical book to be published. He is not at the house except for the dinner meal and to sleep.  She handles the girls fine til they escape one day... they are a handful to be sure.

She's learning about Dr. Rhys   and how he grew up in Langley Park and about his father who tended to the horses. Love hearing about the area, the shops sound so festive and fun to go poking about each of them. They offer something for everyone. Love new traditions the family starts: reading a few pages of a book every night.

Love travel, romance, twists and turns and especially the crafts. Because they have no TV the girls have to make up their own fun. Lots of imaginative craft making.  Cat is a big help to them. Love the big manor house where Rhys goes to work on his project daily.

The oldest girl Jilly gets a promise form Cat that she won't interfer with the family and that she won't go after her father. Jilly still wants her mother and father to reunite...

She finds it hard not to blend in with the family but act more like a servant. She knows it will be hard to leave them at the end of her time. She never thought she'd be leaving earlier than expected....

Never saw it ending as it did, WOW

Super fun read and so informative.  Love baking and making meals.  

Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via Booksprout and this is my honest opinion.