Love at the Northern Lights by Darcie Boleyn
Published: 17th September 2018
Publisher: Canelo
Available on Kindle
Rating: 5/5
Blurb
‘Climbing
out the window in her dress and tiara wasn’t exactly how Frankie imagined her
wedding day…’
Runaway bride Frankie Ashford hops
a plane to Norway with one goal in mind - find her estranged mother and make
peace with the past. But when a slip on the ice in Oslo lands her directly in
Jonas Thorsen’s viking-strong arms, her single-minded focus drifts away in the
winter winds.
When it comes to romance Jonas
knows that anything he and Frankie share has an expiration date - the British
heiress has a life to return to in London that’s a world away from his own. But
family is everything to Jonas and, as the one man who can help Frankie find the
answers she’s seeking, he’ll do whatever it takes to help her reunite with her
mother.
Now, as Christmas draws closer and the
northern lights work their magic Frankie and Jonas will have to make a
choice...play it safe or risk heartbreak to take a chance on love.
Review
Love at the Northern Lights is the first book I’ve read by Darcie
Boleyn. I’ve always thought her books sound lovely but have never managed to
pick them up, the cover of her latest one had me intrigued as its so beautiful
and just seemed the perfect book to start my Christmas reading for 2018. It turned
out to be the perfect book for this time too as it’s a story which for me oozed
love and cosiness throughout.
I loved the way this book starts with Frankie running away
from her wedding to stuffy sounding Rolo Bellamy. Frankie’s been surrounded by
money her whole life and marrying Rolo would have meant wealth and security for
the rest of her days but what Frankie is really craving is love. So when she
rips her four thousand pound dress on her escape route and finds her would-be
husband hiding in the bushes with possibly another woman she’s not bothered, on
a whim she decided its time to find her mother and ask her why she left Frankie
as a baby all those year ago.
Frankie finds herself alone in Oslo with a suitcase full of
very precarious clothes she’s never felt freer and more in control in her whole
life. Soon she falls quite literally into the arms of Jonas, who’s rugged and
gentle and everything Frankie thought she didn’t want but can’t seem to stop
thinking about. Jonas helps her unlock the secrets of the past and begins to
show her what its like to really feel loved. Can he help her put her family
back together?
Frankie and Jonas’s blossoming romance was a joy to read about
despite a few bumps along the way, I love the way Jonas’ life way solely focused
on his family and experiences and not on the material trappings that the men
Frankie usually dated seemed to be interested in. I also love the other romance
that develops in this book which shows sometimes there really only is one true
love for some people.
This book has everything I love in a story, a lovely developing
romance, family secrets uncovered, adventures to new places and most of all I
loved the funny scenes which really brought the story alive for me. After
reading Love at the Northern Lights I can’t wait to read more from Darcie Boleyn
as her story-telling is magical.
Thank you so much to the publishers Canelo for sending me a
copy to review and be part of this blog tour, Love at the Northern Lights gets
a full five stars from me.
About the Author
Darcie Boleyn has a huge heart and is a real
softy. She never fails to cry at books and movies, whether the ending is happy
or not. Darcie is in possession of an overactive imagination that often keeps
her awake at night. Her childhood dream was to become a Jedi but she hasn’t yet
found suitable transport to take her to a galaxy far, far away. She also has
reservations about how she’d look in a gold bikini, as she rather enjoys red
wine, cheese and loves anything with ginger or cherries in it – especially
chocolate. Darcie fell in love in New York, got married in the snow, rescues
uncoordinated greyhounds and can usually be found reading or typing away on her
laptop.
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