Callie's Christmas Wish by Jessica Redland
Published: 25th October 2018
Publisher: Little Bear Books
Pages: 210
Available on Kindle
Rating: 5/5
Blurb
Christmas is approaching
and love is in the air at Bay View Care Home. Supervising carer, Callie
Derbyshire, is blissfully happy with new boyfriend, Rhys. The tree’s up, the
lights are twinkling, and, with the Christmas Eve wedding of one of the
residents, Iris, to look forward to, everything is perfect.
Well, almost.
Rhys’s ex has him at her
beck and call, yet refuses to let Callie meet their baby daughter. Callie’s ex
is intent on stirring up trouble. And Callie’s favourite resident, Rhys’s
nanna, Ruby, hasn’t been her usual self since Iris announced her engagement.
Convinced that Ruby’s
lonely, especially after discovering the truth about her lost love, Callie’s
determined to give Ruby’s romantic story the happy ending it deserves. Ruby
might be adamant that the past should be left in the past. But, when it comes
to true love, surely a little well-meaning meddling and a Christmas wish or two
can’t do any harm. After all, it’s never to late to let love in again. Or is
it?
A heart-warming Christmas
story of finding new love, and the courage to revisit a love that was lost long
ago.
Review
Callie’s Christmas Wish is the first book by Jessica Redland
that I’ve read and I loved every page of it, if your looking for a
heart-warming romantic tale with a little Christmas cheer then this is the book
for you. It follows on from Jessica Redland’s novella Raving About Rhys but I
think you’ll still love this book just as I have if you haven’t read it.
Callie Derbyshire is all set to have a magical first
Christmas with her new boyfriend Rhys, there’s just one or two problems which
might get in the way first. The major one threatening to spoil Callie’s
Christmas is Rhys’s ex-girlfriend Tiffany who’s determined to keep Rhys at her
beck and call helping her with baby Meagan, who she insists Callie cannot meet.
Callie’s own ex-boyfriends Tony is also out to cause trouble; but Callie’s
biggest problem is how lonely Ruby seems. Ruby is Rhys’s grandma and she lives
in the Bay View Home where Callie works, with her best friend Iris planning to
marry Ruby’s looking at a future alone and warm-hearted Callie wants nothing
more for Christmas than to see Ruby happy.
Callie is such a warm-hearted and loving character and all
she wants is for everyone around her to be happy, so she decides to take
matters into her own hands and do a little festive match-making. I warmed to
Callie instantly as she’s just lovely, she sees the best in everyone and longs
for everyone to get along happily. She’s even nice to those people who have
wronged her in the past such as old friend Maria, but sometimes even the nicest
people snap and when Callie does its quite brutal but made for gripping
reading.
Ruby was one of my favourite characters, she was such a
lovely old lady and despite there being a sadness about her it was obvious that
she adored Rhys and was very proud of him. I longed for her to get her happy
ever after, like her friend Iris as she seemed a lady who hadn’t had much love
in her life.
This book is full of drama and twists which made it such an
enjoyable read for me, I loved the mystery of Ruby’s past and wondering how everything
would come together after it turns into a big mess for Callie.
This is one of those stories which I could have just read
forever as I just adored the characters and the storyline. I’m really glad
Jessica Redland has another book out this Christmas as I’m eager for more of
her wonderful story-telling.
Thank you so much to the publishers and Jessica Redland for
sending me a copy to review honestly and to Rachel’s Random Resources for
organising the blog tour.
About the Author
Jessica had never considered writing as a
career until a former manager kept telling her that her business reports read
more like stories and she should write a book. She loved writing but had no
plot ideas. Then something happened to her that prompted the premise for her
debut novel, Searching for Steven.
She put fingers to keyboard and soon realised she had a trilogy and a novella.
She lives on the stunning North Yorkshire
Coast — the inspiration for the settings in her books — with her husband,
daughter, cat, Sprocker Spaniel, and an ever-growing collection of collectible
teddy bears. Although if the dog has her way, the collection will be reduced to
a pile of stuffing and chewed limbs!
Her passion for North Yorkshire is shared by
fellow-writer and great friend, Sharon Booth and, together, they are the
Yorkshire Rose Writers.
Jessica tries to balance her time — often
unsuccessfully — between being an HR tutor, trying to re-learn how to play the
piano, studying towards a Masters in Creative Writing, and writing itself. Who
needs sleep?
Social Media Links –
Twitter: @JessicaRedland
Website and blog: www.jessicaredland.com
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