Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm
A simple Christmas just got complicated …
Amy’s in love. She’s looking forward to spending her first Christmas together, as a blended family, with Matt and their two sons, Harry and Oliver. What could be more perfect than a romantic escape to the remote and beautiful Lake District farm where Matt and Amy met?
However, an unexpected and difficult guest threatens to disrupt the festivities, and undermine her relationship with Matt. With Harry and Oliver around to create mayhem, and a snowstorm closing in, it seems that nothing is going to be romantic about Christmas at Elder Fell Farm.
Can their relationship weather the storm?
Review
Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm tells the story of two single parents who are trying to blend their two sons into a family. They choose to go away on a semi-romantic getaway with kids in tow to celebrate the holidays. Unfortunately, they are visited by the ghosts of relationships past while their kids decide to pursue nonstop holiday hijinx.
The kids were the best part of this book. Harry’s exploits were endearing and well-imagined. I loved the overt enthusiasm for the holidays and the exasperation it caused among the parents. I think every parent can relate to having a child or children be charmingly naughty — and thoroughly embarrassing — at a major celebration.
I was less certain about the relationship. Matt has some grieving left to do and we’re tossed in the middle of their love story, so it’s a little hard to decide if Amy is ignoring red flags or in a relationship worth fighting for. They get their happy-for-now Christmas and Matt seems to finally be ready to let go of his wife. Personally, I’d marry Amy just because Harry is a charming rascal who definitely needs a stronger father figure and firm hand.
This was a breezy read with lots of holiday feel-goods. There are references to sexy-times, but it’s not on the page. I’d give it a PG-13 more for Harry’s love of colorful words than adult situations.
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Author Bio –
Liz has always surrounded herself with books.
As a child, she was always to be found with her head in one and she treasures a bookcase full of her childhood favourites to this day. She went on to work in a library, cataloguing early printed books – but as most of the books turned out to be volumes of sermons, she wasn’t tempted to read them all. She now works as an administrator for her local parish church and is a little more attentive when it comes to sermons.
Her childhood dream of being an author came true with her first published novel The Little Church by the Sea (there are several others in a shoebox under the bed.) It’s the story of a lonely vicar whose vicarage falls off a cliff. Liz hastens to point out that this was written before she was employed by the church! Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm is the second of a trilogy of novels set in the Lake District. After that, she’s thinking it might be time to write another book about a vicar – featuring a hard-working and incredibly efficient parish administrator, of course.
In what remains of her free time Liz is an avid reader, a keen theatre goer, and is also half of the team behind 376 miles, a slightly quirky blog about travelling Britain and watching football. You’ll find it at https://376miles.substack.com and it’s free.
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