The Christmas Wedding by Dilly Court
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The first flakes of snow are falling when Daisy Marshall, secretly engaged to her master's son Julian, finds herself jilted at the altar. Dismissed from her job as a governess she returns to London to live with her aunt and uncle but when they decide to retire to the small village of Little Creek, nestled on the coast of Essex, Daisy joins them. There she is warmly welcomed - but the village is poverty-stricken, most of the them are living in squalid conditions, suffering under a cruel landlord Squire Tattersall. And when cholera hits, the villagers are truly in dire straits. Determined to help, Daisy makes new friends in earnest doctor Nicholas and dashing smuggler Jay - but also dangerous new enemies, who threaten to destroy everything she's built.
I found the characters likeable and the story was compelling with lots of twists and turns, so much so that I often felt that the pages of the book turned themselves!
This was my first Dilly Court book, despite my sister (who is a massive fan) constantly recommending her books to me are great, and now I realise she was right – don’t tell my sister, but I wish I listened to her earlier!
I highly recommend this book and can’t wait for the second instalment in the saga.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The first flakes of snow are falling when Daisy Marshall, secretly engaged to her master's son Julian, finds herself jilted at the altar. Dismissed from her job as a governess she returns to London to live with her aunt and uncle but when they decide to retire to the small village of Little Creek, nestled on the coast of Essex, Daisy joins them. There she is warmly welcomed - but the village is poverty-stricken, most of the them are living in squalid conditions, suffering under a cruel landlord Squire Tattersall. And when cholera hits, the villagers are truly in dire straits. Determined to help, Daisy makes new friends in earnest doctor Nicholas and dashing smuggler Jay - but also dangerous new enemies, who threaten to destroy everything she's built.
I found the characters likeable and the story was compelling with lots of twists and turns, so much so that I often felt that the pages of the book turned themselves!
This was my first Dilly Court book, despite my sister (who is a massive fan) constantly recommending her books to me are great, and now I realise she was right – don’t tell my sister, but I wish I listened to her earlier!
I highly recommend this book and can’t wait for the second instalment in the saga.
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