Today I am honoured to be part of the extended blog tour which is celebrating the release of Sue Moorcroft's 25th book. The book that I was chosen to focus on was The Christmas Love Letters, and so I thought I would do it in the form of a letter. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour. I shared my review of the latest release earlier in the tour, which I have linked to below.
Dear Sue
Congratulations on the release of your 25th book. That is quite an achievement and quite right that we should be coming together to celebrate it.
I was very pleased when I was allocated The Christmas Love Letters as my stop on this celebratory tour, as it is one of your books that I have read. You see, I am a latecomer to your books, I knew of you, especially your work with the Romance Novelists Association in the UK, but hadn't yet managed to read you until 2023 when I read An Italian Island Summer.
The Christmas Love Letters was my first of your Christmas books that I read, and I really enjoyed it. I now have several more of these waiting for me to read.
When I think back to when I read The Christmas Love Letters a couple of years ago, the thing that I remember most was the idea that even when we think we know the people closest to us, they can still have secrets that we all have no idea about. I have seen this play out in the lives of people I know, and to a certain extent, my own family, and sometimes the fallout is devastating.
I also find the whole idea of a stash of love letters coming to light very romantic, and how that will not necessarily be possible for the that generations that follow us. The early days of my own relationship were very much based on text messages, which really won't make interesting reading to any one else, even if anyone else could access them. There's only so many "See you soon" and "On my way" messages that someone can read without losing interest.
The thing that I have enjoyed about all of the books that I have read by you are that there are layers and depth as the characters deal with. For example, in your most recent Skye Sisters books, I love the thinking around family and what that means, particularly in the context of being adopted, and what happens when you suddenly find your birth family. I reviewed A Skye Full of Stars here and the previous book, Under A Summer Skye, here
I love that while in The Christmas Love Letters there was an engrossing story revealing family secrets, this was very much and unashamedly a Christmas book. In my original review I said:
There are some Christmas books where the story is set at Christmas and there is a mention of Christmas now and then. This is not one of those books. This book is all about Christmas - food, crafts, fetes, markets, so much snow!We won't talk about how weird it is to be quoting myself!
The Christmas Love Letters
A secret romance was just the start of the story…
Tucked into a crook of the Norfolk coast lies Nelson’s Bar – an idyllic village where time seems to stand still. Maddy Cracey has called this beautiful spot home all her life, as had her husband Adey – until an epic row sent him storming out into a blizzard, with no sign of him since that fateful night.
Six years on, and Maddy’s life in the village has settled into a gentle pattern with her young daughter and Great Aunt Ruthie. However, when handsome stranger Raff turns up with a handful of long-forgotten love letters, their quiet life is upended as family secrets from the past are unearthed.
As Raff and Maddy get to know each other, they grow closer and a love story of their own seems inevitable. But when Maddy receives a mysterious message, she can’t help but wonder whether her own past is as distant as she'd thought it was…
The festive new novel about love, family and the power of words from Sunday Times bestseller Sue Moorcroft, perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Phillipa Ashley.
Purchase Links
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Love-Letters-gorgeous-heartwarming-ebook/dp/B0C7GDGBFX/
https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Love-Letters-gorgeous-heartwarming-ebook/dp/B0C7GDGBFX/
About the Author
Sue Moorcroft is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her novels have been #1 on Kindle UK and Top 100 on Kindle US, Canada and Italy. She writes two books a year for publishing giant HarperCollins and has won the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Novel of the Year, Readers’ Best Romantic Novel award, two HOLT Medallions and the Katie Fforde Bursary. She’s the president of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Her novels, short stories, serials, columns, writing ‘how to’ and courses have appeared around the world.
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Hi Marg, and thank you so much for your lovely post, and all those kind words about my books! I'm thrilled you could join the 25th Novel tour to help me celebrate. It's really nice to get a blog directly 'to' me. :-) Best wishes, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you and yours Sue!
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