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Kindred Spirits at Harling Hall
The first in a delightfully warm, cosy and romantic new series with a fantasy twist, for fans of the BBC series 'Ghosts'.
Can Callie give some needy ghosts their happy-ever-afterlife, while making Rowan Vale her own forever home?
When cash-strapped single mum Callie visits the beautiful Cotswold village of Rowan Vale on a school trip with her daughter, she is enchanted. It's run as a living museum, with a steam railway, vintage teashop, Elizabethan manor house and old water mill allowing tourists to see history in action.
But there's more to Rowan Vale than meets the eye...
To Callie's surprise, the owner of the village, elderly Sir Lawrence Davenport, requests a meeting with her. It appears Callie has been observed talking to several villagers she shouldn’t be able to see - as they’re ghosts.
Sir Lawrence then makes an astonishing offer: to sell Callie the whole estate for a tiny sum, if she agrees to protect the village’s present tenants and make sure the headstrong ghosts are represented too.
With a spectral lord of the manor and his imperious wife, a naughty 1940s schoolgirl and the man who once taught William Shakespeare among them, it seems Callie’s role as owner wouldn’t be easy.
And that’s without the added complication of Lawrie’s disinherited grandson, the gorgeous Brodie.
Rowan Vale and Callie may need each other. But is this a match made in heaven or hell?
Fans of the BBC's Ghosts will love this heart-warming and magical novel.
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Author Bio –
Sharon Booth writes feel-good stories set in quirky villages and market towns, including the ‘Tuppeny Bridge’ series. Sharon writes cosy romances with a magical twist for Boldwood. She lives with her husband in East Yorkshire, England.
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| My Thoughts |
Anyone interested in friendly ghosts (and there are far more friendly ghosts than there are unfriendly ones!) will enjoy this entertaining cosy romance adventure. Yes it's a predictable romance with the formulaic boy/girl misunderstanding attraction to each other but that's the style of the genre. The characters here were all delightful, even the ghosts - well, actually, especially the ghosts!
Callie is on a school trip with her daughter Immie to a historical-themed Cotswold village. When a couple of encounters with over-enthusiastic role-playing actors and locals draw attention to themselves, Callie, as a responsible Mum, feels she has to complain to the estate's manager.
That's when realisation dawns and her world is turned upside down. No spoilers. You'll have to read the book to find out more.
My only disappointment is that Rowen Vale isn't real, I won't be able to visit and I'll not be able to see for myself the model village within the actual village... or the ghosts!
I loved the ghosts. I liked the daughter Immie, but then, she is very much like my own daughter ... who can also see ghosts.
I hope there will be more in this charmingly delightful series. I want to find out what happens next - to Cassie, Immie and the ghosts.
**** 4 Stars
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Thanks so much for taking the time to review Kindred Spirits at Harling Hall. Glad you enjoyed it!
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