BOOK REVIEW: The Christmas Cottage by Jane Porter

The Christmas Cottage by Jane Porter

Love at Langley Park series, book 2

Tule Publishing (December 5, 2023)

Holiday Fiction/Holiday Romance

Spending a charming Christmas in the English countryside sounds perfect as long as he doesn’t show up…

Ella Roberts is ecstatic to be heading to Bakewell to spend Christmas with her sister and brother-in-law, the new Earl and Countess Sherbourne, and represent her family at the holiday reception they’re hosting at Langley Park. She’s especially anticipating her visit to the Peak District, which inspired so much of Jane’s Austen Pride and Prejudice. Her fingers are crossed that she can avoid the most arrogant and irritatingly handsome Scot, Baird MacLauren. One unforgettable kiss is one too many.

Baird MacLauren was happy to serve as the best man for Alec Sherburne’s wedding in the San Juan Islands, but he didn’t expect the sparks and chemistry with the bride’s stunning sister. The intense chemistry is too powerful for rational Baird and after a passionate kiss, he rejected Ella as the logical action. He has no room in his life for emotion and plans to avoid Ella during her visit. However, when an emergency keeps Alec in London days before Christmas, Baird steps in to help until Alec can arrive home to Langley Park.

With Christmas upon them, Ella and Baird must work together to ensure Cara and the Sherbournes will have the perfect holiday. Can the magic of the season bring these two opposites together?Spending a charming Christmas in the English countryside sounds perfect as long as he doesn’t show up…

Ella Roberts is ecstatic to be heading to Bakewell to spend Christmas with her sister and brother-in-law, the new Earl and Countess Sherbourne, and represent her family at the holiday reception they’re hosting at Langley Park. She’s especially anticipating her visit to the Peak District, which inspired so much of Jane’s Austen Pride and Prejudice. Her fingers are crossed that she can avoid the most arrogant and irritatingly handsome Scot, Baird MacLauren. One unforgettable kiss is one too many.

Baird MacLauren was happy to serve as the best man for Alec Sherburne’s wedding in the San Juan Islands, but he didn’t expect the sparks and chemistry with the bride’s stunning sister. The intense chemistry is too powerful for rational Baird and after a passionate kiss, he rejected Ella as the logical action. He has no room in his life for emotion and plans to avoid Ella during her visit. However, when an emergency keeps Alec in London days before Christmas, Baird steps in to help until Alec can arrive home to Langley Park.

With Christmas upon them, Ella and Baird must work together to ensure Cara and the Sherbournes will have the perfect holiday. Can the magic of the season bring these two opposites together?

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REVIEW

A perfect read for the holiday season. I was looking forward to returning to Langley Park (book one is Once Upon a Christmas) and Jane Porter did not disappoint! The beautifully described English countryside is a perfect setting with snow, fireplaces, cold, holiday traditions, family, shopping, and decorations. I enjoyed the banter of the two main characters as they really got to know each other and headed to their HEA. Highly recommend.

Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel (November 27, 2023)

ARC provided by publisher/reviewer bought a copy

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 70 romances and fiction titles, Jane Porter has been a finalist for the prestigious RITA award six times and won in 2014 for Best Novella with her story, Take Me, Cowboy, from Tule Publishing. Today, Jane has over 13 million copies in print, including her wildly successful, Flirting With Forty, which was made into a Lifetime movie starring Heather Locklear, as well as The Tycoon’s Kiss and A Christmas Miracle for Daisy, two Tule books which have been turned into holiday films for the GAC Family network. A mother of three sons, Jane holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and makes her home in sunny San Clemente, CA with her surfer husband and three dogs.