My Book Corner ~ Emma Davies

Today I'm delighted to have author Emma Davies join me to share her book corner secrets!

Thank you for coming on Lozza’s BookCorner. Please can you tell us a little about you and your Book Corner/Writing Space?

I’m a writer of romantic fiction and I live in rural Shropshire with my husband, three children, 93 year old mother in law, and two guinea pigs!

My writing space tends to be a bit flexible, mainly because it’s quite often perched on the edge of the settee with my laptop on my knee, or at the kitchen table while I’m snatching a few words waiting for the tea to cook. I do however have a little space under the stairs which I gravitate to when I can. Only in the summer though, it’s in the middle of a howling draft in the winter! I would love to have an office / she shed / place where no-one can find me, but this space is a bit of the way there, It does at least mean I can leave all my stuff out, without constantly having to tidy things away. As you can see, it’s a very slight homage to Harry Potter, and yes the kids do jump on the stairs as they go up which showers me in dust!

Do you have a favourite shelf/collection of books? Or favourite part of your Book Corner?

I don’t really have a book corner, but here’s a photo of me in my favourite reading pose!

If you look at the photo the shelves on the left of the picture are my favourite ones, especially

     this one, because it has my collection of Katie Fforde, Erica James, and Jill Mansell books, which were all the inspiration I ever needed to start writing!

Do you have any reading/writing habits?

Only that I try to both every day. Reading – whenever I can (I never go anywhere without my kindle), and writing 2000 words a day. Tea and Pringles should accompany both whenever possible!

How do you keep apart, track and control your TBR books?

I have a little space on my bookshelves for physical books to be read, but to be honest I prefer to read on my kindle now, simply because of its portability and (woman of a certain age) because my eyesight is not what it was. I have a folder on my kindle for all my TBR books, and once I’ve read one I move it back out into my main library. That way I always have a ready selection to browse for what to read next.

Can you provide links to your social media handles please?

You can find me at:

www.emmadaviesauthor.com

@Emdavies68

www.facebook.com/emmadaviesauthor

And here’s my author page on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emma-Davies/e/B00L1N8TLW/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Review: Merry Mistletoe by Emma Davies

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Sherbourne Mistletoe has been prized and sold at the annual Mistletoe Fair for over a hundred years; but could this year possibly be the last? With her father’s sudden death and debts mounting up it looks as though Freya’s only hope for the future is to sell her beloved family home. And to make matters worse, the only contenders to buy Appleyard Farm, are the people she’d least like to sell it to – the dreaded Henderson brothers who seem always to make life so difficult.

It’s magical stuff though, mistletoe, and the arrival of the mysterious Amos Fry brings a glimmer of hope that just maybe Freya can fall in love with Christmas all over again.

As the snow begins to fall, cosy up and find your sparkle this Christmas with another big-hearted, and wonderfully warm read from the author of Letting in Light.

Merry Mistletoe is the first book I have read from Emma and its safe to say I loved it - I pretty much love anything magical and Christmassy, there's something special about believing in good things happening and good people having happy endings at this time of year, and for me, Merry Mistletoe delivered on every level.

Freya is the main character in this novella, and its safe to say she's not had an easy ride of late - she's struggling to keep her head above water with running Appleyard Farm since her dad died, and has a boyfriend that is quite frankly, not someone she deserves!

As Christmas approaches, Freya throws everything she's got into the Mistletoe Fair knowing deep down that after Christmas she is going to have to sell her beloved home.

As luck would have it, well it is Christmas after all, Amos comes into her life and is a godsend to help out, particularly when Freya has a nasty accident at the Fair. Its not said in the book, who or what Amos is but he's pretty special and seems to have been blown in Freya's direction to guide her - he's also a bit of a secret match maker between her and Sam.

Throughout the story we know that there is  some history between Freya, Sam and his brother 

Stephen although there is an element of mystery as its not until the end that all is revealed.

Being a novella, Merry Mistletoe was a fairy quick read, but was pack full with entertainment and details.

Freya's character, along with most of the others including Amos and Sam, were likeable and relatable, I had a dislike for both Stephen and Freya's boyfriend from the moment they were written in so I was glad that they turned out to be not so nice characters as it mixed it up an little.

What I loved about this novella is that we got straight into the story, there was no fussing about or slow start, you knew what you were reading as soon as it started. I also thorough;y enjoyed the ideal surrounding the story - I've read a lot of Christmas books but this is the first that has heavily involved mistletoe and wreath making, which are a fairly big thing this time of year, so it was unique and fresh!

I can wait to read more from this author!

I would like to thank the publishers and NetGalley for a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.