A great christmas read.

It is the run up to Christmas at Bluebell Castle. Tristan is planning stay, and when he is in London to resign his job he finds out that Jess is also leaving the company. He wants her to come and work with him, despite the complications she has with separating from her husband and looking after their 2 children.

Soon Tristan wants more than just friendship from Jess, but will they get a chance together?

Great book to get you into the spirit of Christmas! The sights and sounds described at this castle and all the activities that took place made me want to jump on a plane and cross the pond!!! The setting is one thing that makes this book come to life. The author has done a great job of giving perfect description of the castle and the village. The characters make up the next part of the book, the main as well as the side characters are charming, warm and create a wonderful story. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by this author.

This is the final book in the this trilogy set in Bluebell Castle. I have previously described the novels as Antiques Roadshow meets Downton Abbey, with added Chelsea Flower Show and now we are going to add in a Winter Wonderland. 

Everyone is back from the previous novels, Arthur and Lucie Ludworth current Baronet. Constance, Lucie's mother and Lancelot, Arthur's Uncle. The ever dominate presence of Aunt Morgana and her wisdom, along with Iggy and Will forging a life in London now her work at the castle is done and of course youngest sibling Tristan who is the main feature of this novel. 

Tristan once met a girl at a party, she happened to then work with him but some very cruel remarks from someone else set that girl on a different path and Tristan never knew why she didn't come back. But now she has. 

That someone is Jess Ridley. 

Life has happened to Jess, excelling at her career in events planning she has fitted in a marriage to the best friend of her brother and two sons.  

But now all of that has changed, she has left her job, her marriage is over and she is looking for what she can do next. With two young boys in tow that might be more difficult than she thinks. 

In steps Tristan with an offer come to Bluebell Castle for a few months, help in launch his Winter Wonderland and take the time to decide on what is best for her and her young sons. 

That would be simple, if Jess did not have some feelings for Tristan and Tristan did not have feelings for Jess. It could become very complicated.

But the residents of Bluebell Castle embrace all who enter it and take Jessica and her sons into their home and their hearts. I so wanted to turn up and be embraced and welcomed and left alone to join in or not as the whimsy took me. And that is the second idea that Tristan and Jess have, a house party for Christmas at Bluebell Castle.

Christmas brings its own magic and can Jess really see herself with Tristan if she could perhaps just trust not just him but her own heart?

What an excellent finish to a trilogy that I so want to go back and visit, but now I have left I know that all is well, that life will go on and everyone has found their happy ever after and they can deal with whatever life throws at them. 

An excellent Christmas read which captures so many wonderful elements of Christmas but the most important one - being with people you love and cherish. That is the best gift of all.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
It was lovely to see Tristan get his HEA in this third and final book. It was an easy read with nothing overly dramatic occurring. I found Jess to be less quirky than Iggy and Lucie and it took a while for me to warm up to her. It was nice to be at Bluebell Castle again though, and see the old characters from the past books.

Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.

What a brilliant book to end the bluebell castle series. Read in less than 24 hours, couldn’t put it down.

This book is a feel good, warm romantic book with all the feels. it doesn't have that much drama or any of that sort. the story is really just another cute love story with likeable characters and sometimes, that's all you really want to read, something that leaves you feeling happy and fuzzy.

Having read the previous 2 books based in Bluebell Castle, I couldn’t wait to see how the final book would resolve the entire series. I don’t want to give anything away, only to say that it was a fitting ending and I read it all in one sitting. The Bluebell Castle series was one of my favourite series from 2019.