Deck the Halles by Stephanie Dagg-
My third and final Christmas novel and Have enjoyed reading all of them.
This one especially. Noelle lives with Nick- a well known author in France.
She met him as she was at the time Llama sitting. She is now his editor and has
immersed both her and him into the French countryside living. Part of this is a
forthcoming Llama show. Noelle is determined that she is going to enter two
classes- one fancy dress- minor point that said Llama won’t have anything on
its back, and a Llama agility. As you do! This book had “me” written all over
it- animals- their foibles, and a smile along the way. When Noelle's mother
arrives for more than a few days, life is turned upside down. When even more
relatives begin to appear it could go one of two ways and with Noelle’s sister
Eve having had a fall out with her in-laws things are not as they should be.
I hadn’t read the first one - and now wish I had (*heads over to get it*)
That said this happily stands alone. This is one of those books where the
writing flows so easily and you take to the characters quickly. Excellent
descriptions put you in the scene whilst the plot flows merrily along.
If you love Christmas and animals along with a smile then snuggle
down with a real feelgood novel easily digested by a nice warm fire.
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It’s next Christmas at the little French llama farm.
Last Christmas infamous Australian author Nick bought the farm, that was meant to be furnished and without llamas. The reverse proved to be the case. Noelle had been sent to pet sit the llamas until his arrival. After a decidedly frosty start, Nick and Noelle’s relationship warmed up rapidly and they’re now happily living together, with an ever growing assortment of animals.
They’re looking forward to a quiet, romantic Christmas together but at the last moment Noelle is called on to find a venue for the annual national llama show. The local agricultural halles are free so she books them, thinking that’s all she’ll have to do to help. She couldn’t be more wrong! On top of that, various relatives start turning up on her doorstep unexpectedly, as the result of assorted crises. The farmhouse is about to burst at the seams. Add in a few other events, such as playing the part of a pixie at a Christmas fête, organising Nick’s book launch and training a non-cooperative llama for the agility class in the show, and Noelle is pushed ever closer to the end of her tether. Can she hold it together and stay as calm as a llama? Or will she be the next member of her family to make a bolt for pastures new?
This festive, feel-good and fun novel is the sequel to ‘Fa-La-Llama-La: Christmas at the Little French Llama Farm’ but can be read as a standalone.
Purchase Links
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amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KRKSQ9Q/
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Author Bio –
I'm an English expat living in France, having moved here with my family in 2006 after fourteen years as an expat in Ireland. I now consider myself a European rather than 'belonging' to any particular country. The last ten years have been interesting, to put it mildly. Taking on seventy-five acres with three lakes, two hovels and one cathedral-sized barn, not to mention an ever increasing menagerie, makes for exciting times. The current array of animals includes alpacas, llamas, huarizos (alpaca-llama crossbreds, unintended in our case and all of them thanks to one very determined alpaca male), sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys, not forgetting our pets of dogs, cats, zebra finches, budgies , canaries, lovebirds and Chinese quail. Before we came to France all we had was a dog and two chickens, so it's been a steep learning curve. I recount these experiences in my book Heads Above Water: Staying Afloat in France and the sequel to that, Total Immersion: Ten Years in France. I also blog regularly at www.bloginfrance.com.
I'm married to Chris and we have three bilingual TCKs (third culture kids) who are resilient and resourceful and generally wonderful.
I'm a traditionally-published author of many children's books, and am now self-publishing too. I have worked part-time as a freelance editor for thirty years after starting out as a desk editor for Hodder & Stoughton. Find me at www.editing.zone. The rest of the time I'm running carp fishing lakes with Chris and inevitably cleaning up some or other animal's poop.
Social Media Links – @llamamum
www.facebook.com/StephanieDaggBooks/
www.bloginfrance.com
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