I have just finished this fabulous book by the very talented Mandy Baggot. I have been a fan of Mandy's books for a while. and recently became a member of her Bagg Ladies Team.
One Christmas Kiss In Notting Hill
By Mandy Baggot
It’s almost Christmas and London is festooned ready for the
season Lights are twinkling and everywhere is busy with preparations. Isla
Winters not only has the new hospital development project to oversee but she
also has Breekers Construction Christmas
party to finalise, and nothing seems to be going right with the catering
arrangements in that department. The Christmas party is one of her favourite
projects. Every year she would keep the theme a secret until the week before
the party. But this year it looked like it was heading for disaster. The last thing she needed was to be assigned
the job of being Chase Bryan’s “Go to Girl”, not a title she liked at all.
Chase Bryan is the New CEO of Breekers International.
Handsome with tawny hair and caramel eyes has arrived in London from New York
with Plans to demolish Notting Hill and build a Super hotel. This was his
chance to prove his worth to his two young daughters Maddie nine and stroppy
teenager Brook and who are in tow and not overly impressed to have to spend
their holiday in an office block and show his ex-wife he is not the failure she
sees him to be.
Beaumont Square Notting Hill is home to Isla and her sister
Hannah since the death of their parents in accident in which Hannah was injured
to the point where she relies on Ronnie her wheelchair. This is their home, the
area where they feel protected and safe and have so many neighbours and
friends. Raj the post man who likes to make coffee in Hannah and Islas Kitchen
at 5am and who Hannah is in love with but is waiting for Raj to make the first
move. Mrs Edwards and her cat Purdy Well
It’s not technically her cat! With her eagle
eye and heightened sense if intuition she would make the ideal candidate for
MI5! (You have to read the book to find out why I’m not giving it all away!) Aaron Islas work colleague is flamboyant with
an eye for a handsome guy and always calls Isla “Sugar, Honey, Ice Tea. Denise
with her wonky eyebrows and heavy makeup, who only has eyes for Chase,
From the onset you know things are never going to run
smoothly for Chase and Isla after all first impressions count don’t they! Chase
Bryan is determined Notting Hill is the place for his big Super Hotel Project
with zoo and shopping village all together in one big area regardless of the
cost to those who live and work there. Isla Winter is not going to let it
happen at any cost this is her home the heart of London. Can Isla persuade
Chase to change his mind and save her home and community she loves. Can she
change Chase’s mind and make him fall for Notting Hill as much as she is
falling for him! With the help of Mrs E’s late husband’s Roman Pottery and coin
collection and Raj’s connections that you would rather not know about. Will they
save Notting Hill from the bulldozers or will Isla have to lay in front of them
as she told Chase she would.
Mandy Baggot certainly knows how to craft a story to bring
the reader in and make you feel part of the plot. There’s a lots of laugh out
loud moments and twists and very much unexpected turns.
I really loved this book it had me spellbound from beginning
to end. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves romantic fiction, you
will be swept away by this heart warming story. I personally think this would make a fabulous Christmas film !
Lets Meet Mandy.
Mandy Baggot is an award-winning romance writer represented by The Kate Nash Literary Agency.
Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu, white wine, mashed potato, country music and handbags. Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1's Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor.
Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two daughters.
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