Saturday 10 December 2016

Festive Giveaway: The Christmas Card by Dilly Court

I have to confess that I haven't read many family/romance saga novels, especially at the moment when most of my review books are crime fiction or psychological thrillers, so when I was planning my festive giveaways I decided that I would include a Christmas saga title as one of the prizes.  On offer this afternoon is a copy of The Christmas Card, the 24th novel from Dilly Court who also writes as Lily Baxter.  


She turned the picture of the Christmas card over with her frozen hands, a pretty picture of a family gathering at Yuletide. How different from her own life; stiff with cold on the icy cobbles, aching for shelter . . .

When her father dies leaving Alice and her ailing mother with only his debts, the two grieving women are forced to rely on the begrudging charity of cruel Aunt Jane. Determined to rid herself of an expensive responsibility, Jane tries forcing Alice into a monstrous marriage. And when Alice refuses, she is sent to work in a grand house to earn her keep.

Finding herself in sole charge of the untameable and spoilt young miss of the house, Alice’s only ally is handsome Uncle Rory, who discovers that Alice has talents beyond those of a mere servant. But when someone sets out to destroy her reputation, Alice can only pray for a little of that Christmas spirit to save her from ruin . . .

As with all giveaways on the blog, this one is open to existing followers of the blog as a thank you for your support.  The winner will be selected at random and contacted for their postal address to enable me to post the book to you. NB. Please do not add details of this giveaway to other sites without my permission.

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9 comments:

  1. This book looks like I may need the tissues. You do amazing giveaways Sharon. You are too generous. 😊

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  2. Thank you for the giveaway, and this book sounds right up my street.

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  3. I would love to read this book! Thank you for the giveaway. X

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  4. Another fabulous giveaway Sharon, you're spoiling us!��

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  5. This is just my type of book if I can indulge myself. Thanks x

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  6. This book looks lovely I love a good saga and I love christmas books so this would be perfect

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  7. Lovely cover and it sounds really good, thank you for the chance!!!!

    Raffle name: Artemis Giote

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  8. I enjoy books of this genre but I have to admit that I gave only read a couple of Dilly's books. I have read nearly all her books written as Lily Baxter, and enjoyed them very much. Thank you for another great giveaway xxxx

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  9. I've not read any of Dilly Court's books before but I love the sound of it. Sounds like a great festive read

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