Emma's Blogiversary Giveaway: Win a copy of Beneath A Burning Sky by Jenny Ashcroft & happy mail package

When Sharon was planning her 6th  blogiversary celebrations, I wanted to host a giveaway. So I decided to pick one of my favourite books this year and offer it as a prize alongside some surprise happy mail. Regular readers of the blog will know I am a huge fan of historical fiction as well as romance and women's fiction but I think stories that delve into the past will always have a special place in my heart. So the book I have chose is Beneath a Burning Sky by Jenny Ashcroft. This is not a book I have reviewed on the blog but it is certainly one of the most memorable and enthralling books I have read this year. This book is an amazing début which I came across quite by accident while browsing through the new titles shelf in my local library. It's a book where you get quite a buzz from reading it and want to shout about it from the rooftops to ensure that everyone decides to read it. Simply it's historical fiction at it's finest and I can see that in the future Jenny Ashcroft will rival Lucinda Riley and Kate Furnivall as my top authors which is saying something considering how much I love the above mentioned authors.

Beneath a Burning Sky is the story of two sisters living in Egypt at the time of British colonial rule. Both women are married to men who have great power. But for Olivia the younger sister, moving from England to a warm, exotic country, it is a time of unrest for her especially considering she is not overly enamoured with her husband Alistair Sheldon. He is cruel, abrupt and forceful. The only positive aspect Olivia can take from her situation is that she is reunited with her sister Clara. This is an opportunity to reconnect and to enjoy being with her sister and nephew. But strange things are afoot and when Clara is abducted from the bustling streets of Cairo, Olivia's life is turned upside down. What follows is a breathtaking story of secrets, betrayal,intrigue and most of all love.

Olivia against the norms of the time falls in love with Captain Edward Bertram, perhaps the most dashing and rugged hero I have read about in a long time. They must work together if at all possible to try and find Clara before time runs out. This journey Olivia embarks on is fraught with danger and tension. The story moves along at a rapid pace and for most of it your heart is in your mouth. You become fully invested in the characters and the outcome and the best thing is as there are so many twists and turns the reader is constantly kept on the edge of their seat never guessing what awaits them with each turn of the page. It's a truly remarkable book that I literally couldn't put down so much so that I read it in one afternoon and was gutted that it had to end.When you read so many books each year for a book to be a stand out read by the time you come to the end of December that book has to be special and have grabbed you and not let go until the very last word and certainly that was the case for me with Beneath a Burning Sky.

Luckily for fans of this first book Jenny has a new book being published in early November, Island in the East, set in Singapore in the 1890's and 1940's, which I really can't wait to get my hands on. Whoever wins the giveaway I really do hope you enjoy Beneath a Burning Sky as much as I did. Happy reading.

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 Emma to post the prize package to them.  NB. Please do not add details of this giveaway to other sites without my permission. 

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