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valerieullmerauthor's review against another edition
4.0
This was a sweet read with an overworked Coffeehouse owner who has a break in one morning and in comes Ben, a detective sergeant investigating. With the stress of Ryan's family and Ben not willing to put his feelings on the line again, there's a little angst, but of course with the holiday season and the undeniable pull, it was sweet to see how they fell for each other.
notguilty's review
4.0
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This is my first novel by Jackie Keswick and I quite enjoyed it. It was a slow-burn character story with a hurting police officer and a coffee shop owner with a gift to help people.
I loved the kind of magical fable feel of it, it was subtle and sweet. All the while this magic swirls around, and Christmas is looming, Ryan has become the target of an attack. Which is how Ben finds himself at the coffee house to handle the case. These two are instantly drawn to one another, and as they spend more and more time together, they can’t deny their feelings. But life, especially Ryan’s need to help everyone even at his own expense, its not easy to take the next steps. To find a balance that will allow them to give the other what they need.
But with a cute cat to bridge the gap, and a large Irish family to poke their nose in, these two find their way to really wonderful happy ending.
This is my first novel by Jackie Keswick and I quite enjoyed it. It was a slow-burn character story with a hurting police officer and a coffee shop owner with a gift to help people.
I loved the kind of magical fable feel of it, it was subtle and sweet. All the while this magic swirls around, and Christmas is looming, Ryan has become the target of an attack. Which is how Ben finds himself at the coffee house to handle the case. These two are instantly drawn to one another, and as they spend more and more time together, they can’t deny their feelings. But life, especially Ryan’s need to help everyone even at his own expense, its not easy to take the next steps. To find a balance that will allow them to give the other what they need.
But with a cute cat to bridge the gap, and a large Irish family to poke their nose in, these two find their way to really wonderful happy ending.
cadiva's review
5.0
4.5*
Jackie Keswick has a wonderful ability to drop a magical quality that feels completely believable in her contemporary romances.
Here it's more an element of what feels like it could be part of old folklore, a man who sees auras and knows when people need help.
Ryan's struggled with his gift, his whole extended family of Irish origin each have their own unique character trait that seems to have an otherworldly feel but theirs manifest in simpler ways.
He's fought accusations of being a freak, been blamed for his uncle divorcing his cheating wife, and he feels physical pain when someone needs his Box of Wishes gift so he's not in the most receptive of moods when his path crosses that of Ben, the Detective sent to investigate a break in at his coffeeshop.
There's an interesting secondary plot running alongside the romance which brings its own sense of mystery to and I only really got an idea of where it was going just before the big reveal.
Throw in a fabulous tabby cat who knows his worth and hints that Rhys' cousin Alistair is in need of his own happiness, and this is a great read for this time of year.
While it's light on the steam, it doesn't miss out on the emotional side of the relationship, although there are moments when I wanted to thump them both
Jackie Keswick has a wonderful ability to drop a magical quality that feels completely believable in her contemporary romances.
Here it's more an element of what feels like it could be part of old folklore, a man who sees auras and knows when people need help.
Ryan's struggled with his gift, his whole extended family of Irish origin each have their own unique character trait that seems to have an otherworldly feel but theirs manifest in simpler ways.
He's fought accusations of being a freak, been blamed for his uncle divorcing his cheating wife, and he feels physical pain when someone needs his Box of Wishes gift so he's not in the most receptive of moods when his path crosses that of Ben, the Detective sent to investigate a break in at his coffeeshop.
There's an interesting secondary plot running alongside the romance which brings its own sense of mystery to and I only really got an idea of where it was going just before the big reveal.
Throw in a fabulous tabby cat who knows his worth and hints that Rhys' cousin Alistair is in need of his own happiness, and this is a great read for this time of year.
While it's light on the steam, it doesn't miss out on the emotional side of the relationship, although there are moments when I wanted to thump them both
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