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A review by hannahmariebrankley
The Christmas Love Letters by Sue Moorcroft
4.0
A secret romance. A small town. A man has gone missing.
We meet Maddy Cracey, a single mum who lives in Nelson’s Bar. A small village on the Norfolk coast. Six years prior, Maddy’s husband Adey walks out after a row, never to be seen again. Some believe he fell victim to a blizzard that swept the coast that night. Maddy believes he hauled out as they were in a financial pit.
Not being able to tell Adey she was pregnant, Maddy has not only raised her daughter alone but become a carer to her great aunt Ruthie.
Ruthie, who was more of a parent to Maddie than her own, is sitting talking to a handsome stranger, Raff when Maddy comes home one day. Raff is holding a handful of love letters. Ruthie reveals a secret that she had been harbouring for decades.
As Maddy helps support Ruthie with this big family secret coming to light, she starts to wonder, is Raff legit? As she gets close to finding out, she grows closer to Raff. Is there a romance on the horizon? But then, Maddy starts receiving some very strange and mysterious messages…
Sue Moorcroft was another author recommended when I bought Christmas at Corgi Cove. I was quite shocked at the amount of Christmas books she’s written! This one stood out to me because of the family secret. It’s a premise that always takes my fancy and I was excited to see how it would play out. What I came to enjoy was Sue’s writing style. I’ll definitely be picking up some more of her work.
Not quite the usual go-to cosy Christmas story. But one I recommend you read. It was nice to break up all of the Hallmark-style romance with something a little more complex. 4 stars.
We meet Maddy Cracey, a single mum who lives in Nelson’s Bar. A small village on the Norfolk coast. Six years prior, Maddy’s husband Adey walks out after a row, never to be seen again. Some believe he fell victim to a blizzard that swept the coast that night. Maddy believes he hauled out as they were in a financial pit.
Not being able to tell Adey she was pregnant, Maddy has not only raised her daughter alone but become a carer to her great aunt Ruthie.
Ruthie, who was more of a parent to Maddie than her own, is sitting talking to a handsome stranger, Raff when Maddy comes home one day. Raff is holding a handful of love letters. Ruthie reveals a secret that she had been harbouring for decades.
As Maddy helps support Ruthie with this big family secret coming to light, she starts to wonder, is Raff legit? As she gets close to finding out, she grows closer to Raff. Is there a romance on the horizon? But then, Maddy starts receiving some very strange and mysterious messages…
Sue Moorcroft was another author recommended when I bought Christmas at Corgi Cove. I was quite shocked at the amount of Christmas books she’s written! This one stood out to me because of the family secret. It’s a premise that always takes my fancy and I was excited to see how it would play out. What I came to enjoy was Sue’s writing style. I’ll definitely be picking up some more of her work.
Not quite the usual go-to cosy Christmas story. But one I recommend you read. It was nice to break up all of the Hallmark-style romance with something a little more complex. 4 stars.