helenkat's review
4.0
4.5 stars
Sassy executive designer meets journeyman stone mason thanks to a flock of birds. The story is fun, sweet and also mentions a mental health condition. Love the quirky town and characters. Jamie seems gruff at first but he’s a sweetheart. Kate is funny but has a serious issue in her life. A lovely read.
Disclaimer: While I know the author personally, this doesn’t affect the star rating.
Sassy executive designer meets journeyman stone mason thanks to a flock of birds. The story is fun, sweet and also mentions a mental health condition. Love the quirky town and characters. Jamie seems gruff at first but he’s a sweetheart. Kate is funny but has a serious issue in her life. A lovely read.
Disclaimer: While I know the author personally, this doesn’t affect the star rating.
joanna1905's review
2.0
A great quick read! Really liked the characters and the community feeling created in this book! A solid plot! Definitely worth the read! Probably my favorite in this series!
jessiquie's review
5.0
When Kate Singleton's world is thrown upside down she thinks a quite country escape is just what she needs. After enlisting the help of her best friend, Sammy, she makes the trek from Sydney in a hire car to Silver Bells House. Fate it seems, and perhaps a interfering best friend, has other plans though and quickly sends her much needed holiday on its head. For after crashing her hire car and stranding herself in the mud, it turns out that her knight in shining armour local stonemason Jamie Knight may also have a claim on the house Kate thinks is hers for the next 12 days...
12 Days At Silver Bells House is a great little novella about finding yourself amidst turmoil and the need to sometimes work out what is and isn't worth the fight. Kate is a free spirit woman who thinks she knows exactly what she wants, including the need to fit in and acting like a right old country pumpkin as seen by 'city folk'. Jamie is a traveller who plans to explore the country only to find himself drawn unexpectedly to the quite country town of Swallows Falls. So when the two are unexpectedly thrown together fuses are short and the sexual tension heavy, all of which results in one hell of a good story. Coupled with a fantastic cast of small town local personalities and some much loved previous characters from The House On Burra Burra Lane, there's not much more you could ask for from Aussie Author Jennie Jones.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novella and look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
Although this book is situated within a larger series, please note that it can be read as a standalone.
This review first appeared on my The Never Ending Bookshelf on December 23 2014 and can be found here: http://wp.me/p3yY1u-xO
12 Days At Silver Bells House is a great little novella about finding yourself amidst turmoil and the need to sometimes work out what is and isn't worth the fight. Kate is a free spirit woman who thinks she knows exactly what she wants, including the need to fit in and acting like a right old country pumpkin as seen by 'city folk'. Jamie is a traveller who plans to explore the country only to find himself drawn unexpectedly to the quite country town of Swallows Falls. So when the two are unexpectedly thrown together fuses are short and the sexual tension heavy, all of which results in one hell of a good story. Coupled with a fantastic cast of small town local personalities and some much loved previous characters from The House On Burra Burra Lane, there's not much more you could ask for from Aussie Author Jennie Jones.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novella and look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
Although this book is situated within a larger series, please note that it can be read as a standalone.
This review first appeared on my The Never Ending Bookshelf on December 23 2014 and can be found here: http://wp.me/p3yY1u-xO
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