Celebrations in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen

Thank you @raraesources and @MaggieChriste33 for letting me be part of this tour and revewing this book. Celebrations in Bellbird Bay has a beautiful front cover that makes you want to be the one dining on that beach. This is book 9. You can read it as a series or a standalone as I did. The story is about Sandy whose business gets destroyed in a fire. Sandra Grandma has a friend who needs help at Bellbird Bay. Then there is Rob who set up his business and he struggles with his memories at Afghanistan. Bellbird bay sounds beautiful, and this book is a great escape from your life. Celebrations in Bellbird Bay is a moving story and it was lovely to get to know the characters: Rob and Sandy. I really felt for Rob because of him trying to deal with what happened to him in Afghanistan and I feel Maggie Christensen dealt with this very well. There is a lovely feel to this book and has a good plot. A lovely read 5 stars. Blurb Celebrations in Bellbird Bay: An uplifting, emotional and festive story Sandy Elliot is devastated when a fire destroys her new business and doesn’t know how she can go on. When she receives a call from her grandmother’s old friend seeking her help, a trip to Bellbird Bay seems like the answer to a prayer. Rob Andrews is proud of what he has achieved with Bay Bikes, the business he set up when he returned from Afghanistan. But the memory of his time there still plagues him and has always prevented him f rom forming any close relationships, afraid his deep - seated guilt and recurrent nightmares would scare off any woman foolish enough to become involved with him. Upon meeting, it’s certainly not love at first sight. Sandy hates his beard and tattoos while R ob, though attracted to Sandy, doesn’t believe he deserves to find happiness. But Bellbird Bay is a small town, and their paths continue to cross, making it impossible for them to ignore each other or to deny the attraction between them. With the festive s eason approaching, can Sandy and Rob overcome their pasts and enjoy a celebration of their own? Purchase Link - https://mybook.to/CelebrationsinBB Author Bio – After a career in education, Maggie Christe nsen began writing contemporary women ’ s fiction portraying mature women facing life - changing situations, and historical fiction set in her native Scotland. Her travels inspire her writing, be it her trips to visit family in Scotland, in Oregon, USA or her home on Queensland ’ s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Maggie writes of mature heroines coming to terms with changes in their lives and the heroes worthy of them. Maggie has been called the queen of mature age fiction and her writing has been described by one revi ewer as like a nice warm cup of tea. It is warm, nourishing, comforting and embracing. From the small town in Scotland where she grew up, Maggie was lured to Australia by the call to ‘ Come and teach in the sun ’. Once there, she worked as a primary school t eacher, university lecturer and in educational management. Now living with her husband of over thirty years on Queensland ’ s Sunshine Coast, she loves walking on the deserted beach in the early mornings and having coffee by the river on weekends. Her days a re spent surrounded by books, either reading or writing them – her idea of heaven!