Review: You had me at the word Bookshop!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
This gorgeous novella had me at the word Bookshop!Rebecca Raisin has the ability to transport a reader to another place and to immerse them in her plot and the lives of her characters. I’d go as far as stating that her writing has a magical quality and when I’ve read one of her books, I feel like I’m under a very pleasant spell. ;-)This novella perfectly captures what it is to be an avid reader, to respect and love the written word and to savour the excitement of entering a bookshop and marvelling at the wealth of books that it houses. I empathised completely with the heroine Sarah Smith and know that if I had a bookshop of my own, I would find it hard to be anywhere else, even to the extent of going to work early just to sneak in a read while the town outside lies still and sleeping.In The Book Shop on the Corner, the reader is taken to Ashford, Connecticut, the site of the other books in the Gingerbread Café series - Christmas at the Gingerbread Café and Chocolate Dreams at the Gingerbread Café. It’s a wonderful place to be.Sarah Smith is sweet, quiet and lacking in self-confidence. She has a close circle of female friends but she is missing the man to prove to her that the typical Mills and Boon hero does, in fact, exist. She runs a bookshop that I now long to visit, so that I can sit in the reading room and snuggle up in front of the fire with a book and a mug of coffee and just let the world carry on outside.When New York journalist Ridge Warner stepped into the plot, I just started to drool. Seriously! This man is HOT! There is a fabulously funny scene at a dinner party which I won’t spoil for you, other than to say that it involves Ridge’s man crease and Sarah’s imagination…and her tongue. I was right there with her!If you’ve read the other Gingerbread Café novellas, you’ll love The Bookshop on the Corner because you also get the chance to catch up with well known and loved characters like Lil, Damon and CeeCee, but even if you haven’t, this can be read as a stand-alone, although I bet it’ll make you want to read the others!A five star read that I found totally enchanting.