Sue Moorcroft – Under The Mistletoe

Sue Moorcroft is fast becoming a favourite author of mine. This is a proper belting read for the christmas period. It is part of a series but this is my first visit to Middledip, and I am sad I haven’t found these books earlier.

We see Laura returning to her childhood home, in Middledip, to help Rea, her sister who is struggling badly. Her mental health is not good and her daughter Daisy is experiencing problems at school. Rea is unable to deal with the problems of her daughter, so Laura makes a difficult decision and goes to Rea’s aid.

Laura has avoided returning before this issue due to traumatic events in her last year of school. Since then she has kept away. She is very aware that she will see her first love at some point, Gray…and that’s not something she is looking forward to.

Sue Moorcroft has written such a lovely story. One that doesn’t shy away from sensitive issues but meets them head-on. I like that in a novel. The author has dealt with these things very well. An emotional story wrapped up with Christmas too. I thought the characters were well-drawn, with them all being strong and unique. The issues they bring to the book only serves to give them a greater depth and they felt so real I felt I could be one of them.

Daisy, Rea’s daughter plays her part within these pages too, which is a bit of a tricky one, to say the least.

The underlying message is one of forgiveness and what it takes for someone to truly forgive others. We see some of the characters in this story being more about exacting revenge as they feel they deserve to get that chance, it also shows us that revenge is not always the better path.

The one thing I discovered about Sue Moorcroft books is that whichever book you read, you always come away with a little smile on your face, it’s almost like being home when you read these books. I didn’t want to leave these characters the only saving grace is…I have more Sue Moorcroft books to read yet!

Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Avon and NetGalley for the copy of the book