Review: Christmas at the Inn on Bluebell Lane

Christmas at the Inn on Bluebell Lane by Kate Hewitt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Apparently this is the second book in a series.

In the previous book Ellie and Matthew and their two children left the US to come to Wales and help Matthew's mother Gwen run his family's inn. After some tensions Gwen and Ellie are getting on well, until Gwen's daughter Sarah informs them that the inn is running at a loss and unless they do something drastic they will have to close. Meanwhile Matthew has a secret.

Sarah has her own problems, her husband seems to be working longer and longer hours, he pays her and the children no attention and when she asks for his help, or asks him to call when he is going to be late he accuses her of nagging. Added to which her highly intelligent daughter is stressing about her GCSEs.

Finally, after being widowed for longer than she was married, Gwen has met up with an old friend of her husband's that she hasn't seen since her husband died. Newly retired and also widowed, he has moved to the area to be closer to his daughter who is expecting a baby.

Can Ellie, Gwen and Sarah find a new income stream to save the inn?

I'll be honest, this just didn't grab me and I have to say I didn't really see the point when I had finished it, unless of course there is a triumphant third book in the offing. Otherwise it was a bit ... so what? Also, all the male characters were not portrayed in a particularly positive way.

I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review.

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