Review | Beneath Cornish Skies | Kate Ryder

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Beneath Cornish Skies: A heartwarming love story about taking a chance on a new beginning

To an outsider, Cassandra Shaws life looks perfect. She lives in a beautiful, luxurious house in the English countryside, with a handsome, wealthy boyfriend who insists she neednt do a days work in her life. But Cassie knows that something is not right. Her boyfriend has grown colder, treating her more like a housekeeper than a future wife. And her time feels empty and purposeless. Cassandra has always been riddled with insecurities and self-doubt, but, just for once, she decides to take a chance on a new beginning. She answers an advert for a live-in nanny, dogwalker, cook and all-round Superhuman for a family living in a rambling manor house on the rugged North Cornish coast. The work is hard and tiring, but Cassie has never felt so fulfilled. As Cassie learns to connect with the natural beauty unfolding around her, Cornwall starts to offer up its secrets. Soon, Cassie starts wondering if she was drawn to this isolated part of the coast for a reason. Why was she guided to Foxcombe Manor? What are the flashes of light she sees in the valley? Is it her imagination or does someone brush past her? And who is the mysterious man living deep in the woods?
A beautiful romance with a hint of ghostliness, Beneath Cornish Skies is for anyone who has ever longed to start their lives again.

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After losing her parents at a young age in a car accident, Cassandra is rescued by David, who was first on the scene. They begin a relationship which lasts for ten years and she lives a comfortable life with him, enjoying the millionaire lifestyle that he’s able to provide with her every material wish granted. However, Cass yearns for children, something David is adamant that he doesn’t want and this, coupled with the discovery that he may have been unfaithful with their cleaner makes her question her whole life with him and seeing an advert in ‘The Lady’ for a position working for a family in north Cornwall, Cass applies and when she’s accepted is set to start her new life.

The descriptions of Cornwall once she arrives are fantastic. They are mostly provided through the character of Luke, who is a writer and whose attention she attracts. I learned many facts about the wildlife and history of the area, which I loved. Cornwall has always fascinated me so it was great to learn so much more.

Their love story is gentle and sweet. I enjoyed watching Cass grow in confidence and self-esteem, her fragility gradually replaced by strength and a stronger sense of self. The Kinsman family, who she goes to work for, are delightful and welcoming of both her and her horse, Caspian.

I particularly enjoyed the supernatural stories of the area, as well as Cass’s love for horses.

I got completely swept away by the beautiful setting and characters and was eager for Cass to get her happily ever after.

Beneath Cornish Skies is a beautiful book which has made me want to visit Cornwall once again.

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Kate Ryder is an award-winning, Amazon Kindle international best seller who writes timeslip and romantic suspense in a true-to-life narrative. On leaving school she studied drama but soon discovered her preference for writing plays rather than performing them! Since then, she has worked in the publishing, tour operating and property industries, and has travelled widely.

Kate is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Society of Authors. In 2017, she signed a 4-book contract with Aria (digital imprint of award-winning independent publisher, Head of Zeus).

Summer in a Cornish Cove, a contemporary romantic suspense set on the Lizard Peninsula, gained her a nomination for the RNA’s 2018 Joan Hessayon award, while its standalone sequel, Cottage on a Cornish Cliff, reached the heady heights of #2 in Kindle Literary Sagas.

‘Secrets of the Mist’, a mysterious timeslip romance, not only achieved #1 Kindle best seller flags in the UK, Canada and Australia, but also reached #49 in Amazon UK Paid Kindle. In the original, self-published version (The Forgotten Promise) it was awarded the first Chill with a Book “Book of the Month”.

Originally hailing from the South East of England, today Kate lives on the Cornish side of the beautiful Tamar Valley with her husband and a collection of animals.

Author website: http://www.kateryder.me | Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateRyder_Books | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kateryder.author | Instagram: @kateryder_author

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