LOVE LETTERS ON HAZEL LANE.

LOVE LETERS ON HAZEL LANE BY JENIFER PAGE.

Genre ... Cosy romance

Publication Date ...  4th January 2024

Publisher... Head of Zeus

Standalone Novel

Estimated Page Count ... 416

Author Content Warning ... A character discusses domestic violence that happened in the past.

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Scrabble fan Jo always seems to pick the wrong guys. Now she’s moved to the Yorkshire village of Hebbleswick, and decided to give dating one last chance. This time, there’s a catch: she will only date men whose names would score highly in her beloved word game.

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After Tarquin (16 points) proves just as disappointing as the rest, she meets low-scoring local doctor Ras (3 points). Her rules mean she can’t date him – but when he asks her to organise a Scrabble festival with him, she can’t say no.

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As the event draws nearer and Jo and Ras grow closer, will Jo ignore her rule and let true love blossom over the triple letter scores?

Love Letters On Hazel Lane. OOH! A novel with a board game twist ... and not just any old board game at that, we are talking Scrabble.

Thrilled to have found a read that's that bit different. For those who aren't fans of Scrabble {or word games in general} I say give Love Letters On Hazel Lane a try; chances are you'll be more than pleasantly surprised. And as for those who are fans, well, if anything like me, your tied to be equally delighted to have found a book set in the world of the iconic word game and will love the little snippets  throughout the book ... to say nothing of the fact that you may well come away having gained some new words to use the next time you play.

Kudos to the author for not only writing a cozy-romance that I actually enjoyed but one that had characters that I could resonate with and, even more surprisingly, had plot twists that I didn't see coming; something that for whatever reason rarely happens in novels of this genre. 

Then there's the fact that, whilst, yes, overall a 'nice' cozy-romance, this isn't a 'fluffy' read. Main character Jo's story is somewhat difficult; her relationship with her ex toxic and, on top of which, she is being bullied by a work colleague. In my experience this is darker than your typical novel of this type which gave it an edge that I really rather liked.

Reliably informed that this isn't the only book by the author to be set in Hebbleswick {or the world of board games for that matter}. That, though to all intents and purposes, a standalone novel, the Yorkshire village and some of its residents feature in the first book in the 'series', The Little Board Game Cafe which I'm hoping to read real soon.

Jennifer Page wrote her first novel – a book about ponies – when she was eight. These days she prefers to write romance. When she isn't writing, Jennifer can usually be found playing board games which are the inspiration for her first novel. She has worked as a television producer, a music teacher and has even run a children's opera company. She now lives near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire with her husband and his large collection of games.

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With thanks to Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for organising a paper copy. One of several bloggers participating in the Blog Tour of this book, agree or disagree with me, all opinions are my own; no financial compensation was asked for nor given; threats of violence towards my favourite teddy bear went unheeded as did promises of chocolate.

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