Another great book in this series
The characters in this book are wonderful
This book evoked lots of emotions in me- sadness and joy
Can’t wait for the next one

I will not be giving feedback on this book as I couldn’t really get into it, plus it was the second book in the series which I didn't know about as this wasn't advertised when I requested the book. I do think this book will be perfect for fans of ballroom and strictly though.

This my third book to read that Anton wrote for this series.This was doesn't disappoint, a lovely easy read with dance included as you would expect from Anton.Love the era book set in a very easy enjoyable read at this time.

A wonderful book full of interesting characters and a captivating storyline.
This is the first book I have read by this author and It has certainly made me want to explore his other titles.
Beautifully written, unique characters and a gorgeous storyline.

My first book by this author and I thought it was good, better than I expected if I’m honest. Very descriptive and great characters.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

A Christmas to remember by Anton Du Beke

This book follows the life and times of the staff and patron of the luxurious Buckingham Hotel in Mayfair a the glamorous era of 1938 just before all of their lives were going to change with the onset of war.

It was a beautifully written book but in the beginning it was a tad hard going whilst you were aquatinted with all the characters involved. If you had read the previous books it did help but not a must. Do stick with it as it is well worth it.

The book contains glamour, intrigue,murder, espionage everything you would imagine of life in that era.

I look forward to the next steps for staff of the Buckingham Hotel.

My thanks to Anton du Beke, Bonnier Books UK and Net Galley for the ARC of A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER.
This novel has everything, and I love wartime romances. I was intrigued by it and wasn't disappointed. Keen to read the others.

In the third of his series (following One Enchanted Evening and Moonlight over Mayfair), we catch up with the residents and staff of the Buckingham Hotel, London in the year 1938.
With war on the horizon, Pro Dancer Raymond de Guise and Chambermaid Nancy Nettleton are busy preparing for their wedding at the hotel. But with guests at the hotel who are fleeing from tensions in Europe and a dance troop from Vienna arriving, arrangements never seem to go to plan for Hotel Director Maynard Charles and with a shocking discovery one night, things go from bad to worse.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the set of three books from Anton du Beke and with a wedding included and a Christmas time frame you can't really go wrong with this bit of escapism.
It's a 10 from me.

A festive and entertaining story that I thoroughly enjoyed.
I liked the plot, the fleshed out characters and their backstory, the descriptions of the setting.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Thank you for the chance to read this book

I had not read the previous books in the series but it was possible to read this as a standalone book and not feel that one was missing the back story of the characters.
It was also possible to forget that the book had been written by someone that I see on the TV whenever I see Strictly.
But I did find it a slog - it was hard going in places and took me much longer to read than a book often does. I read before going to sleep and often 'have' to read one extra page or chapter - but that didnt happen with this book for me.
I did enjoy the story, there were cliches and parts that I was able to predict the outcome but that didnt detract from the storyline.
I didnt dislike the book, or that characters I just didnt feel that I gelled with any of them or was particularly bothered about the outcomes.
I rarely write a synopsis of a book in these reviews - but there was love, secrets, murder, espionage and politics all set in 1938. There was actually little about Christmas if I am honest till right at the very end - but the picture painted of the tree in the grand reception of The Buckingham Hotel was good.

This book hasnt made me want to read the previous two - or particularly to look out for the fourth.

Thank you again to the author and publisher for the chance to read Anton's book

Having read and enjoyed the previous two books by Anton du beke, I had high hopes for A Christmas to remember. I was not disappointed, set in the glamorous world of upscale London hotels in the inter War years this has a touch of Downton Abbey alongside the intrigue of mystery and spies. The latest installment could be read alone due to a cast explanation but instead I feel is better as part of a series. The beautiful ongoing love story of Dancer Raymond de guise and chambermaid Nancy Nettleton, the look upon the then scandalous scases of interracial marriage and child birth, unmarried mothers, addiction and homosexuality are all included in a completely immersive world. There is murder, mayhem, politics, growing fear of war and a spying mission weaving a real tale of intrigue which is written in a way that feels like a warm welcoming hug of a book. Loved it!!

I absolutely adored this Christmas book. It is extremely festive and delightful! The story was so beautiful and I fell in love with the characters! The way Anton has written this book is extremely fantastic! This was a book I for sure did not want to end! I loved it! Its a ten from me Anton!

#AChristmastoRemember ..... Fans of Downtown Abbey will love this book. It is a heartwarming story set in the very grand Buckingham Hotel on Nightingale Square in London. It is 1938 and the staff are preparing for the festive season and the wedding of their star ballroom dancer Raymond deGuise to the lowly chambermaid Nancy Nettelton. But with the threat of war looming some have more to lose than others. This is a lovely warm story from the debonair Anton du Beke, if you’ve read his earlier books well, you know what to expect however if you’re new to him my advice would be to read the first book in the series #moonlightovermayfair ...
Thanks to #netgalley for my copy of this lovely festive story #AChristmastoRemember.

Very good. Loved how from the very first page Anton Du Beke makes you feel that you are amongst old friends from the very first page. His love of dancing shines through every page. Just like the other books in this series it carries a message to the reader and this books message is to seize the day because you never know what is around the corner so you should live life to its fullest and create love in all it's forms when the opportunity arises. For the characters in this book the message is due to the Second World War looming but it is obvious that is a metaphor for 2020 as it was mainly written in the March-June Uk lockdown ( he says so much in his afterword). Can't wait for the next in this series.

A follow on from Anton previous book but can be read as a stand alone book. The tale of the staff in an society hotel in London at the start of the war. Glamour, ballroom dancing and secrets.
Follow the secrets of the staff and their back stories.
Enjoy the twists and turns.

I wasn't aware that this was part of a series, I have purchased the previous two because I enjoyed this book so much. It is beautifully written.

Anton Du Beke captures the atmosphere of the 1930's so accurately.

A great read for anyone who enjoys some light escapism.

I am a big fan of this series and I enjoyed this third book. I would suggest you read the series in order rather than reading this as a stand alone to fully appreciate the backstories of the different characters. Also, despite the title, this book spans the whole year so isn’t too festive and can be enjoyed at anytime of the year in my opinion. I really hope this series continues, although if it does we’ll be heading into WW2 with the characters and I’m not sure what that’d be like.

A truly magical read that made me smile and almost shed a tear (in a good way). The setting is 1938 at the very smart Buckingham hotel in Berkeley square London. There are over 1200 staff at the hotel and hence much goes on behind the scenes led by the director Maynard Charles. The Ballroom has just been refurbished following a fire last year - Raymond De Guise is the lead professional dancer and is very much in love with chambermaid Nancy. Ray is really Ray Cohen from the East end, a non practising jewish family and there are rumours of war. A guest now finds himself unable to return home as it has been taken over and so moves into a less expensive suite and lifestyle. Helene the female lead dancer has her own secrets- a child with a black husband now dead and her family disowned her as it “would bring shame on their good name”. There are a multitude of things happening- from a potentially suspicious death to espionage, love, drama and the thrills and spills of life in a glamorous hotel.
Wow! This is my first book by Anton. There is such an atmosphere of what it must have been like in that period, from the tension of pre-war, to racism. misogyny and general life being so very different from today.
This put me in a spin, waltzed me through the era, a little paso of romance and I quick-stepped through the whole book as I enjoyed it so much!

(amazon done- misfits farm)
A totally charming entrancing book beautifully written and evocative of the era. I look forward to the next one :)

I love this series! It was great to come back to it. It was fantastically written as usual and more emotional than the other two. Had a great time.
Thanks a lot to NG and the publisher for this copy.

Having thoroughly enjoyed Anton du Beke’s two previous novels, set behind the doors of the Buckingham Hotel in Mayfair and home to the Grand Ballroom, I gladly returned for a third and festive encounter. The first two novels were a mix of historical drama and romance and much of my enjoyment was due to the atmospheric portrayal of the 1930s and du Beke’s willingness to weave the precarious political situation and the looming threat of war around the ongoing lives of the dancers and staff at the Buckingham. This third encounter sees du Beke maintain his authentic grasp of the period era and follows goings-on at the hotel from April 1938 to the eve of WWII, taking in the marriage of independent Lancastrian chambermaid, Nancy Nettleton, and debonair demonstration dancer, Raymond de Guise (aka Ray Cohen from Whitechapel).

Opening in April 1938 with invitations to Nancy and Raymond’s wedding in December with dinner and dancing at the Grand Ballroom already circulated, hotel director and reluctant spy, Maynard Charles, is overseeing the long-awaited restoration of the Buckingham’s showpiece ballroom following a fire. Problems await Maynard however and his first comes in the shape of the dignified and silver-haired Austrian, Herr Tobias Bauer, who due to Nazi Germany’s intention to annex Austria finds himself exiled and one of the many refugees pouring into England to very mixed reactions. Having seen action himself in the Great War and still bearing the emotional scars a second war feels imminent to Maynard, with the odious Lord Edgerton, a key member of the hotel board, a notable member of the British Union of Fascists. Even kindly housekeeper and mother to all the girls in her charge, Mrs Emmeline Moffatt, has troubles of her own with the arrival of a letter that upends her world and reawakens a decades old hurt and inadvertently arouses the concern of bandleader Archie Adams.

Meanwhile Lord Edgerton’s stepdaughter, reformed addict Vivienne, is unbeknownst to him still continuing her good works and putting her allowance towards the Daughters of Salvation charitable enterprise, ably assisted by Raymond’s wide boy younger brother, Artie. The arrival of elegant principal dancer, Hélène Marchmont’s estranged family bringing news of their own to the hotel exposes her most precious secret, thereby placing her future in the Grand Ballroom on the line. All eyes below stairs are however on Nancy as she frets on what the future holds once she is a married woman and the possibility that she might have to give up the job she loves. But without a dress to get wed in and her younger brother, hotel page Frank, having a job and a half teaching Lambeth born concierge Billy Brogan how to dance there is plenty of drama. With a touring dance company in the ballroom and Billy once again acting as the eyes and ears of the hotel for Mr Charles and his spymasters the novel moves between storylines and individual characters predicaments with aplomb, maintaining a brisk pace and keeping the entire story intriguing.

The novel itself is just over 450 pages and my only gripe was that I felt it got off to a slow start with a hefty chunk of back story covered in the initial stages, meaning it is not necessary to have read the first two novels in order to follow the story. Nevertheless the story soon got into its stride and its length is also partly explained by an abundance of developments in the lives of a number of the characters and on the world stage which more than made amends for the slow start. Full of secrets, divided loyalties and the enduring magic of the ballroom, A Christmas to Remember is an immensely entertaining third novel in the series and once again portrays the ugly face of fascism against the glamorous hotel backdrop with a vivid cast and a marriage to celebrate! Recommended light reading with strong characterisation regardless of whether a fan of dancing or Anton du Beke.