Mistletoe & Mystery

Millie travels to the Cotswolds to help in the prestigious cookery school. Will this be its last class, or will a way be found to save it? A lovely book to curl up with on a wet day.

I loved this brilliant feel good Christmas read from the first few pages, it can be read as a follow up from the previous books in the series or as a stand alone book.

It is a book all about the best elements of Christmas, being surrounded by fantastic people, gorgeous food and a festive snowy setting.

This book will make anyone feel Christmassy, warm and fuzzy no matter what the weather outside. A brilliant book to read in the countdown to Christmas! A big warm fuzzy 4.5 stars

I loved the return to the Paradise Cookery school which was set in Claudia's home in the Cotswolds. They are holding a Christmas cookery course which sounds wonderful fun. I'd love to have stayed in the house alongside the other 'students' having a lovely build up to the festive season in the snow.

This book was full of friendships and romance and was such a lovely read. There is an air of mystery surrounding Claudia's home. I loved meeting her husband and his delightfully chaotic approach to life- but displaying his heart of gold.I am really hoping that we might get to return again! The cover is so inviting that I hope lots of people are drawn to buy it and enjoy a lovely festive read.

An easy and enjoyable read. This is a Christmas read with beautiful scenery, romance and food. A short holiday read to make you smile.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This is a first for me by this author but it won't be my last.
I didn't realise it was part of a series so I was grateful the author mentioned events from the previous two books for any new readers. I will be adding the first two books to my TBR pile.

Aspiring cook Millie Harper is invited by her mentor Claudia Croft to act as a co presenter on her Festive Feast Course which will be based at her lavish home in the Cotswolds. Millie jumps at the chance to see Claudia`s estate manager Zach again who she first met in St Lucia.

Upon her arrival the snow has already fallen, making the Manor house look inviting and pristine in its fresh white setting. Everything is ready for the guests to arrive and their course on festive cookery is planned and catered for.
Sadly Claudia isn't feeling too well and with a prospective buyer coming to view the property, due to them having to sell Stonelea Manor to pay off her cousins Dexter`s debt, the week turns out to be quite eventful.
The sale of the Manor means Claudia will be moving to St Lucia with her husband Tim and they offer Zach a job at their Cookery School.
Millie can’t help but feel sad, although she is still supportive and determined to make the last ever Festive Feast cookery course at the Manor be the most wonderful of all.

I really felt for Claudia and Tim, they seemed like a really nice couple and their news at the end just made it feel really special. I also loved how it turned out for Millie and Zach. It was happily ever afters all round but it took quite a lot to get there!
I enjoyed the story with it's comical moments, thrills, spills and of course the romance.

Thank-You Netgalley for my ARC.

A lovely and cozy Christmas novel. It's heartwarming, moving, and funny at the same time.
I loved the characters, the settings and the festive spirit.
A very good read if you want something to feel good and escape from reality.
I didn't read the previous instalments but that was no issue in understanding the plot and the characters.
Recommended!
Many thanks to Canelo and Netgalley for this ARC

With thanks to Netgalley and Camelot for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

I did not read the first two books in The Paradise Cooking School series so I was grateful the author mentioned events from the previous two books for any new readers.

In Mistake and Mystery Millie is asked by the renowned chef Claudia Drift to act as a co presenter on her Festive Feast Course which will be based at her lavish home in the Cotswolds. Millie jumped at the chance to meet Claudia`s estate manager Zach again who she met in first me in St Lucia. I knew I would like Claudia when she arrived in the Cotswold by train to deep snow without bringing a decent winter coat or boots.

I also liked Claudia and her husband Tim who was a successful architect. Tim was also an amateur inventor with a shed where he can build his mad inventions. However this time Claudia was stressed and very unwell.

Later Zack confided that Claudia and Tim were having to sell Stonely Manor to pay off her cousins Dexter`s debt. Then he told Milly that Claudia had offered him a job at their cookery school in St Lucia instead. Milly was upset she lost the chance to rekindle her fledgling relationship with Zach in the UK.

I really enjoyed this light hearted festive romance. I enjoyed the descriptions of the sumptuous christmas Fayre that Millie taught the students to cook. Best of all I loved the villagers who came to help Tim when the roof of his shed blew up.

I really enjoyed this book and I have just ordered the first book in the series Secrets and Sunshine..

Oh, I've loved The Paradise Cookery School series! But this one really topped them all. I enjoyed when they were in St. Lucia but this one was 100% my favourite. I wondered how it was going to work, with a Christmas novel being set in a hot climate but seeing as they came back to the Cotswolds for this one it was perfect.

Let me quickly just say that I think the cover is stunning - perhaps the best one of the series yet! I adore the dark sky, the snowflakes surrounding the cover, the thick snow and the Christmas decorations on the house. It's inviting, cosy and so Christmassy! It's the perfect Christmas cover and completely draws you in.

The story itself, was so lovely and just a really lovely, heartwarming and in some parts humorous and emotional story. I really loved Millie's character and also Claudia's was lovely. I really felt for Claudia and Tim, they seemed like a really nice couple and their news at the end just made it feel really special. I also loved how it turned out for Millie and Zach. It was happily ever afters all round but it took quite a lot to get there!

Overall, a really happy, lovely, heart warming story. Thank you to the publisher for a chance to read this novel, which I have reviewed honestly.

Aspiring cook Millie Harper is invited by her mentor Claudia Croft, the cook she most admires as a presenter and cookery school owner, to co-host the Festive Feast cookery course at Stonelea Manor in the Cotswolds. She can’t believe it. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime and she is so excited. Her latest boyfriend Zach Barker is the Estate Manager at Stonelea so they will be able to see each other once again. Without any hesitation she accepts the job offer and books a week off work. She really looks forward to working with Claudia who is the founder of the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia, set to become a hot destination for aspiring cooks on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. It’s where she met Zach when she was selected to help Claudia get ready for the grand opening of the Paradise Cookery School.
Christmas is only a few weeks away when Millie arrives at Stonelea Manor. Snow has already fallen, making the Manor house look inviting and pristine in its fresh white setting. Everything is ready for the guests to arrive and their course on festive cookery is planned and catered for. What a week it turns out to be, with the Manor up for sale, her hostess not feeling too well and a prospective buyer coming to view the property. Millie is so sad. It looks like Claudia will be moving to St Lucia with her husband and Zach in tow. Millie can’t help but feel sad, although she is still supportive and determined to make the last ever Festive Feast cookery course at Stonelea Manor be the most wonderful of all. I enjoyed the story with it comic moments, thrills and spills and of course the romance.
I hadn’t read the first two books in the series – ‘Sunshine & Secrets’ and ‘Confetti & Confusions’ - but it didn’t matter at all. I was soon into the festive mood - and coming to know the characters that were making a welcome return. The storytelling was easy going and bright and the characters well developed as the story moved forward. It was a lovely story with a fledgling romance and an ending packed with surprises. The party with the end of course cookery creations shared with the villagers at the Manor was a lovely ending and by then I felt as though I should be there with the other characters. It’s a quick, light and enjoyable read and I’m going to be on the lookout for the first two novels in the Paradise Cookery School series.
I received a complimentary copy of this novel from publisher Canelo through my membership of NetGalley. It was sent in return for an honest and unbiased review. Thank you for my copy. It’s a 3.5* review from me and the recommendation that this is an amusing, light hearted read.

Mistletoe and Mystery is the third book in the Paradise Cookery School series.

Millie and Zack are back in England and Claudia has asked Millie if she would come to the Cotswold to help with her cookery school venture “Festive Feast.” Millie jumps at the chance as it will enable her to see Zack again and they can see if they still feel the same about their relationship since leaving St. Lucia.

A great book to end the series, a lighthearted fun read.

A wonderful Christmas story set in the beautiful Cotswolds and includes lots of delicious food, some romance and and a whole host of enjoyable characters. I love it’s cosyness, it’s christmassyness and it’s foodieness! Read it!

Fabulous Christmas read!!

Very cozy vibe that gets you immediately into the Christmas spirit!

the book is quite predictable, however will you be needing something different for those cold nights next to the fireplace??

Definitely pick it up!!

I've absolutely loved every book in this fantastic series and this is no exception! Millie Harper is off to the Cotswolds to work at Stonelea Manor with chef Claudia Croft, the person she had previously helped cover for at the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia but who she's never actually worked alongside before. She's also looking forward to seeing Zach Barker who had been out in St Lucia with her to see if the romantic sparks between them are as powerful as before. However, when she gets there, totally unprepared for the snow, she realises something isn't right and so the mystery begins . . . .

This story has a delightful village filled with great characters, a real sense of community and working together. The camaraderie and intrigue add to the enthralling story and there are plenty of laugh out loud moments in it, too. The Festive Feast cookery course has some really tasty dishes to have your mouth watering and the kitchen in which they works sounds fantastic! It was great to reconnect with many of the characters from the earlier books but I suspect it could also be read as a standalone - though you'd probably want to go read the earlier books after finishing this one. As Zach dubs her, Amelia Harper really is the Queen of Clutter and Chaos but this is still part of her attraction and it will come in very handy when the Manor is in danger . . . . . 

I have no hesitation in highly recommending this delightful festive read. It is a heartwarming mystery and tasty treat whether there is snow on the ground around you or not, a superb book to snuggle up with by a cosy fire or relax with on a sunny beach. The talented author takes you with her into the story, bringing the scenes, characters, drama and dishes to life in your imagination - definitely a 5* read for me!

I requested and was gifted a copy of this book via NetGalley. I have chosen to read it and this is my honest review after doing so.

Millie is back in the Cotswolds after her return from the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia and she is running a Christmas cookery course but will she meet up with Zach again, the gorgeous man she met in St Lucia?

Another lovely feelgood book, the characters are all warm and interesting and although the book is predictable it is still a good read and great to be back with the characters from the Paradise, although it could easily be read as a standalone book

A fun, interesting book. I could now do with the recipes for some of the simpler foods that they made. Set around a culinary school in the Cotswolds just before Christmas. The sword of Damolces is hanging over the school - even though it is very successful. Mille arrives to help with the Festive Fayre classes and to continue the relationship she started with Zach in the Caribbean earlier in the year, but everything seems strained and Zach isn't as loving as she expected.

A good light read, that brought a wide smile to my face.

I really enjoyed this feel good story about Christmas and love. A great easy read about more than just love, and a real sense of community coming out of it.

A lovely festive,feel good story. An easy read, that pulls you in right from the start. Full of lovely likeable characters. I particularly love that someone else apart from me, passes off scones gone wrong as rock cakes lol. A must to add to your to read pile.

I just adore this series!

From start to finish it is wonderfully heart-warming and filled with a mix of wit and humour.

With loveable characters and a touch of romance, Daisy James has managed to write something quite simple yet thoroughly entertaining.

If you are looking for a book to inject you with some festive spirit, then Mistletoe and Mystery is just what you need to be reading right now.

I cannot recommend this author enough.